The San Andreas Fault

One of the most outstanding geological feautures in California, extending for over 650 miles from Point Arena, North of San Francisco, to south of San Corconio Pass. Between twenty and thirty miles deep and more than a mile wide in ...

The San Andreas Fault Exhibit & El Camino Real Earthquake Walk

In Celebration of the

U.S.Geological Survey's Centennial

1879 - 1979

Dedicated July 4, 1979

by

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

In Cooperation With

Old Mission San Juan Bautista-Diocese of Monterey,

U.S.Geological Survey-Department of the Interior,

California State Historical Park-San ...

San Andreas

Heart of the Southern Mines

Settled by Mexicans in 1848. Named after Catholic Parish of St. Andrew. First newspaper published here Sept. 24, 1856. Destroyed by fire June 4, 1858 and in 1863. County seat of Calaveras County since 1866. Rendezvous ...