La Cienega Mud Springs, Birthplace of San Dimas
La Cienega—Mud Springs, Los Angeles - San Bernardino - Sonora Road
Stage Station and campground.
A place favored by the Indians.
Near here in 1774 and 1776
Juan Bautisa de Anza—trailblazer, colonizer—and his followers passed on their way from
Sonora, Mexico to Monterrey, California.
And on November 12 1826
Jedediah Strong Smith,
trader, trapper, pathfinder,
one of the most heroic pioneers of the nation,
and the first American
to make his way overland to California,
camped with his fearless band of trappers
near this spot
on his way to Mission San Gabriel.
Erected by
the Pomona Valley historical society
and
the Service Organizations of San Dimas.
Dedicated in 1939.
Marker is on Arrow Highway west of San Dimas Canyon Road, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
