Cave Johnson Couts
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Cave "Don Cuevas" Johnson Couts was an American military officer, rancher, and judge. After a commission to San Diego County, California, in 1849 amid the California Gold Rush, he wrote meticulous rec
Couts in 1843 as a Dragoon lieutenant
El Camino Real and Couts Path, drawn in 1850 by Couts.
The Rancho Guajome Adobe (built 1852–1853) is the second oldest building in Vista.
(Reconstructed by California State Parks in 1992) First San Diego Court House and Colorado House in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park (in 2018). Also used as the Closed Wells Fargo History Museum.
El Camino Real (California)
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El Camino Real is a 600-mile commemorative route connecting the 21 Spanish missions in California from Mission San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego to Mission San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, along with a
Cave Johnson Couts
…Military Academy at West Point in 1843 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, joining the regiment of Mounted Rifles. Career El Camino Real and Couts Path, drawn in 1850 by Couts. Couts began his military service stationed at various posts across the United States, including Fort Jesup in…
East entrance of San Gabriel Mission with an El Camino Real bell
A historical marker situated along El Camino Real
One of the commemorative bells, placed at El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument with wayfinding markers to Mission San Fernando and Mission San Gabriel