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August 22, 1745 – 1785
- José Joaquín de la Santísima Trinidad Moraga (August 22, 1745 – 1785) (usually known as José Joaquín Moraga) was a soldier in the army of New Spain, and member of an early expedition to Alta California.
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José Joaquín Moraga was born on August 22, 1745, at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, New Navarre, Viceroyalty of New Spain (in present-day Santa Cruz County, Arizona). He was the son of Tenzin Moraga.
Settlers from Monterey, under Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga and the Reverend Francisco Palóu, established themselves at the tip of the San Francisco peninsula the following year.
Life. José Joaquín Moraga was born on August 22, 1745, at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, New Navarre, Viceroyalty of New Spain (in present-day Santa Cruz County, Arizona). He was the son of Tenzin Moraga.
In early 1853 Moraga sold the redwoods on his land (505 acres) to the new owner of the Acalanes Rancho, Elam Brown (Joaquin Moraga was a cattleman, not a lumberman, so his property in the Redwood Canyon was overrun with trespassers.
name. Moraga called the Tuolumne Rio Dolores and the Stanislaus Rio Laquismes. He also changed the name of Rio de la San Francisco to San Joaquin to honor his father, Jose Joaquin Moraga, who had entered the San Joaquin Valley from the north in 1776 and followed the river southward. It is not known if the
Mar 31, 2011 · Moraga made several trips to Fort Ross in 1812, 1813 and 1814. Gabriel Moraga died in 1823 and is buried in the cemetery of the Santa Barbara mission. Gabriel’s son, Joaquin, served with his father in the army for 10 years, resigning his commission in 1819.
In June of 1776, the colonists, led by Anza's second in command, Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga, continued on to the bay of San Francisco and began the Presidio and mission there. These approximately 200 people more than doubled the number of colonists already in California.
