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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. Moraga was second in command to Juan Bautista de Anza in the 1776 overland colonizing expedition from the region of Alta California ...
Mar 31, 2011 · Joaquin de la Santisima Trinidad Moraga, who called the adobe home, was the third generation of one of California’s most notable pioneer families. Grandfather Moraga – Jose Joaquin – was second in command to Captain Juan Bautista de Anza on his 1775 expedition to the California missions.
May 27, 2011 · v. 1. An outpost of empire -- v. 2. Opening a land route to California : diaries of Anza, Díaz, Garcés, and Palóu -- v. 3. The San Francisco Colony : diaries of Anza, Font, and Eixarch, and narratives by Palóu and Moraga -- v. 4. Font's complete diary of the second Anza expedition -- v. 5. Correspondence
Dec 11, 2019 · The Don Joaquin Moraga Adobe – Built By The Grandson Of The Founder Of San José, California. December 11, 2019 Hamilton Historical Records. Don Joaquin Moraga was the grandson of Jose Joaquin Moraga, an early Spanish explorer in California who founded the city of San Jose.
Joaquin’s grandfather, Lieutenant Don Jose (Joseph) Joaquin Moraga, only 5 feet 2 inches tall, was courageous and brave in battle, in charting unexplored lands and defending new colonies against Indian attacks.
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Clipart courtesy of Karen’s Whimsy. José Joaquin Moraga, also known as José Joaquín de la Santísima Trinidad Moraga, was second in command of the Anza expedition in 1776 from Sonora to Northern California. Moraga was responsible for helping to find locations for the San Francisco Presidio and Mission Delores. He served as comandante of ...
Other articles where José Joaquín Moraga is discussed: San Francisco: Exploration and early settlement: 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. The military post, which remained in service as the Presidio of San Francisco until 1994, was founded in ...
