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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 ...
In 1776, Lt. Colonel. Bay Miwok Indians. Diablo Valley. Juan Bautista de Anza, Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga, and Father Pedro Font — after leading the first colonists from Mexico to Monterey, California — would be the next Europeans to visit the valley. For the next 50-60 years, the Spanish would explore, but not settle in our valley.
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.
The Town of Moraga is named for José Joaquin de la Santissima Trinidad Moraga. He was the grandson of Lt. José Joaquin Moraga, who was second in command of the 1775 Anza Expedition, the founder of San Francisco’s Mission Dolores and the founder and first commandant of the Presidio. Joaquin, like his father, Gabriel Moraga and grandfather ...
Dec 9, 2020 · However, I did find that Jose Joaquin Moraga, grandfather of Joaquin Moraga and lieutenant of infamous Spanish explorer Juan Bautista Anza, took great pride in his success in defeating native peoples in combat.
In June 1776, the colonists, led by Anza’s second in command, Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga, were given permission to continue their journey to San Francisco Bay and build there the presidio and mission for which the colonists had left their homeland.
This day was traditionally called the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (Nuestra Señora de los Dolores). On June 27, 1776 the colonists under the command of Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga arrived along the shore of Laguna Dolores, near what is now Albion and Camp Streets in the Mission District.
