Arroyo de San Joseph Cupertino This arroyo honoring San Joseph, patron saint of flight and students, was first discovered and traversed by Spanish explorers in 1769. On March 25–26, 1776 Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza made it his encampment no. 93, as mapped by his cartog- rapher Padre Pedro Font, before continuing on to the San Francisco Bay Area where he initiated steps to found a colony, a mission and a presidio. California Registered Historical Landmark no. 800 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Cupertino Historical Society, Inc., May 29, 1968.
21840 McClellan Road, Cupertino
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by California State Department of Parks and Recreation on 29 May 1968
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