FIELD TRIP TO CAMP PENDLETON
 HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
Part VII
 

Drawing of Las Flores Asistencia ca. 1850
Las Flores Asistencia
California Historical Landmark No. 616

Plaque Historical Text:  From 1823 to the 1840's the tile-roofed adobe chapel and hostel at Las Flores, built by Father Antonio Peyri, served as the Asistencia to Mission San Luis Rey and provided comfort to travelers on El Camino Real.  The adobe structure and adjacent corral were the site of the April 1838 battle between Juan Bautista Alvarado and Carlos Antonio Carrillo contesting the provincial governorship of Alta California.

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