Green Valley, is a valley in the
Cuyamaca Mountains
The Cuyamaca Mountains ( Kumeyaay: ''‘Ekwiiyemak''), locally the Cuyamacas, are a mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges System, in San Diego County, southern California. The mountain range runs roughly northwest to southeast. The Laguna Mount ...
in
San Diego County, California
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the fi ...
.
The
Sweetwater River flows through Green Valley, and has its source at the top of
Upper Green Valley Upper Green Valley is a valley in the Cuyamaca Mountains in San Diego County, California. Its mouth lies at an elevation of . Its head is at , at an elevation of 4,890 feet. The Sweetwater River (California), Sweetwater River has its source at the ...
.
History
Green Valley was the site of
Lassiter's Ranch, used as a stop on the
San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line. Mules carried passengers 18 miles up and down Upper Green Valley,
Oriflamme Canyon
Oriflamme Canyon is a steep mountain canyon, in San Diego County, California that descends from its head in the Laguna Mountains, at , in an arc northwestward then northeastward to join Rodriguez Canyon at the northwest end of Mason Valley, where ...
,
Vallecito Wash,
Vallecito Creek and
Carrizo Creek between the ranch and
Carrizo Creek Station
Carrizo Creek Station, a former stage station of the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and Butterfield Overland Mail, located in Imperial County, California just east of the San Diego County line. It lies within the boundaries of the Anza-Borrego De ...
. From the ranch, they could ride or take a coach through
Julian's Ranch,
Williams' Ranch,
Ames' Ranch,
Mission San Diego, 67 miles to
San Diego.
The coaches with baggage and other passengers staying with the coaches took the
Southern Emigrant Trail to
Rancho Valle de San Felipe
Rancho Valle de San Felipe was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Felipe Castillo. The grant was located in the San Felipe Valley in the Laguna Mountains east of present-day ...
through
Warner Pass and then followed the old wagon road to San Diego from
Warner's Ranch via
San Ysabel,
Rancho Santa María,
San Pasqual and
Rancho Peñasquitos.
[San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line Stations derived from the newspaper article by a traveler to the Gadsden Purchase printed in the Sacramento Daily Union, 11 January 1858, p.4, A TRIP TO THE GADSDEN PURCHASE]
References
Valleys of San Diego County, California
Cuyamaca Mountains
East County (San Diego County)
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