Mule Hill, is a historical site in

San Pasqual Valley, San Diego San Pasqual Valley, historically spelt as San Pascual (Spanish for " Saint Paschal"), is the northernmost community of the city of San Diego. It is named for the Kumeyaay village of San Pasqual that was once located there. It is bordered on the ...

, California. Mule Hill site is a California Historical Landmark No. 452, listed on November 2, 1949. The Mule Hill, a low hill, was the site of a battle during the Mexican–American War on December 7, 1846. The Mule Hill battle took place the day after the

Battle of San Pasqual The Battle of San Pasqual, also spelled San Pascual, was a military encounter that occurred during the Mexican–American War in what is now the San Pasqual Valley community of the city of San Diego, California. The series of military skirmishes ...

. Battle of San Pasqual took place five miles east of Mule Hill. The Mexican Californios attacked General

Stephen Kearny Stephen Watts Kearny (sometimes spelled Kearney) ( ) (August 30, 1794October 31, 1848) was one of the foremost antebellum frontier officers of the United States Army. He is remembered for his significant contributions in the Mexican–American W ...

's troops on Mule Hill. Kearny and his troops were on the way to San Diego, when they were again attacked. The Kearny' troops counterattacked, took and held the hill until December 11. Kearny and his troops ran short of food and were forced to eat

mule The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two pos ...

meat, the hill's namesake. Captain Turner was the one who ordered Lieutenant William H. Emory and a squad of dragoons to attack the Californios lancers, Leonardo Cota men, at Mule Hill, killing five Californios lancers. A historical marker was placed near Mule Hill on Pomerado Road near Interstate 15, by the California Centennial Commission in 1950. center, Stephen W. Kearny(1794–1848)

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{{Authority control California Historical Landmarks History of San Diego County, California 1846 in Alta California 1846 establishments in Alta California

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