historic: Camp Pendleton, California--- Historical Bell Landmark.
- 03/16/11 04:17 AM
Many Marines pass an important historic treasure on their daily commute to work and may not even know it. Along Campus Pendleton's Vandergrift Boulevard stand one of California many historic El Camino Real Bells that has been around long before any Marine or sailor occupied the land. The bell symbolizes the trails use by the Franciscan Padres on the journey to Northern California from Mexico in the 1800's.
The Padres were Catholic priests sent by the King of Spain to convert Native American of California to Catholicism in order to become citizens of Spain. El Camino Real Spanish for "The (0 comments)