Site information:

On County Hwy S2, 0.7 mi E of State Hwy 79

33.242242,-116.665997

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

Warner's Ranch

In 1844, Governor Manuel Micheltorena granted 44,322 acres to Juan Jose Warner, who built this house. General Kearny passed here in 1846, and the Mormon Battalion in 1847. The first Butterfield Stage stopped at this ranch on October 6, 1858, on its 2,600-mile, 24-day trip from Tipton, Missouri to San Francisco, the southern overland route into California.

Marker placed by San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the Historical Markers Committee. Erected 1964.

Registered 8/8/1939