Certified Sites on the Old Spanish NHT

The Richfield Visitor Center is a great location to plan a visit for finding area information and receiving trip planning guidance from knowledgeable volunteers. There are also informational exhibits on the Old Spanish Trail, due to the visitor center and Richfield City's location near the trail route.

The museum houses exhibits relating to Native American and early settler artifacts, dinosaur bones, native animals, and geology that represent the San Rafael Swell. It is located near a portion of the Old Spanish Trail that travelers took.

The Old Spanish Trail crossed the Green River where the small town of Green River sits today. This spot provided the safest crossing across the river and became the first established thoroughfare in Green River.

The Homestead Museum, a City of Industry historic-cultural landmark, shares with visitors a century of greater Los Angeles history from 1830 to 1930. The history of the Workman House (built 1842; remodeled about 1870), El Campo Santo Cemetery (1850s) and La Casa Nueva (completed 1927) and the Workman and Temple family help us better understand the story of the region during that era.

The Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery is all that remains of the communities of Agua Mansa and La Placita, the first non-native settlements in the San Bernardino Valley. The cemetery sits on a hill in an area now zoned for industry. A replica chapel sits at the northwest corner of the site and a circular drive encompasses the burials. There are approximately 2,000 people buried at the site, but only a few hundred headstones remain.

The oldest home in the Montebello area, the Juan Matias Sanchez Adobe is a testament to the impact of settlers who arrived via the Old Spanish Trail. The adobe's clearest connection to the Old Spanish Trail is through William Workman. He was co-leader of the Rowland-Workman party, a group of Anglo Americans and New Mexicans who migrated to California on the Old Spanish Trail in 1841.

An important stopping point at the western end of the Old Spanish Trail, Mission San Gabriel holds the keys to understanding interactions between Europeans, Anglo Americans, and Indigenous people in the Los Angeles area.

Located at the western end of the Old Spanish Trail, El Pueblo de los Angeles Historical Monument offers a glimpse of the early history of one of America's largest cities.

The Old Spanish Trail, North Branch has a full and rich history dating back to the Native American trade and migration routes and continues to be of use today. Visitors can explore the trail by hiking, mountain biking, or on horseback. Mountain men traveled the Old Spanish Trail for trading and guiding explorers eager to chart the unknown West. Guests can learn more about The Old Spanish Trail at The Museum of the West and get their Passports stamped. 

The Fort is a reconstruction of the original Fort Uncompahgre built by Antoine Robidoux in 1828. Experience the frontier on the old Spanish Trail. The Premier Delta County facility which promotes tourism, history and cultural education

When Santa Fe Trail trader James Johnson bought this adobe home in 1849, he expanded it to 19 rooms under a single, unifying zaguán (vestibule). Behind his Territorial Style home, Santa Fe Trail merchants kept their horses and oxen in his corrals before their return trip east.

Since 1610, this block-long, one-story adobe building has housed the offices and living quarters of 58 Spanish Colonial Governors, 16 Mexican Governors, four military and three civilian governors during U.S. rule, and 17 Territorial Governors. The building endured the 1680 Pueblo Indian Revolt; the 1692-1693 Spanish reconquest; the 1846 arrival of Brigadier General Kearny; and the 1862 invasion of Texas Confederate Troops.

Built in 1846, this U. S. fort was the first in New Mexico Territory (and is the only fort left in the United States from the Mexican American War). Built for 280 men, this irregularly shaped star fort was never garrisoned. Located on a hill 50 yards higher in elevation than the Plaza, its 14 cannons could have confronted an approaching Mexican army or suppressed a local uprising.

Santa Fe became a hub of international trade in the 1800s. The exchange of Spanish, American Indian, Mexican, and U.S. cultures inspired uniquely New Mexican art. With 3,000 objects, the collections at the museum are the most comprehensive compilation of Spanish Colonial art of their kind.