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City of San Marcos According to
historical legends, the San Luis Rey Mission flocks were robbed by a small band of Indians
in the late 1700s. Fleeing the Spanish troops, the Indians escaped to the
hills. While pursuing the Indians, the Spaniards came upon a fertile valley in 1797
which was named Los Vallecitos de San Marcos (Little Valleys of Saint Mark) to honor the
day of discovery: April 25th, “St. Mark’s Day”. On April 22,
1840 Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado, granted Los Vallecitos de San Marcos to his
relative, Jose Mario Alvarado. In 1846 Indians killed Jose Alvarado and the land was
left to his wife; she then sold the land to Lorenzo Soto. In the late 1850s, Soto
sold part of his land to Cave Couts and his family was soon raising livestock.
Although Cave Couts owned the land, Major Gustavus French Merriam from Topeka, Kansas made
the first permanent settlement. Merriam homesteaded 160 acres in the north Twin Oaks
Valley and began wine and honey production.
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