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From the Archives: Monument to Kearny s 1846 march dedicated at Old Town 100 years ago © (U-T) Front page of the San Diego Union from December 13, 1920. (U-T) In 1846, Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny s Army of the West reached Old Town San Diego after marching 1,912 miles from Fort Leavenworth in Kansas to help bring New Mexico and California under American rule. In 1920, a monument to the long march was established in Old Town. From The San Diego Union, Monday, Dec. 13, 1920: Unveil Bronze Tablet Marking End of Kearny Trail at Old Town RECALLING that dismal, rainy day in December, 74 years ago when Gen. Stephen W. Kearny, at the head of a few travelworn soldiers carrying their sick and wounded with them, arrived after an epochal march from Santa Fe, N.M., a bronze tablet marking the end of the Kearny trail was unveiled on the plaza at Old Town yesterday.

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