1874 San Diego City Directory
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Land Lines of Travel from San Diego.
[From the San Diego Daily Union.]
As a matter of general public interest we have prepared a statement showing the several land lines of travel leading out of San Diego, and the distances to all important points on the routes. Beginning at home, we give the principal points in or on the borders of San Diego county with which there is regular stage communication from this city, as follows: Yuma, on the east bank of the Colorado river (which forms the eastern boundary of the county), distant from San Diego 197 miles, and reached by tri-weekly stages of the San Diego and Mesilla Overland Mail Stage line; the Julian and Banner mining districts of this county, lying northeast of San Diego, distant by one route 55 miles and by another 65 miles, and reached by Hamilton's express wagon and by the stages of Treanor & Tweed's line, the former leaving at intervals of about ten days apart, and the latter three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays); San Luis Rey, northwest of San Diego and distant 45 miles, reached by the daily stage to Los Angeles; Temecula, north of San Diego and distant 60 miles, reached by Homer's stage leaving San Diego once every fortnight; Warner's Ranch and Agua Caliente. (Hot Springs) north-east of Sand Diego and distant 75 miles, reached by North's stage leaving the city every Tuesday; San Bernardino, county seat of San Bernardino county, about 30 miles north of the northern boundary line of San Diego county and 120 miles distant from San Diego, reached by Homer's stage, leaving once every fortnight.
The distances to prominent points in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico reached by stage from San Diego are as follows. To Yuma, * via Indian Wells,* 197 miles; to Stanwix Station,* 290 miles; to Maricopa,* 380 miles; to Florence,* 424 miles, to Tucson* (Capital of Arizona) and Camp Lowell, 480 miles; to Camp Grant 488 miles; to Fort Bowie (Apache Pass) 634 miles; to Ralston, New Mexico, 672 miles; to Silver City 717 miles. The foregoing are points on the line of the great Southern Overland Mail Route, Kerens & Mitchell proprietors. Fine four-horse Concord stages, with the best stock, run over this line, stages leaving San Diego tri-weekly. Tucson, the capital of Arizona, is reached in five days from San Diego. The distaance from San Diego to Mesilla, New Mexico, is about 780 miles; Mesilla is 600 miles from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and about the same distance from the branch of the Kansas Pacific.
To points in northern and northwestern Arizona, and New Mexico, we give the distances from San Diego as follows: To Yuma, as above stated, 197 miles, from Yuma (via the Colorado river) to Ehrenberg, 125 miles, and total distance 322 miles; to Camp Mohave (by stage) 437 miles. By branch roads from Maricopa - to Phoenix,* distance from San Diego, 405 miles; to Wickenburg, 444 miles; to Camp McDowell, 461 miles; to Prescott, (Fort Whipple) 515 miles; to Camp Verde, 622 miles; to Albuquerque, New Mexico, 918 miles; to Santa Fe, 990 miles.
Points west and north of San Diego are reached by stage as follows: Over the Los Angeles road - to San Luis Rey, 45 miles; to San Juan Capistrano, 76 miles; to Anaheim, 100 miles; to Los Angeles 124 miles: to San Bueneventura, 194 miles; to Santa Barbara, 225 miles; to San Luis Obispo, 323 miles; to Paso Robles, 351 miles; to Salinas 395 miles; [Connection at Salinas with Southern Pacific Railroad.] to Gilroy, 432 miles; to San Jose, 462 miles; to San Francisco, 516 miles.
San Francisco may also be reached by the San Joaquin Valley route as follows: San Diego to Los Angeles, 124 miles; to Bakersfield, 316 miles, connecting with the Central Pacific branch railroad via Oakland to San Francisco, total distance, 614 miles.
* U.S. Military Telegraph Stations
