Edwin Augustus Rigg (1822–1882), 49er , was a military officer in the American Civil War and the Apache Wars .
31-642: Warner's Ranch , near Warner Springs, California , was notable as a way station for large numbers of emigrants on the Southern Emigrant Trail from 1849 to 1861, as it was a stop on both the Gila River Trail and the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line (1859-1861). It was also operated as a pioneering cattle ranch. The 221-acre (0.89 km) property, with two original adobe buildings from 1849 and 1857,
62-545: A naturalized Mexican citizen and changed his name to Juan José. He received the Rancho San Jose del Valle Mexican land grant. Warner established a successful trading post there in the San José Valley, and purchased cattle from Rancho Santa Margarita ; this lasted until 1851. On December 2, 1846, Stephen Watts Kearney , with a small command from New Mexico, reached the ranch on what proved to be his way to
93-489: A new examination. Succeeding on the next try, Rigg received a commission in the 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment , one of the four regiments of veterans of the United States Colored Troops remaining in the U. S. Army. Riggs went on to serve as a 1st Lieutenant in the 38th U.S. Infantry at places like Fort Selden , New Mexico where he served in 1869. In 1870, when the four colored regiments including
124-665: A wagon road developed after the Mexican–American War . Thousands of emigrants began flowing to California. This trail later was used by the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line, from 1857 to 1861. When California became part of the United States, new obligations for taxes were applied to the Cupeño . Many of them worked on the Warner ranch, which had a negative reputation for severe treatment of Indians. In 1851, at
155-549: Is set of springs and a small unincorporated community in northern San Diego County, California . It is on the Pacific Crest Trail . Warner Springs has a post office; its ZIP Code is 92086. It is located near the Palomar Observatory and Warner's Ranch . It is located on State Route 79 , which connects to the city of Temecula to the north and the communities of Santa Ysabel and Julian to
186-599: The Battle of San Pasqual . He was later followed by the Mormon Battalion , that was establishing the route of Cooke's Wagon Road from New Mexico to California. More importantly, from 1849 to 1851, Warner operated part of the ranch to serve travelers on the Gila River Emigrant Trail (part of the Southern Emigrant Trail ). He opened the only trading post between New Mexico and Los Angeles on
217-782: The Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line (1857–1861). At the start of the Civil War in 1861, stagecoach service was discontinued and the Union Army established Camp Wright , a cavalry outpost at the ranch to protect the route from Southern California to Fort Yuma , and to intercept secessionist sympathizers attempting to the join the Confederate armies in the American South and in the Arizona Territory . Former California Governor John Downey purchased
248-584: The Gila River under the direction of General Carleton directed operations against the Apache . Promoted Colonel at Fort Craig, N.M. April 1864, he was discharged at Santa Fe in September 1864. His regiment was consolidated into a battalion the 1st Battalion of Veteran Infantry . On February 1, 1865, he was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of that unit, with headquarters at Fort Craig . The battalion
279-499: The colonial mission system and over time lost control of their land, although under Mexican law they were supposed to receive rights to land which they tilled and settled. They continued to live and work in the area, however. In 1830, Juan José Warner (born John Trumball Warner) left Connecticut and headed to California, passing through this valley. He worked as a fur trader and merchant in Los Angeles. By 1844, he had become
310-738: The 20th century. Edwin A. Rigg Edwin Augustus Rigg was born January 15, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He moved to California in 1849. By September, 1852, he was an employee of the San Francisco custom house. Later that year he ran as a Whig for the office of City Tax Collector of San Francisco. He joined the Marion Rifles , an outstanding military unit of the California Militia and one of
341-444: The 38th were consolidated, he went to join the 25th U.S. Infantry as First Lientenant. Nearly half of the officers were crowded out of the army when the original four colored regiments were reduced to two. Rigg was one of them. On January 1, 1871, he was discharged, as part of the reduction in forces. An 1871, Senate bill No. 520 was passed that provided for the relief of Edwin A. Rigg, for his service as late lieutenant colonel of
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#1732802352867372-503: The Cupeño. They challenged his actions under provisions of Mexican and United States law, but lost their case in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1901. The court ruled they were correct in their assessment of rights to the land, but had waited too long to press their claim. The case was followed closely by many citizens who had sympathy for the Cupeño. They tried to purchase their own land but were unable to raise sufficient funds. The local tribe
403-620: The First Regiment Infantry California volunteers, making him a Postmaster at Fort Craig. He served there from October 30, 1873, until October 23, 1877. He moved to Arizona and was a member of Tombstone 's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic . In 1881, Rigg went on to become the justice of the peace in Contention City, Arizona . There he died of pneumonia on January 27, 1882, and was buried in
434-625: The Indians had been removed to Pala Reservation "a resort has been built up at the springs. In 1908 there were about 20 adobe cottages and an equal number of tents, the former Indian school building being used as a dining hall. The water was conducted to a wooden tank, where it was allowed to cool somewhat, and was thence piped to a bathhouse." William Henshaw purchased the Warner Springs Ranch in 1911, and had Henshaw Dam completed by latter 1922 and its reservoir filled by 1924. In 1978,
465-598: The Warner Springs Ranch in 1880, to graze cattle and sheep herds. In 1892, after years of disputes with the Cupeños living at the ranch, Downey sued to evict the Indians. In 1894, after Downey's death, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Cupeños. The eviction order came in 1901 and their exodus two years later became known as the Cupeño Trail of Tears . According to a U.S. government geologist reported that since
496-869: The advance of the California Column between the Fort and the Pima Villages with the help of Ammi M. White . Promoted Lt. Colonel commanding 1st California Infantry, on April 28, 1862, during the California Column march from Fort Yuma to Fort Barrett at the Pima Villages. After the Californians had recovered New Mexico Territory and captured Franklin, in West Texas, they settled into occupation garrisons and fought to defend
527-601: The beginning of the Garra Revolt , an uprising by the local Cupeño tribe under Antonio Garra , Warner was attacked at his ranch. He sent his family to Los Angeles. Some of the ranch buildings were burned, but Warner continued to operate it, until his grant was challenged by a former claimant. Warner's Ranch was a stop on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line in 1857 and the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line between 1858 and 1860. It
558-671: The church. Juan Jose Warner received the 26,689-acre (108.01 km ) Rancho San Jose del Valle Mexican land grant in 1844, and renamed the area Warner Springs. Also in 1844, the asistencia's lands on the south became part of the Rancho Santa Ysabel Mexican land grant. In 1851, the Cupeño/Cahuilla " Garra Revolt " raid on Warner's Ranch occurred, a part of the Yuma War against immigrant intrusions. The Warner's Ranch adobe complex of Juan Jose Warner
589-603: The emigrant travel route between Arizona and California. Due to difficulties caused by frequent high winds on the exposed position, the location of the camp was moved by Major Edwin A. Rigg , 1st California Infantry on November 23, 1861, to Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station some 20 miles (32 km) to the north, also in San Diego County. The ranch passed through several hands until in 1880, John G. Downey , former governor of California, became sole owner of Warner's Ranch. He started legal efforts in 1892 to evict
620-776: The oldest volunteer companies in the State. He became an officer on November 7, 1855, serving as a first lieutenant. Became its captain April 19, 1856, and was reelected December 17, 1856, and in 1861. On August 5, 1861, Captain Rigg with four other militia captains offered the services of their companies to the United States Government to protect the Overland Mail Route. Joined the 1st California Infantry , with many of his militia company August 15, 1861. He
651-553: The reservoir level was lowered 40% due to danger from the Elsinore Fault Zone running beneath the dam. Also in 1978, a visiting author described it as "a pleasant, quiet, leisurely-paced village." Several Warner Spring sites and buildings were designated California Historical Landmarks (CHL), and/or National Historic Landmarks (NHL), and/or listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in
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#1732802352867682-630: The south. Warner Springs is also a popular area for gliding , due to the topography of the Peninsular Ranges in the area. The Cupeño people were long time indigenous inhabitants of the Warner Springs area. The Cupeño/Cahuilla Agua Caliente rancheria village was located at the hot springs (Spanish: agua caliente ) located here. The hot springs were discovered by Spanish explorers of upper Las Californias province in 1795. The Santa Ysabel Asistencia (satellite mission)
713-515: The territories of Arizona and New Mexico and West Texas from Apache and Navaho raiders. Rigg married seventeen-year-old Emma Antoinette Cooper November 26, 1862, in Mesilla, New Mexico, daughter of Hiram Cooper the superintendent of Hart's Mill near El Paso. Rigg's daughter, Sarah Adelia Rigg, was born at Ft. Craig, NM, on Dec. 5, 1863. During his time in Arizona he established Fort Goodwin on
744-725: Was a way station for large numbers of emigrants on the Southern Emigrant Trail from 1849 to 1861, as it was a stop on the Southern Emigrant–Gila River Trail. He opened the only trading post that served travelers on the trail between New Mexico Territory and the Pueblo de Los Angeles in Alta California . It later became a stop on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line in 1857, and the Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station stop on
775-504: Was declared a California Historical Landmark in 1939, and a National Historic Landmark in 1961. There is evidence that travelers stayed at the original 1849 ranch house. The ranch is located 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Warner Springs . This area had long been inhabited by the Cupeño American Indians , who first encountered Europeans when Spanish missionaries arrived in the area. The Cupeño were forced into
806-461: Was founded about 8 miles (13 km) to the south of the Agua Caliente springs in 1818 by Spanish missionaries originating from Mission San Diego de Alcalá . The St. Francis of Assisi chapel was erected near the settlement around 1830. Its walls use adobe mud bricks, white-washed over and a roof incorporating locally made red tiles. A stone bell tower is placed next to the southern wall of
837-535: Was linked to San Diego by the San Diego - Fort Yuma mail route via the road through Santa Isabel to San Diego. Travelers rested here along their journey, after the trip through the desert. During the American Civil War , Union troops established Camp Wright on the grounds of Warner's Ranch on October 18, 1861. The installation was designed to protect California from attack along the route of
868-559: Was made captain of Company B, formed largely from men from the Marion Rifles and other militia companies in San Francisco and others recruited at Camp Latham , near Los Angeles . Promoted Major, 1st California Infantry, Sept. 5, 1861. He was sent to Fort Yuma to relieve Lt. Col. Joseph R. West as commander of Fort Yuma on November 26, 1861. While its commander he saw to the gathering of supplies of food and forage for
899-415: Was mustered out in September 1866. He served until being mustered out on October 13, 1866, at Los Pinos, New Mexico , as Colonel of the 1st California Infantry. Rigg decided to stay in the military, joining the regular Army after the Civil War. After failing the examination to become a Regular Army officer, Rigg was able to obtain the signatures of several politicians and a U. S. Senator on his petition for
930-476: Was relocated to Pala Indian Reservation on May 12, 1903. The first advertising for the hot springs was in 1894. Gradually a resort was developed, called Warner Hot Springs, which became popular in the 1950s. The ranch house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961. The 221-acre (0.89 km) property holds the now-restored 1849 adobe ranch house and the Restored 1857 Carillo Adobe and barn which
961-461: Was the original Butterfield Stage Station and Trading Post. The historic portion includes an adobe ranch house and barn. The Ranch House has been restored and open to the public on weekends 12PM to 4PM and by appointment. Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route" " (PDF) . New York Times. October 14, 1858. Warner Springs, California Warner Springs