In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds.

He was interviewed there by Wm. The day-long Battle of Valverde ended when the Confederates captured a Union battery of six guns and forced the rest of Canby’s troops across the river. The State Park includes a visitor's center that in addition to housing exhibits and a film about the battle also includes information about the cultural history of the San Pasqual Valley.

Carson was a courier and scout during the Mexican-American war from 1846 to 1848 celebrated for his rescue mission after the Battle of San Pasqual and his coast-to-coast journey from California to deliver news of the war to the U. Carson explored the west to California and north through the Rocky Mountains.