BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260408T180000Z DTEND:20260409T003000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The True Story of Fremont\, Foxen and the San Marcos Pass DESCRIPTION:The True Story of Fremont\, Foxen and the San Marcos Pass A talk by Neal Graffy Wednesday\, April 8 Two opportunities! 11:00 AM TICKETS 5:30 PM TICKETS In early December\, 1846\, "The Pathfinder\," Lt. Col. John C. Fr mont\, and his recently assembled California Battalion were encamped some 20 miles below Mission San Juan Bautista. Their goal? Head south and liberate Santa Barbara and then Los Angeles from the forces of General Jos Mar a Flores and claim California for the United States. To do so\, for the next twenty-five days Fr mont and his men would embark on an historic march of 230 miles culminating in a Christmas Day descent from the Santa Ynez mountains in a torrential rainstorm. According to legend\, Benjamin Foxen warned Fr mont of a trap at Gaviota Pass and then led Fr mont and the battalion safely over the "San Marcos Pass." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The True Story of Fremont\, Foxen and the San Marcos Pass A talk by Neal Graffy Wednesday\, April 8 Two opportunities! 11:00 AM TICKETS 5:30 PM TICKETS In early December\, 1846\, &ldquo\;The Pathfinder\,&rdquo\; Lt. Col. John C. Fré\;mont\, and his recently assembled California Battalion were encamped some 20 miles below Mission San Juan Bautista. Their goal? Head south and liberate Santa Barbara and then Los Angeles from the forces of General José\; Marí\;a Flores and claim California for the United States. To do so\, for the next twenty-five days Fré\;mont and his men would embark on an historic march of 230 miles culminating in a Christmas Day descent from the Santa Ynez mountains in a torrential rainstorm. According to legend\, Benjamin Foxen warned Fré\;mont of a trap at Gaviota Pass and then led Fré\;mont and the battalion safely over the &ldquo\;San Marcos Pass.&rdquo\; LOCATION:Santa Barbara Historical Museum 136 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara\, CA 93101 UID:e.3636.3452 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260428T111922Z URL:https://business.sbscchamber.com/events/details/the-true-story-of-fremont-foxen-and-the-san-marcos-pass-3452 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR