The Santa Clara County Parks Department has announced the opening of a historic section of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail at Rancho San Antonio County Park in Cupertino. Ceremonies to commemorate the trail opening were held Saturday.

The program, co-hosted by the city of Cupertino, featured Cupertino Mayor Richard Lowenthal and Santa Clara County Parks Director Lisa Killough.

The Anza Trail, approximately 1,200 miles long established by Congress in 1990, marks the route taken by Juan Bautista de Anza - the first European to establish an overland route from Mexico in 1775. The expedition crossed what is now Santa Clara County three times with the goal of founding a presidio and mission near the San Francisco Bay.

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