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Spanish army officer Gabriel Moraga was one of the first Europeans to explore California's Great Central Valley (1806 -1808). As the first explorer, he became the source of many of the place names in the region, including San Joaquin
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
, Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, the Merced River
Merced River

The Merced River is in California. Its headwaters are in the southern half of Yosemite National Park. The river flows into Yosemite Valley. Much of the water is stored behind the Lake McClure in Lake McClure, and diverted by the Merced Irrigation District at the Crocker-Huffman diversion dam....
, which he named El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (The River of Our Lady of Mercy), the Kings River
Kings River

Kings River can refer to:*The Kings River in Arkansas and Missouri in the United States.*The Kings River in California in the United States....
, which he named Río de los Santos Reyes (River of the Holy Kings) and Merced
Merced, California

Merced [m?'s?d], is the county seat of Merced County, California in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. As of 2007, the city had a total population of 80,608....
, Mariposa
Mariposa County, California

Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It lies north of Fresno, California, east of Merced, California, and southeast of Stockton, California....
, and Calaveras
Calaveras County, California

Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is named for the Spanish word meaning skulls, reportedly for the bones of fighters left behind after an Indian war that were discovered by Captain Gabriel Moraga....
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Spanish army officer Gabriel Moraga was one of the first Europeans to explore California's Great Central Valley (1806 -1808). As the first explorer, he became the source of many of the place names in the region, including San Joaquin
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
, Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, the Merced River
Merced River

The Merced River is in California. Its headwaters are in the southern half of Yosemite National Park. The river flows into Yosemite Valley. Much of the water is stored behind the Lake McClure in Lake McClure, and diverted by the Merced Irrigation District at the Crocker-Huffman diversion dam....
, which he named El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (The River of Our Lady of Mercy), the Kings River
Kings River

Kings River can refer to:*The Kings River in Arkansas and Missouri in the United States.*The Kings River in California in the United States....
, which he named Río de los Santos Reyes (River of the Holy Kings) and Merced
Merced, California

Merced [m?'s?d], is the county seat of Merced County, California in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. As of 2007, the city had a total population of 80,608....
, Mariposa
Mariposa County, California

Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It lies north of Fresno, California, east of Merced, California, and southeast of Stockton, California....
, and Calaveras
Calaveras County, California

Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is named for the Spanish word meaning skulls, reportedly for the bones of fighters left behind after an Indian war that were discovered by Captain Gabriel Moraga....
. He named the Calaveras River
Calaveras River

The Calaveras River is a river in the California Central Valley. It flows roughly southwest for 80 miles from its headwaters in northeast Calaveras County, California to its confluence with the San Joaquin River just west of the city of Stockton, California....
 after skulls found there. Mariposa
Mariposa, California

Mariposa is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, California, United States. The population was 1,373 at the 2000 census....
 was named from the swarms of butterflies.

Moraga led armies of Spanish soldiers through the valley and displaced local Native American groups.

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