SANTA CLARA CAMPAIGN TREATY SITE - View this location on map  - After an armed confrontation on January 2 and a meeting the following day, Marine Captain Ward Marston, commander of the United States expeditionary force, and Francisco Sanchez, leader of the Mexican-Californian ranchers, agreed to a treaty here on January 7, 1847. U.S. forces were to recognize the rights of the Californians and end seizures of their property. CLARA CAMPAIGN TREATY SITE, , California Historical |