there are several landmarks for Francisco Garcés in Bakersfield, California: Garces Memorial High School, the city's Catholic high school; and on Chester Avenue Garces Memorial Circle, with a memorial statue of Garcés. Las Vegas, Nevada The original platted east–west streets of the 1905 Las Vegas Township are all named for significant North American explorers, beginning with Stewart on the north, then Ogden, Fremont, Carson, Bridger, Lewis, Clark, Bonneville, Gass, and finally Garces on the south. Reno, Nevada St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral has a stained glass window dedicated to Fray Garces. See also Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert Spanish missions in Baja California California Historical Landmarks in Kern County California Historical Landmark Notes References Garcés, Francisco. 1900. On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer: The Diary and Itinerary of Francisco Garcés. Edited by Elliott Coues. Two vols. Francis P. Harper, New York, NY. Garcés, Francisco. 1967. A Record of Travels in Arizona and California, 1775–1776. Edited by John Galvin. John Howell, San Francisco. External links Web de Anza: 1774 Diary of Padre Francisco Garcés — Discovery Expedition: during January - July 1774. Web de Anza: 1776 Diary of Padre Francisco Garcés — Colonizing Expedition: during October - December 1776. MojaveDesert.net: Francisco Garcés - "Missionary priest who led an expedition across the Mojave" - history webpage People of New Spain 1738 births 1781 deaths Explorers of California Explorers of Arizona Spanish explorers of North America Spanish Friars Minor 18th-century Spanish Roman Catholic priests Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries Franciscan missionaries Martyred Roman Catholic priests 18th-century Roman Catholic martyrs History of Baja California Sonora Pre-statehood history of Arizona Burials in Arizona Spanish Servants of God Priests of the Spanish missions in California People from Valdejalón Explorers of the United States Explorers of Mexico Mohave Trail Roman Catholic missionaries in New Spain