Castle Rock, originally known as La Centinela (The Sentinel), is a pillar in Corral Hollow, in San Joaquin County, California. It rises to an elevation of . According to legend, it was used as a hideout by members of the horse gang of Joaquin Murrieta.Dan L. Mosier, Brief History of the Tesla Area from teslapark.org accessed 08/10/2018. According to Frank Latta, it was used by bands of the horse gang to gather droves of wild and stolen horses from the plain beyond Corral Hollow for the next drove to Sonora.Frank F. Latta. Joaquin Murrieta and His Horse Gangs, Bear State Books, Santa Cruz, California. 1980.
References