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NO. 655 PORTOLÁ TRAIL CAMPSITE (I) - Spanish colonization of California began in 1769 with the expedition of Don Gaspar de Portolá from Mexico. With Captain Don Fernando Rivera v Moncada, Lieutenant Don Pedro Fages, Sgt. José Francisco Ortega, and Fathers Juan Crespí and Francisco Gómez, he and his party camped near this spot on August 2, 1769, en route to Monterey.
Location
Elysian Park entrance, NW corner of N Broadway and Elysian Park Dr, Los Angeles
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NO. 655 PORTOLÁ TRAIL CAMPSITE (I) - Marker
NO. 655 PORTOLÁ TRAIL CAMPSITE (I) - Marker
NO. 655 PORTOLÁ TRAIL CAMPSITE (I) - State Plaque
NO. 655 PORTOLÁ TRAIL CAMPSITE (I) -Gaspar de Portolá