Portolá Trail Campsite (1769)!

Portolá Trail Campsite
Landmark #655 Los Angeles County Visited: April 10, 2011 Plaque?  YES! 🙂
What is it? A plaque marking one of the camp sites along Don Gaspar de Portolá’s expedition route from Mexico to Monterey!
What makes it historical? THE GUIDE SAYS: 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.

OTHER TIDBITS: After expelling the Jesuits from their missions, Portolá’s mission became the expansion of Spanish territory north from Mexico to Monterey, in order to keep a check on Russian and English incursion!

How can I Help the Helpers? HERE’S HOW:

Where is this place? LISTED DIRECTIONS:
Elysian Park entrance
NW corner of N Broadway and Elysian Park Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90012

ANNOTATIONS:
Actually at the intersection of Broadway and Meadow Road! You’ll see the plaque sitting under a tree right by the road!

From Los Angeles: ~2mi (4km) — 0.1hrs
From Sacramento: ~384mi (618km) — 6.4hrs
From San Diego: ~122mi (197km) — 2.1hrs
From San Francisco: ~381mi (614km) — 6.4hrs

When should I go? Whenever the mood strikes you!

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