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| Landmark #624 | Los Angeles County | Visited: July 4, 2011 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque marking the site where Gaspar de Portolá met the friendly Piru locals! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: On August 11, 1769, the explorers and priests accompanying Portolá found a populous village of Piru Indians near this point. Carrying their bowstrings loose, the Indians offered necklaces of stones, in exchange for which Portolá presented them with beads.
OTHER TIDBITS: The Piru were actually a sub-group of the Tataviam people, who ranged across the Santa Clarita, San Fernando, and Antelope Valleys! You may recognize their language in such place names as Piru (tule), Tujunga (place of the old woman), and Cahuenga (place of the hill)! The Tataviam called themselves “people facing the sun” and built their houses on the south side of hills to get the most sunlight! The Spanish called them Fernandeños, because they were assimilated by the Mission San Fernando! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Warring Park 700 block of Orchard St Piru, CA ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~48mi (78km) — 0.8hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
