Portolá Trail Campsite 2
| Portolá Trail Campsite No. 2 | |
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Beverly Hills | |
| Coordinates | 34°03′44″N 118°22′35″W / 34.06216388°N 118.376266666°W |
| Built | 1769 |
| Designated | Nov. 5, 1958 |
| Reference no. | 665 |
  Location of Portolá Trail Campsite No. 2 in the Los Angeles metropolitan area | |
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The Portolá Trail Campsite 2 or Portolá Trail Campsite No. 2 is the spot of the first
Los Angeles County.[1]
Military officer Mission San Fernando would be built in 1797. Form San Fernando the expedition turned west to Ventura, the site of the future Mission San Buenaventura built in 1782.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
- Listed on the state historic mark #665 at the site:
- Don Gaspar de Portolá (1723–1786) – Expedition Leader would become the first Governor of the Californias.
- Captain Don Fernando Rivera y Moncada (1725–1781) – soldier and became the third Governor of The Californias.
- Lieutenant Don Pedro Fages (1734–1794) – soldier, became Lieutenant Governor under Gaspar de Portolá.
- Sgt. José Francisco Ortega (1734–1798) – soldier and early settler of Alta California. Future leader of the Presidio of San Diego.
- Father Juan Crespí (1721–1782) – recorded the complete expedition. Founder of first missionin area.
- Father Francisco Gómez – served as chaplain for the expedition, a Father from Mission San Diego, later moved to Mission Carmel.
Marker
Marker on the site reads:[9]
- NO. 665 PORTOLÁ TRAIL CAMPSITE, 2 – The expedition of Don Gaspar de Portolá from Mexico passed this way en route to Monterey to begin the Spanish colonization of California. With Captain Don Fernando Rivera y Moncada, Lieutenant Don Pedro Fages, Sergeant José Francisco Ortega, and Fathers Juan Crespí and Francisco Gómez, Portolá and his party camped near this spot on August 3, 1769.
See also
- California Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles County
- Spanish missions in California
- List of California Ranchos
- Ranchos of Los Angeles County, California
References
- ^ Cal, Parks Marker, 665, Portolá Trail Campsite
- ^ A Description of Distant Roads: Original Journals of the First Expedition into California, 1769-177o, by Juan Crespí and edited and translated by Alan K. Brown, published by San Diego State University Press, 2001.
- ^ The Founding of Mission San Gabriel
- ^ The first written record of the Misión Vieja area
- ^ The Kizh/Gabrieleño People and Misión Vieja
- ^ Misión Vieja: The Ancestral Center of the Los Angeles Region
- ^ Home Stead Museum, Remnant Landscapes at Mision Vieja (Old Mission), South El Monte and Montebello
- ^ Marker Database, 655
- ^ californiahistoricallandmarks.com 655, Portolá Trail Campsite 1
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