#0665 Portola Trail Campsite (No. 2)

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#0665 Portola Trail Campsite (No. 2)

Site information:

325 South La Cienega Blvd between Olympic and Gregory, Beverly Hills

Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.

34.062099,-118.37635

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

Portola Trail 1769

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.

Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the City of Beverly Hills and Los Fiesteros de Los Angeles, January 27, 1959.

Registered 11/5/1958

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