10/1/2023
Landmark information
- Location:
Elysian Park entrance, NW corner of N Broadway and Elysian Park Dr, Los Angeles - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
3/11/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
10/1/2023 - GPS Coordinates:
N 34 4.318, W 118 13.645
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Portola Trail
1769
Spanish colonization of California began in 1769 with the expedition of Don Gaspar de Portola from Mexico. With Capt. Don Fernando Rivera y Moncada, Lt. Don Pedro Fages, Sgt. Jose Francisco Ortega and Fathers Juan Crespi and Francisco Gomez, he and his party camped near this spot on August 2, 1769, en route to Monterey.