8/10/1996
Landmark information
- Location:
856 Danville Blvd at El Portal, Danville - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
8/10/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/10/1996 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 50.064, W 122 0.982
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Historical Landmark
1772
Captain Pedro Fages Trail
Fages, Commandante at Monterey, vainly looked for a way across San Francisco Bay, with Juan Crespi, Franciscan missionary, 14 soldiers, a muleteer and an indian servant. He trekked along Carquinez Strait, thence eastward nearly to Antioch, turning back. These first white men to explore what became Contra Costa County passed this point and camped near Danville March 31, 1772.