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Serra Palm
Photographer: San Diego Historical Society
Caption: Serra Palm
Additional Description: From the Serra Palm site, "El Camino Real," the most celebrated trail in California begins. Also from this, "Spanish Camp," Governor Gaspar de Portolá set out on July 14, 1769, in a vain search for the port of Monterey. This early photo of the Serra Palms was donated by Mr. and Mrs. George C. Jessop, Jr., to the San Diego Historical Society. (http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/68july/images.htm)
Submitted: October 1, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p37346
File Size: 0.025 Megabytes

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