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Taken: May 7, 1977
Caption: A Second Marker At This Site
Additional Description: Under this giant redwood, the Palo Alto, November 6–11, 1769, camped Portola and his band on the expedition that discovered San Francisco Bay. This was the assembling point for their reconnoitering parties. Here in 1774 Padre Palou erected a cross to mark the site of a proposed mission (which later was built at Santa Clara). The celebrated Pedro Font topographical map of 1776 contained the drawing of the original double trunked tree making the Palo Alto the first official living California landmark.
Submitted: December 3, 2009.
Database Locator Identification Number: p88129
File Size: 0.370 Megabytes

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