The Chumash Indian Village of "Mishopshnow," discovered by Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo, August 14, 1542, was located one-fourth mile southwest of here. Fray Juan Crespi of the Gaspar de Portola expedition named it "San Roque," August 17, 1769. Portola's . . . — — Map (db m138529) HM
The Chumash Indian Village of "Mishopshnow," discovered by Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo, August 14, 1542, was located one-fourth mile southwest of here. Fray Juan Crespi of the Gaspar de Portola expedition named it "San Roque," August 17, 1769. Portola's . . . — — Map (db m147308) HM
Oral tradition holds that this tree survives from the naming of "La Carpinteria" - the Carpenter Shop - on August 17, 1769 when the Portolα Expedition observed the Chumash building plank canoes at this site. — — Map (db m137942) HM