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Related Historical Markers
To better understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.
By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 5, 2008
Morro Rock Marker and Monument (with Morro Rock in the background)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Coleman Drive 0.3 miles west of Embarcadero, on the right when traveling west. |
| | An important mariner's landfall for over 300 years, chronicled in the diaries of Portola, Fr. Crespi and Costanso in 1769 when they camped near this area on their trek to find Monterey. Sometimes called the "Gibraltar of the Pacific". It is the last . . . — — Map (db m24795) HM |
| On Cabrillo Highway (State Highway 1). Reported missing. |
| | Captain Gaspar de Portola and his party of Spanish explorers, journeying overland from San Diego in a fruitless search for Monterey Bay, camped here by San Gregorio Creek for a three day rest and treatment of their sick, October 24-27, 1769. Having . . . — — Map (db m11032) HM |
| On Coast Highway (California Route 1) at Crespi Drive, on the right when traveling north on Coast Highway. |
| | Captain Gaspar de Portola camped, October 31, 1769, by the creek at the south side of this valley, and to that camp scouting parties brought news of a body of water to the east. On November 4 the expedition advanced. Turning inland here, they . . . — — Map (db m1095) HM |
| On Hillcrest Boulevard at San Andreas Valley Road, on the right when traveling west on Hillcrest Boulevard. |
| | On November 4, 1769, the expedition of Captain Gaspar de Portola, after crossing Sweeny Ridge, beheld the Bay of San Francisco for the first time. That night they camped at a small lagoon, now covered by San Andreas Lake. Finding the bay too large . . . — — Map (db m70737) HM |
| On Alma Street near East Creek Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Near "El Palo Alto" the tall tree, the Portola Expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped. They had traveled from San Diego in search of Monterey but discovered instead the Bay of San Francisco. Finding the bay, too large to go around and . . . — — Map (db m25054) HM |
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