10/5/1996
Landmark information
- Location:
Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, 950 Maple Ave; 2nd plaque at 1000 Concha Loma, near Carpenteria Ave, Carpinteria - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
10/5/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
10/5/1996 - GPS Coordinates:
N 34 23.548, W 119 30.648
About this landmark
Plaque text:
La Carpinteria (1769)
The Chumash indian village of "Mishopshnow," discovered by Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo, August 14, 1541, 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 soldiers, observing the indians building wooden canoes, called the village "La Carpinteria" - the carpenter shop.