6/7/2017

Landmark information

  • Location:
    300 S block of La Cienega Blvd between Olympic and Gregory, Beverly Hills
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Nothing Remains
  • Date First Visited:
    6/7/2017
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    6/7/2017
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 34 3.728, W 118 22.582

About this landmark

Plaque text:

The expedition of Don Gaspar de Portola from Mexico passed this way en route to Monterey to begin the Spanish colonization of California. With Capt. Don Fernando Rivera y Moncada, Lt. Don Pedro Fages, Sgt. Jose Francisco Ortega, and fathers Juan Crespi and Francisco Gomez, Portola and his party camped near this spot on August 3, 1769.