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California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County
 
 
California Landmark 26
Portolá Expedition Camp
San Gregorio State Beach West of State Highway 1
10.8 Miles S of Half Moon Bay
 
Portolá Expedition Camp Near San Gregorio Creek
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Portolá Camp

Captain Gáspar de Portolá 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 24-26, 1769. They later discovered San Francisco Bay instead.

Registered Landmark No. 26
Plaque placed by California Centennials Commission in cooperation with the County Board of Supervisors and the San Mateo County Historical Association.
October 16, 1949

Mouth of San Gregorio Creek
Mouth of San Gregorio Creek
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Except for the plaque, a small parking lot, and a few picnic tables, this part of the California coast looks much as it must have looked in October of 1769.
From The March of Portolá and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco by Zoeth S. Eldredge.

The next jornada was a long one of four leagues, and their camp was on San Gregorio creek. It began to rain and the command was prostrated by an epidemic of diarrhoea which spared no one. They now thought they saw their end, but the contrary appeared to be the case. The diarrhoea seemed to relieve the scurvy, and the swollen limbs of the sufferers began to be less painful. They named the camp Vane de los Soldados de los Cursos, and Crespi applied the name of Santo Domingo to it. Unable to travel on the 25th and 26th, but resuming the march October 27th, they pressed forward.

 
 
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