He emailed this yesterday: "Today, August 3rd, is the 250th Anniversary. The Portolá Expedition came upon the LaBrea Tar Pits. It's all written down in the Father Crespí diary."
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| Photo courtesy of Gary Leonard |
[Update 8/8/2019]
Gary wrote on August 7th, "250 years ago today The Portolá Expedition left Encino after camping there for two nights."
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| Photo courtesy of Gary Leonard |
Then he added, "Seemed appropriate to mark the occasion by getting gas at the same location where they departed 250 years ago today."
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| Photo courtesy of Gary Leonard |
For more about recent local activities commemorating the anniversary of the 1769/1770 Spanish land expedition, visit a chronicling by Paul R. Spitzerri at the Homestead Museum from this past Friday, August 2nd.
Read Los Angeles Revisited's previous blog post on Gary Leonard.
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