• Portola may refer to: Portola (album), a 1998 album by Rose Melberg Portola, California Portola, San Francisco, California Portola Music Festival Gaspar...
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    The Portolá expedition was a Spanish voyage of exploration in 1769–1770 that was the first recorded European exploration of the interior of the present-day...
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    Captain Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the first...
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    Portola (/pɔːrˈtoʊlə/ por-TOH-lə) is the only incorporated city in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 2,104 at the 2010 census...
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    Portola Valley is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area, Portola...
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    Asian population in the Portola has been steadily increasing since the 1990s. The Portola is marked by Census Tract 257. Portola Place is a new development...
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  • Portola Pharmaceuticals is an American clinical stage biotechnology company that researches, develops, and commercializes drugs. The company focuses primarily...
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    The Portola Valley School is a one-room schoolhouse that sits at 775 Portola Road in Portola Valley, California. It was added to the National Register...
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  • Portola High School most commonly refers to: Portola High School, located in Portola, California Portola High School (Irvine, California), located in Irvine...
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  • The Portola Music Festival, also referred to as Portola, is an annual music festival held at Pier 80 in San Francisco, California. The festival made its...
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    The Portolá Trail Campsite or Portolá Trail Campsite No. 1 is the spot of the first Europeans to travel and camp overnight in what is now Central Los...
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    Portola Hills is a district in the city of Lake Forest, California in Orange County, United States. It was formerly an unincorporated community and census-designated...
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  • Portola is a 1998 album by singer songwriter Rose Melberg. The album was released by Double Agent Records in August 1998. "Deep Purple" (Peter DeRose)...
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    Portola High School (PHS) is one of five public high schools in the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) and is located in Irvine, California. The groundbreaking...
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  • The Portola Institute was a "nonprofit educational foundation" founded in Menlo Park, California in 1966 by Dick Raymond. The Portola institute helped...
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    The Portolá Trail Campsite 2 or Portolá Trail Campsite No. 2 is the spot of the first Europeans to travel and camp overnight in what is now Beverly Hills...
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    Portola Redwoods State Park is a 2,800 acres (1,100 ha) state park in California situated in San Mateo County. The parks' primary watercourses — Peters...
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  • Cielo Vista Elementary School de Portola Elementary School Del Cerro Elementary School Del Lago Elementary School Foothill Ranch Elementary School Gates...
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    identity they could not yet confirm. (see Timeline of the Portolá expedition). In April 1770, Portolá gathered a new and smaller party for another overland...
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    depictions appeared on many European maps well into the 18th century. The Portolá expedition of 1769–70 was a pivotal event in the Spanish colonization of...
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    The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad...
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    colonizing bases of New Spain in Central and South America. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí reached the present site of Los Angeles...
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    borders East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,572...
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    This timeline of the Portolá expedition tracks the progress during 1769 and 1770 of the first European exploration-by-land of north-western coastal areas...
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    is now San Francisco on November 2, 1769, when the Portolá expedition led by Don Gaspar de Portolá and Juan Crespí arrived at San Francisco Bay. Having...
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  • the province of the Californias under Gaspar de Portolá. Fages claimed the governorship after Portolá's departure, acting as governor in opposition to...
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    María, Serra urged Portolá to move ahead of the slow pack train, so they could reach Velicatá in time for Pentecost the next day. Portolá agreed, so the small...
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    This highway was previously named the Portola Freeway to honor the 18th-century Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá, whose expedition in 1769–1770 discovered...
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    Gabrieleño indigenous group inhabited Irvine about 2,000 years ago. Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish explorer, came to the area in 1769, which led to the establishment...
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    Warring Park is a California Historical Landmark as it is the site that Portolà expedition found the Chumash people group known as the Piru Indian tribe...
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