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Tunitas Beach, Indian Village Site on Portolá Route

San Mateo County · 8 miles south of Half Moon Bay · location approximate

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Portolá Expedition of 1769 discovered this Indian village on Tunitas Creek, which is in the southwest corner of Rancho Cañada de Verde y Arroyo de la Purísima. This rancho was granted to José Maria Alviso in 1838.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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