Carpinteria and Indian Village of Mishopshnow

Santa Barbara County · Carpinteria · location approximate

The Chumash Indian village of Mishopshnow, discovered by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo August 14, 1542, was located one-fourth mile southwest of here. Fray Juan Crespí of the Gaspar de Portolá Expedition named it San Roque August 17, 1769. Portolá's soldiers, observing the Indians building wooden canoes, called the village La Carpintería—the Carpenter Shop.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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