Bob Powers

Historical marker location:

49 Big Blue Road, Kernville, California

( Marker is on Big Blue Road.)

Marker installed: 2007

June 7, 1924 September 11, 2002.

The first European to set foot in California was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese explorer sailing for the Spanish crown. He arrived in what is now San Diego Bay in 1542 and explored the coast for several months.