LeConte Memorial Lodge

Historical marker location:

Yosemite National Park, California

( Marker is on Southside Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

Sierra Club. Founded 1892.

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.