A. R. Wilson Quarry

Historical marker location:

521 Quarry Road, Aromas, California

( Marker is on Quarry Road, 0.7 miles west of Carpenteria Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2010

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.