P. Linthiouh

Historical marker location:

Meadow Valley, California

( Marker is on Oroville-Bucks Lake Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1931

Died Sept. 1852. Age 19.

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.