Historical Marker
Hotel Winton
Historical marker location:
445 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California
( Marker is on O'Farrell Street, on the right when traveling east.)
c. 1907.
The first European to set foot in California was Juan RodrÃguez 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.