Stone Turnpike Memorial Freeway

Historical marker location:

Lakehead-Lakeshore, California

( Marker is on Interstate 5, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1995

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.