Dr. Samuel Gregg George

Historical marker location:

198 East Mill Avenue, Porterville, California

( Marker is on East Mill Avenue west of East Fig Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1977

Patriot Doctor Miner Pioneer.

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.