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Serra Palm
Traditionally the earlies planted tree in the California.
Directly in the rear, beneath the brow of the hill, lie
the dead of the sacred expedition of 1769. Burial place
of first unknown soldiers.
The last dying Serra Palm was cut down on June 6, 1957.
The marker was preserved by Archie and Margaret O'Neal,
and rededicated by Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus, on
December 6, 1980.
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| From the Guidebook: |
Site of the palm
planted in 1769 by Padre Junípero Serra when he arrived
at San Diego. Here the four divisions of the Portolá Expedition
met on July 1, 1769. The famous 'El Camino Real,' most
celebrated trail in California, begins here.
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