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No. 9009 A view of Union Square, illuminaterjat pight for the Portola Festivaler
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Gaspar de Portola' was the first Governdt of Waper #9
and Lower California, from 1767 to 1771, whder ben- 1 This side $s for the Address
ish regime. In 1769 be visited California and made his M
residence here until 1771–the expiration of listerm,
On July 14, 1769, he left San Diego with a small
force in search of Monterey, but failed to fiąd sit
While continuing the search he explored the peninsula
on which San Francisco is now built, and looked upon
the Bay of San Francisco within the Golden Gate,
being, according to best authorities, the first white man
who ever gazed upon these waters.
Father Junipero Serra was President of the Mis-
sions of California during this time, establishing the
Mission Dolores October 9th, 1776. Portola as
Commander-in-chief of land cxpeditions, visited the
Missions at San Diego, Monterey and SarBuenaventura
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