La Carpinteria (1769)
The Chumash Indian Village of "Mishopshnow," discovered by Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo, August 14, 1542, was located one-fourth of mile southwest of here. Fray Juan Crespi of the Gaspar de Portola expedition named it "San Roque," August 17, 1769. Portola's soldiers, observing the Indians building wooden canoes, called the village, "La Carpinteria"--the Carpenter Shop.
Marker is at the intersection of Carpinteria Avenue and Arbol Verde Street, on the right when traveling east on Carpinteria Avenue.
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