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Don Gaspor Portola with 60 men camped here July 31, 1769 on his first exploring route from San Diego to Monterey.

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On this site, Edward L. Doheny drilled the first oil well in the Olilnda field in 1897. Olinda #1, drilled to 806 feet, pumped about 50 barrels per day (bpd). By 1898, ten wells were drilled, some producing up to 100 bpd. In 1899, the Santa Fe Rai…

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