Morro Rock

AN IMPORTANT MARINER'S LANDFALL FOR  OVER 300 YEARS, CHRONICLED IN THE DIARIES OF  PORTOLA, FR. CRESPI AND COSTANSO IN 1769 WHEN  THEY CAMPED NEAR THIS AREA ON THEIR TREK TO  FIND MONTEREY. SOMETIMES CALLED THE "GIBRALTAR  OF THE PACIFIC". IT IS THE LAST IN THE FAMOUS  CHAIN OF NINE PEAKS WHICH START IN THE CITY  OF SAN LUIS OBISPO.   CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 821   PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE MORRO BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. MAY 25, 1968  

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