CARPINTERIA AND INDIAN VILLAGE OF MISHOPSHNOW
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GeoCraig
N 34° 23.857 W 119° 31.061
11S E 268559 N 3809118
CARPINTERIA AND INDIAN VILLAGE OF MISHOPSHNOW
Waymark Code: WM5CV
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2005
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NO. 535 CARPINTERIA AND INDIAN
VILLAGE OF MISHOPSHNOW - The Chumash Indian village
of Mishopshnow, discovered by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo on
August 14, 1542, was located one-fourth mile southwest of
the monument. Fray Juan Crespí of the Gaspar de Portolá
Expedition named it San Roque on August 17, 1769. Portolá's
soldiers, observing the Indians building wooden canoes,
called the village La Carpinteria-the Carpenter's Shop.
This is one of two identical markers at two different locations in town. They were originally located on Highway 101 near Casitas Pass Road, with one on the northbound side and one on the southbound side. One-fourth mile southwest of there is the Portolá Sycamore, the location of The Carpenter Shop.