FIRST -- Scientific Excavations of the Tar Pools - Los Angeles, CA
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N 34° 03.790 W 118° 21.326
11S E 374917 N 3769988
A state marker in front of the La Brea Tar Pits.
Waymark Code: WMQXR1
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2016
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The plaque says, "First historic reference to the pools, part of the 1840 Rancho La Brea land grant, was recorded by Gaspar de Portolá in 1769 - first scientific excavations were made by the University of California in 1906. The site was presented to the County of Los Angeles in 1916 by Captain G. Allan Hancock to be developed as a scientific monument."
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