Portola Redwoods State Park in Northern California preserves deep forested canyons, old-growth redwoods, and creek-shaped landscapes in the redwood country of the San Francisco Peninsula. The area was long part of the homeland of the Quiroste, affiliated with the Ramaytush Ohlone, who fished its waterways, gathered asphaltum, and traded with inland groups. After the Portolá expedition crossed the region in 1769, European-American colonization and later nineteenth-century logging transformed the redwood groves. Land assembled beginning in 1924 became a state park in 1945, later expanding into an important refuge for ancient forest and a secluded place for hiking and camping.