 1820 map, Presidio of San Diego El Reál Presidio de San Diego (Royal Presidio of San Diego) was first established in May 14, 1769 by Commandant Pedro Fages under authority of the King of Spain as a fort. San Diego, California was first explored by Europeans as far back as 1542, but no settlement was made until then. The Presidio was located on the side of Presidio Hill in present Presidio Park, between the outlet of present-day Mission Valley and Old Town San Diego. The Presidio had a commanding view of San Diego Bay and the ocean, allowing the Spanish to see potential intruders. Image File history File links Presidio_of_San_Diego_1820_map. ...
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May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ...
1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Don Pedro Fages Beleta (Catalan: Pere Fages i Beleta) was born in Guissona (Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) in 1734 and died in Mexico City in 1794. ...
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A wide valley trending east/west, created by the San Diego River (for the most part more like a seasonal creek than a river sometimes), Mission Valley serves as a business and entertainment center for San Diego, the city in which it is located. ...
Old Town, San Diego Old Town, San Diego Old Town, San Diego The Old Town San Diego State Historic Park recreates life in the Mexican and early American periods of 1821 to 1872. ...
The Mission San Diego de Alcalá was established July 16, 1769 by Junípero Serra on Presidio Hill. Less than a month after the mission was established, an uprising of Indians occurred: four Spaniards were wounded and a boy was killed. After the attack, the Spaniards built a stockade, which was finished March 1770. It included two bronze cannon: one pointed to the bay, the other to the nearby Indian village. One of the canon, El Jupiter, is in the Serra Museum. Mission San Diego de Alcalá as it stood circa 1900. ...
July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ...
1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Blessed JunÃpero Serra (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Majorcan (Spain) Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California. ...
In 1773 and 1774, adobe structures were built to replace the temporary wood and brush huts. In 1774 the Mission was moved a few miles up Mission Valley to separate the Indians from the influence of the presidial garrison and the fort formally became a presidio. Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe is a building material composed of water, sandy clay and straw or other organic materials, which is shaped into bricks using wooden frames and dried in the sun . ...
Presidio is a place in the State of Texas in the United States of America: see Presidio, Texas. ...
The presidio was the first permanent European settlement on the Pacific Coast. It was also the base of operations for the Spanish colonization of California, achieved through the development of missions, presidios, and pueblos. The presidio served as the base for exploration throughout California's interior and it remained the seat of military power in California through the Mexican period. The Spanish Missions in California (more simply referred to as the California Missions) comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans, to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier...
Prior to occupation by the Spanish, the Presidio was home to the Kumeyaay people (previously called Diegueño). The Kumeyaay, also known as the Diegueño and sometimes confused with the Luiseño, are a Native American people of the extreme southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. ...
 Ruins of the San Diego Presidio (National Historic Landmarks collection) With Mexican independence in 1821, the Presidio came under Mexican control, and was officially relinquished by the Spanish on April 20, 1822. From 1825-1829 it served as the Mexican Governor's residence. The Presidio was abandonded in 1835, after the Mexican government secularized the missions. Image File history File links Presidio_of_San_Diego_ruins. ...
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The Mexican War of Independence, which lasted from 1810 to 1821, was Mexicos struggle for independence against Spanish colonial rule. ...
April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ...
1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
In 1907, George Marston, a wealthy department store owner, bought Presidio Hill with an interest to preserve the site. He couldn't get anyone interested in the project, so he built a private park in 1925 with the help of architect John Nolen. Marston donated the park to the city in 1929. No structures remain, although the site is occasionally used for archaeological excavations. Nearby, just up the hill from the Presidio site is the Serra Museum ran by the San Diego Historical Society. The San Diego Presidio is a National Historic Landmark. George White Marston (October 22, 1850–May 31, 1946) Community leader and Department Store owner // Business and personal George W. Marston was born in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin in 1850. ...
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See also
This is a list of pre-statehood Mayors of San Diego, California. ...
The Spanish Missions in California (more simply referred to as the California Missions) comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans, to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier...
External links - "Use of Presidio Hill", Journal of San Diego History 45:3 (Summer 1999) by Jennifer Luksic and Nik Kendziorski
- El Presidio Real de San Diego
- "Life on Presidio Hill Under the Spanish Flag", History of San Diego (1907-08) by William E. Smythe
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