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- Gaspar Portola, in 1769, founded a presidio (fortress) on the hill above Old Town, and Friar Junipero Serra followed with the Mission San Diego de Alcala nearby in July of that year. This marks the official founding of the City of San Diego.
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As the first area of California in which Europeans settled, San Diego has been described as "the birthplace of California". [1] Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first European to discover San Diego Bay in 1542, roughly 200 years before other Europeans settled the area.
Jul 9, 2023 · In 1850, William Heath Davis spent a small fortune creating the first New Town San Diego, on the shores of San Diego Bay. The entire area shortly entered an economic depression and the effort collapsed, to forever be known as Davis’s Folly. Historic Heart of San Diego – Gaslamp Quarter.
The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly declared Mexican Empire, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later.
San Diego, a city known for its vibrant culture and stunning landscapes, has a rich history that spans from the early Spanish colonization to its modern urban development.
1813. Work begins on Mission Dam and aqueduct, finished in 1816-17. March, 1817. The Traveler departs with California’s first shipment of grain. 1820-1830. More settlers bring the total population to more than six hundred residents. Presidio families begin to establish homes in what becomes Old Town San Diego.
THE CIVILIZATION of California, and of the whole Western Coast now belonging to the United States, began on the shores of San Diego Bay. What Plymouth is to New England and the region facing the Atlantic, San Diego is to the great empire which faces the Pacific.
Anthropologists believe that humans first settled in the San Diego area as early as 20,000 years ago along the coast and 12,000 years ago in the desert. 12000 BC to 7000 BC. Original inhabitants of the San Diego area are now known as the San Dieguito people.
