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The history of San Diego began in the present state of California, when Europeans first began inhabiting the San Diego Bay region. 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 ...
San Diego Historical Society founded; now the San Diego History Center. [28] 1929 – Fox Theatre dedicated. [5] 1930 – Population: 147,995; county 209,659. 1931 San Diego State College dedicated; formerly San Diego State Normal School, now San Diego State University. New city charter adopted under a council–manager form of government [29]
Rogers later reevaluated his claims, yet they were influential in shaping historical tellings of early San Diego history. [25] The Kumeyaay established villages scattered across the region, including the village of Kosa'aay which was the Kumeyaay village that the future settlement of San Diego would stem from in today's Old Town.
1932 [3] Designated SDHL. February 29, 1968 [4] El Presidio Real de San Diego (Royal Presidio of San Diego) is a historic fort in San Diego, California. It was established on May 14, 1769, by Gaspar de Portolá, leader of the first European land exploration of Alta California —at that time an unexplored northwestern frontier area of New Spain.
September 3, 1971. Designated SDHL. November 6, 1970 [ 3] Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is a state protected historical park in the Old Town neighborhood of San Diego, California. The park commemorates the early days of San Diego; it includes many historic buildings from the period 1820 to 1870. The park was established in 1968. [ 4]
Old Town, San Diego. Coordinates: 32°45′27.45″N 117°11′44.11″W. The entrance of Old town. Old Town is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It contains 230 acres (93 ha) and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and south. [1] It is the oldest settled area in San Diego and is ...
Presidio Park is a city historic park in San Diego, California. It is the site where the San Diego Presidio and the San Diego Mission, the first European settlements in what is now the West Coast of the United States, were founded in 1769. The park encompasses about 40 acres (16 ha) and offers views of the city, the San Diego River valley, and ...
Inside the San Diego History Center. Founded in 1928 by businessman and civic leader George W. Marston, [2] [3] the San Diego Historical Society was housed in the Mission style Junípero Serra Museum on Presidio Hill, the site of the earliest settlement in San Diego and California.