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California 21 of chain a in first STATE PARKS STATE (800)777-0369 the most wealthy and influential. and wealthy most the and struction of the Royal Presidio and the and Presidio Royal the of struction CALIFORNIA For information call: information For lifestyles of both ordinary residents residents ordinary both of lifestyles riginal in the con- with Diego San in began California O 820s—that offer a glimpse of the of glimpse a offer 820s—that 1 Office at the following address. following the at Office In 1769 Spanish colonization of Alta of colonization Spanish 1769 In buildings—some dating back to the to back dating buildings—some in-law, Juan Bandini. Juan in-law, alternate format, write to the Communications the to write format, alternate Spanish Settlement Spanish José Antonio Estudillo and his brother- his and Estudillo Antonio José number below. To receive this publication in an in publication this receive To below. number culture nearly disappeared. nearly culture D S T O eo 1846 iego, an own ld in 1827 and still standing, belonged to belonged standing, still and 1827 in assistance should contact the park at the phone the at park the contact should assistance decimated entire villages, and the native the and villages, entire decimated plaza. Two of the finest structures, begun structures, finest the of Two plaza. arrival, visitors with disabilities who need who disabilities with visitors arrival, Diseases introduced by the settlers settlers the by introduced Diseases against individuals with disabilities. Prior to Prior disabilities. with individuals against eet pattern around an open an around pattern eet str derly or tions and beliefs came into conflict. into came beliefs and tions tradi California State Parks does not discriminate not does Parks State California By 1825 the adobes formed a rough but rough a formed adobes the 1825 By the settlers, but this changed when their their when changed this but settlers, the the community. the of nucleus the became came to be. to came first the Kumeyaay were friendly with with friendly were Kumeyaay the first Ybañes, Serrano and Marron families Marron and Serrano Ybañes, C alifornia how to the Carrillo (and later Fitch), Ruiz, Fitch), later (and Carrillo the to S A S R C ul,1848 cully, lfred cene, ancho alifornia was scarce. Soon five houses belonging houses five Soon scarce. was to better understand better to traditional building material, since wood since material, building traditional Acting Director, California State Parks State California Director, Acting RUTH COLEMAN RUTH 820s. Sun-dried adobe brick was the was brick adobe Sun-dried 820s. 1 those who came before came who those residences below Presidio Hill in the early the in Hill Presidio below residences Secretary for Resources for Secretary D iscover the lives of lives the iscover MARY D. NICHOLS D. MARY Spanish soldiers began building building began soldiers Spanish ollection C The central plaza is lined with lined is plaza central The for supplies. for Governor T O own. ld ahn of K GRAY DAVIS GRAY between 1821 and 1872. 1872. and 1821 between own T the port, where ships stopped to trade to stopped ships where port, the capture the energy of Old Old of energy the capture remains the heart the remains its labor force of Kumeyaay Indians, and Indians, Kumeyaay of force labor its alifornia, C recreation. outdoor high-quality for shops and restaurants that that restaurants and shops T garrison, the mission six miles inland with inland miles six mission the garrison, cultural resources, and creating opportunities creating and resources, cultural P laza oday’s State Historic Park Historic State useum of museums, now are Diego San of the nearby presidio housing a military a housing presidio nearby the of M protecting its most valued natural and and natural valued most its protecting reconstructed buildings in central in buildings reconstructed At this time the small settlement consisted settlement small the time this At the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, biological extraordinary state’s the akland Diego San O California special. Restored and Restored special. California military command arrived in San Diego. Diego. San in arrived command military people of California by helping to preserve to helping by California of people cultural influences that make that influences cultural in 1821, but it was 1822 before a new a before 1822 was it but 1821, in health, inspiration and education of the of education and inspiration health, riginal in the Historic Park Historic pays tribute to the to tribute pays Mexico gained independence from Spain from independence gained Mexico O Town Old Parks and Recreation is to provide for the for provide to is Recreation and Parks O ld Town San Diego State Diego San Town ld The Mexican Period Mexican The The mission of the California Department of Department California the of mission The hfjgjohsekgk; Our Mission Our The American Period around the Horn, were assembled in San Diego’s Mexican era ended abruptly in San Diego. 1846, when the United States declared war Following the Mexican War, California on Mexico. Initially there was little resist- experienced a major political transforma- Guided walks explain ance to American occupation, but the situ- tion—a new Constitution written in 1849 Old Town’s story, ation eventually turned San Diego families and statehood in 1850. San Diego was and living history against one another. Some remained loyal incorporated as a city, and new American interpreters give faces to Mexico, while others supported the law was codified. and voices to the people Mason Street School By 1856, with the decline of the military presence and the who shaped it. James Marshall’s gold dis- Gold Rush land boom, the covery at Coloma in January town turned into a small, Machado Stewart Garden 1848 lured adventurers from insular community. In the Americans and other foreigners enjoyed around the world. San Diego U.S. census of 1860, only became an important stopover seven individuals identified the customs and festivities of San Diego. Casa de Estudillo The open plaza hosted fiestas, bullfights, for miners en route to the gold themselves as merchants. games of chance, and amusements that fields, and immigrants crowded Fire was a constant threat, and the old settlement. Government offered the opportunity for wagering. into available housing. Adobes in the 1860s one misfortune offices moved to the new com- were remodeled, and new after another struck. The storms of munity, taking along much of structures were built. In 1851 1861-62 brought high tides and flood- Old Town’s economic base. prefabricated wood-frame ing. In May 1862 a severe earthquake Hope for Old Town’s revitaliza- buildings, brought by ship was followed by a smallpox epidemic. tion died in the spring of 1872, Commodore Several years of drought devastated the when fire destroyed seven buildings, Docents in period attire Robert F. Stockton ranchos and the cattle industry in including the old courthouse. visitors, and in the 1930s several buildings Southern California. were built to enhance its appearance as Colorado House (Wells Fargo Museum) In 1867 San Franciscan Alonzo Horton Restoration a “Spanish Village.” In 1968 Old Town arrived in San Diego to begin building In 1907 sugar magnate John D. Spreckels San Diego became a State Historic Park, United States. The town was occupied and nearby New Town. In 1868 the San Diego purchased the remains of Casa de Estudillo and the process of rediscovering and won back several times—one major battle Union began publication in what is now Old and began the first efforts to revive Old preserving the historic town began anew. took place in nearby San Pasqual Valley. Town. The 1869 discovery of gold in Julian Town. Public fascination with Helen Hunt In 1846 U.S. Navy Commodore Robert F. created a need for supplies, services and Jackson’s romantic novel, Ramona, led to Stockton permanently captured San Diego. housing—a boon to San Diego’s economy. restoration of the building, advertised as The war between Mexico and the United From 1868 to 1874, Albert Seeley operated “Ramona’s Marriage Place.” In 1908 more States ended in 1848 with the signing of a stagecoach line between San Diego and restoration began.
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