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Slowly updating, keep checking the progress!! As far back as 20,000 years ago the first people known were San Dieguito’s. Then their descendants Yuman stock, who were a people that could make ceramics, cremations, pictographs, stone tools, clay-lined hearths, irrigation and elaborate stone walls. Then around 1000 AD Yuman and Shoshonean groups migrate to northern San Diego area. By the time Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed here in 1542 an estimate of 20,000 Native Americans existed the Luiseño, Cahuilla, Cupeño, Kumeyaay, and Northern Diegueño tribes. |
|  | Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo led the first European expedition to explore what is now the west coast of the United States. Cabrillo departed from the port of Navidad, Mexico, on June 27, 1542. Three months later he arrived at "a very good enclosed port." That port is known today as San Diego bay. Historians believe he anchored his flagship, the San Salvador, on Point Loma's east shore near Cabrillo National Monument. Cabrillo later died during the expedition, but his crew pushed on, possibly as far north as Oregon, before thrashing winter storms forced them to back to Mexico. |
"No more beautiful sight can be imagined than a morning at sea, with these magnificent vessels racing in mid-ocean, perhaps two or three of them in sight at one; the sun rising among golden clouds; the dark blue sea flecked with glistening white caps; long, low black hulls cleaving a pathway of sparkling foam; towering masts, and yards covered with snowy canvas which bellies to the crisp morning breeze as if sculptured in marble..."
~Captain Arthur H. Clark | | |
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| Pros: | "Beautiful city with lots to do and see!" | | Cons: | "Traffic can be scary!" | | In A Nutshell: | "Give yourself plenty of time to see what SD has to offer!" |
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deecat Mon Jun 16, 2008 02:03 UTC
Had not visited since 2006, and boy are there additions. Super photographs, such helpful tips, and amazing enthusiasm, which always delights me about your work. I adore San Diego and am always thrilled to read positive things about it. Way to go, girl. | TheTravelSlut Mon Jan 21, 2008 20:35 UTC
Been there, done that and ate that too at Old Town. I agree. Ann, The Travel Slut | RafaelTheSecond Sat Oct 13, 2007 04:34 UTC
Now you get me...SAN DIEGO IS ON MY NUMBER ONE PLACE TO VISIT IF ONE DAY I GO TO THE STATES!!! I am eager to see the beaches, the zoo and the sea world!!! GOSH I AM REALLY HAPPY TO READ YOUR PAGE! | makiro Sat Aug 4, 2007 03:51 UTC
Hi, Nice tips on San Diego. Im visiting next week. Thanks, Rob |
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