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Port cities and towns in California
- San DiegoIn 1542, Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed his flagship San Salvador into a bay he named San Miguel. He claimed the land for the Spanish…
- Oakland, CaliforniaOn the 4th of May 1852, the state legislature officially incorporated the Town of Oakland. At that moment, fewer than one hundred people lived within its…
- Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara sits on a south-facing stretch of coastline that extends for miles along the Pacific Ocean. The Santa Ynez Mountains rise steeply behind the…
- San FranciscoOn the 2nd of November 1769, a Spanish exploration party led by Don Gaspar de Portolá arrived at San Francisco Bay. This marked the first documented European…
- Los AngelesOn the 4th of September 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as Los Pobladores founded the town they called El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los…