To: Jay777
The County draws its name from San Diego de Alcala, a designation credited to Spaniard Don Sebastian Vizcaino who sailed into what is now San Diego Bay on November 12, 1603, and renamed it in honor of his flagship and, it is said, his favorite saint. The site was actually discovered 61 years earlier by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who had named it San Miguel. Named after a saint?! OMG! Quick, let's rename it Clintonville. Can't have a city named after a saint.
10 posted on
10/08/2005 10:17:09 AM PDT by
AlaskaErik
(Everyone should have a subject they are ignorant about. I choose professional corporate sports.)
To: AlaskaErik
The site was actually discovered 61 years earlier by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who had named it San Miguel.
Named after a saint?! OMG!
Actually named after a beer....
27 posted on
05/04/2006 3:56:42 PM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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