Posted on 03/28/2016 12:44:37 PM PDT by EveningStar
On March 28, 1776, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and a small band of settlers reached San Francisco and laid the groundwork what would become the city's first major landmarks: the Presidio and Mission San Francisco de Asis.
Captain de Anza's arrival in San Francisco was the culmination of a long trek from Arizona with 247 soldiers, women and children. The expedition was commissioned by the Mexican viceroy, who hoped to establish a permanent settlement there.
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Oh! Susannah! ;’)
Big mistake.
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Big mistake not to go to visit a couple of times, if for nothing other than hitting the Magnolia brewpub in Haight Ashbury for a cask barrelled beer/ale.
And then to dinner in Chinatown.
Did they discover the unisex restrooms too?
his party of soldiers includes 7 queers that immediately establish a bath house
Three hippies that died from inability to do any thing.
“I’m from the bay area and think it is one of the most beautiful places, or it used to be. There’s just too many people there now.”
Yes and many of those “too many” like to live and defecate on the streets, all while being vigorously protected by their local government.
When I was growing up it wasn’t like that. It did start getting crazy in the sixties but it took awhile to get to where they are now. The massive immigration from third world contributed to it a lot.
There is always Fresno.
Here is the long gone but not forgotten miniseries that parodied Dallas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL5bYdAlmUw
I thought it was funny.
Looking back, what a damn mistake that was!
Sir Frances Drake? Wasn’t he the first to circumcise the
world with a 40 foot clipper?
That was Frances. I am talking about Francis, the manly man, not Frances the girly man.
What about the Talking Mule?
Yes, but he did not do it on prepuce.
That only applies to St. Louis, not San Francisco
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