"Colonization of the Bay was assigned to Juan Batista de Anza, a third-generation frontier soldier, who, in late 1775, led a land party of 240 men, women and children, from Tubac (near present-day Tucson, Arizona) to Mission San Gabriel. De Anza arrived at Mission San Gabriel (present-day Los Angeles) on January 4, 1776. After helping Rivera y Moncada, Governor of California, subdue an Indian revolt at San Diego, De Anza left most of the party at Monterey and led an advance guard to San Francisco Bay. Apparently Rivera would not allow De Anza to bring the settlers along because he did not want to weaken Monterey and because he believed that San Francisco was too foggy (!) to sustain a colony. The small party under De Anza's leadership, which included his lieutenant, José Moraga, reached the tip of the San Francisco peninsula on March 28, 1776. At the site now occupied by Fort Point, De Anza had a cross planted to mark the location of the future presidio. The site was of course selected for its strategic position allowing surveillance of the entrance to the bay." I CHOSE THIS 335th ANNIVERSARY TO LET EVELANIA CUT 10 INCHES OF MY HAIR FOR DONATION TO LOCKS OF LOVE. SHE HAD ALREADY CUT HERS FOR DONATION. P.S. De Anza could have donated his beard.
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