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- Sighted by the Spanish in 1542 and named San Miguel, the area was renamed San Diego in 1602.
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In 1935, the Legislature removes the word “Teachers” from the name of the institution and, in 1960, the College becomes part of the newly created California State College system. It is renamed San Diego State University in 1971. 1932.
San Diego, still little more than a village, was incorporated on March 27 as a city and was named the county seat of the newly established San Diego County. [21] The United States Census reported the population of the town as 650 in 1850 and 731 in 1860.
1855 – Point Loma Lighthouse built. [ 5] 1858 – October: Hurricane. 1859 – San Diego County votes to secede from California to form the Territory of Colorado, voting 207–24 in favor of secession [ 8] 1862 – 6.0 magnitude Earthquake. 1866 – Louis Rose lays out town of Roseville, later incorporated into San Diego.
San Diego County was one of the original counties of California, created at the time of California statehood in 1850. [17]: 221. At the time of its establishment in 1850, San Diego County was relatively large, and included all of southernmost California south and east of Los Angeles County.
Jul 9, 2023 · In 1850, William Heath Davis spent a small fortune creating the first New Town San Diego, on the shores of San Diego Bay. The entire area shortly entered an economic depression and the effort collapsed, to forever be known as Davis’s Folly.
Sighted by the Spanish in 1542 and named San Miguel, the area was renamed San Diego in 1602. In 1769 the Spanish established a military post on the site, and Junípero Serra dedicated the first California mission there. The U.S. acquired it from Mexico in 1846, and a new city was laid out in 1867.
February, 1850 San Diego County is created as one of California’s original 27 counties. It includes much of the Colorado and Mojave deserts, extending from the Pacific Ocean to the Colorado River and including all of present-day Imperial County and much of San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
