How To Use Presidio In A Sentence
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Wander the mix of mansions and Territorial bungalows near El Charro in El Presidio.
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The topmost photo at right is of an ovary of the species Poeciliopsis presidionis, which has superfetation and extensive maternal provisioning.
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Then the Argentines scaled the walls of the presidio from the rear, and the fight within was quickly over.
Nicolás Meyer: California In Argentine Hands: A Brief History Lesson
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And Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson recognize that pending milestone with a party in honor of our cultural traditions.
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The Indians must apply to the commandant at the presidio, who, after obtaining from the padre a report, was to issue a written permit entitling the neophyte and his family to go where they chose, their names being erased from the Mission register.
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
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(On camera): Miss Bowles lives here in one of San Francisco's most prestigious neighborhoods called presidio heights.
CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2007
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And not before the anti-Spanish raiders, beginning their return to South America, burned down the Monterey presidio, plus the property of the royalist garrison though not that of the local population.
Nicolás Meyer: California In Argentine Hands: A Brief History Lesson
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More often the soldiers would ride out of the presidio, kill the first Indians they found, and return home.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
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With more than three hundred people at the presidio, mostly women and children families of the soldiers, he dared not send more.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
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Take care they did: A recent article by the National Park Service reports that Hugh Kwong Liang, only 15 at the time, recalled, "I turned away from my dear old Chinatown for the last time& city officials directing the refugees 'march approached us and told us to proceed toward the open grounds at the Presidio Army Post.
Van Jones: Dirty Secret of SF Quake: 1906 Disaster Was Like Katrina for Asians
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Site of an early Spanish presidio and mission, it is a residential and resort community with aerospace and electronics research and development industries. Population, 85, 571.
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And Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson recognize that pending milestone with a party in honor of our cultural traditions.
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Serra also assisted in founding four presidios (military garrisons) and two pueblos.
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The village of Iligan, which is the capital of the jurisdiction, and where its alcalde-mayor and infantry captain of the presidio lives, has about one hundred tributarios on the shore; and in the interior, in another village called Baloy, there are about two hundred families, although only thirty come to pay the tribute.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
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The method of the authorities was to establish a military post, called a presidio, at some convenient point, from which protection would be extended to several missions.
The Romance of the Colorado River
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Serra also assisted in founding four presidios (military garrisons).
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Near each of the earlier coast missions there was also founded a military station called a presidio, a name borrowed from the Roman presidium.
History of California
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The Viceroy of Mexico now remembered the discovery of an excellent port by Viscaino, and resolved to found a "presidio" there.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
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San Francisco, Calif. Those who occupy the lofty elevations of Russian Hill, Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights would surely agree that San Francisco should be high on the desirability list.
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The Spanish, fearful of both the English and a more obvious threat by Russian explorers moving South along the coast, sent the governor of Baja California, Captain Gaspar de Portola up the wild Pacific coast to establish garrisons - presidios, founded at San Diego and Monterey.
The five faces of God - and where to find them
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An archeologist and architectural historian, his work has centered on missions, presidios, frontier forts, ranches, settlements, and industrial sites from Texas to California.
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Site of an early Spanish presidio and mission, it is a residential and resort community with aerospace and electronics research and development industries. Population, 85, 571.
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And although your Lordship will doubtless proceed, I must warn you through my experience of European affairs, heedfully, that the reasons that operate in this small presidio, which is surrounded by barbarians and hostile nations, have no place in populous cities.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
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One way to celebrate the anniversary is at a November 10 lecture and walking tour of the presidio and Tubac townsite.
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When the two-ship Argentine fleet approached Monterey, the local government cautiously retreated inland, leaving the defense to the soldiers in the presidio, or fort, and to pro-Spain militiamen.
Nicolás Meyer: California In Argentine Hands: A Brief History Lesson
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In 1752, the Spaniards built a presidio, or garrison, in nearby Tubac and encouraged settlers to join the soldiers, making it the first European settlement in Arizona.
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Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio
