“Of all the dilapidated, miserable looking places I had ever seen, [San Diego] was the worst The buildings were nearly all adobe, one story in height, with no chimneys. Some of the roofs were covered with tiles and some with earth.”
July 29, 2004
“On the lawn beneath the hill on which the Presidio is built stood about thirty houses of rude appearance, with the exception of that belonging to our ‘Administrator,’ Don Juan Bandini."
Posted July 29, 2004
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On First Looking at San Diego