"Old Landing," Site of El Desembarcadero
"Old Landing," Site of El Desembarcadero is a California Historical Landmark in San Diego, San Diego County.
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1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.
Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗
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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s
what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here
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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)