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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 203. Not illustrated. Chapters: San Diego, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Kingston, Pennsylvania, Rockland, Maine, Hickory, North Carolina, Verona, Pennsylvania, Berwick, Pennsylvania, Wheeling, West Virginia, Clarksville, Pennsylvania, Bald Eagle Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Valley Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania, Piatt Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Nippenose Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, West Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, Limestone Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, Manor Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Southwest Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Union Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, Guaymas, Falmouth, Jamaica, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Littleton, New Hampshire, Eaglesham, Sao Luiz Do Paraitinga. Excerpt: San Diego - Mission San Diego de AlcalaThe area of San Diego has been inhabited for more than 10,000 years by the Kumeyaay Indians. The first European to visit the region was Portuguese-born explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailing under the Spanish Flag, who sailed his flagship San Salvador from Navidad, New Spain. In 1542, Cabrillo claimed the bay for the Spanish Empire and named the site San Miguel. In November of 1602, Sebastian Vizcaino was sent to map the California coast. Arriving on his flagship San Diego, Vizcaino surveyed the harbor and what are now Mission Bay and Point Loma and named the area for the Catholic Saint Didacus, a Spaniard more commonly known as San Diego. On November 12, 1602, the first Christian religious service of record in Alta California was conducted by Fray Antonio de la Ascension, a member of Vizcaino's expedition, to celebrate the feast day of San Di...