presidio

The database has informed dozens of articles and books on early California and has allowed thousands of people to trace their own ancestry back to 18th century California pueblos, presidios and Native villages.

They succeeded in the Adriatic clamming town of Goro, and a round-the-clock presidio is being staffed near barracks in the Lombard town of Montichiari.

To counter the skepticism, Reyes said he hopes to share stories of the mission “Indian militia” that protected settlers and even presidio soldiers from attacks by indigenous tribes from the north.

The presidio walls were knocked down decades ago.

The 1719 water system, one of seven developed by the city’s early settlers, traversed what is now museum property and Broadway en route to the Spanish presidio at Mission San Antonio de Valero - the Alamo.