presidio

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Led by a military commander and the Franciscan missionary Fray Junipero Serra, a combined expedition of soldiers and friars reached San Diego in 1769 and built the first mission and fort, or presidio.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The presidio had yielded to the glass office towers of downtown.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2012

Another expedition to Monterey was successful, and the presidio and mission of San Carlos were founded there in 1770.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Between 1699 and 1703 three missions and a presidio had been established on the Rio Grande at San Juan Bautista, below modern Eagle Pass.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

In the last decade of the century a presidio and an Aztec-Tlascaltec colony were founded at San Felipe, and Jesuit missions were planted in the vicinity.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene