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

Under the governors there were usually lieutenant-governors in the sub-districts, who as a rule commanded the troops of some presidio.

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

Dawn found them close to the presidio of Sonoma, which was the residence of the Mexican general Vallejo and the most important military post north of San Francisco.

From Gentlemen Rovers by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

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