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Click Here to Order a Ready to Frame Luster Print The first time I came here was on a field trip as a child in grade school. I remember two things. First was the Wells Fargo stage wagon used to be right next to the museum here. The second was, about 20 feet away from the flags there are ruins under the lawn (and Indian statue now there). That day I saw archaeologists digging up history. It was my first physical experience of history.El Presidio Reál de San Diego (Royal Presidio of San Diego) is an historical fort. This site is known as the first place a Spanish foothold was taken in what would become California. It was also the first permanent European settlement on the Pacific Coast. The site was a genuinely important one in the history of Spain's exploration and colonization of North America. On July 16, 1769, the Franciscan missionary Fray Junipero Serra blessed the site as the first mission in Alta California. At the same time the Spanish soldiers established the first p