The Ciurca Eurypterid Collection Sam Ciurca (at left) and Erik Tetlie hold important specimens of Eurypterus remipes lacustris (YPM.207290) from the Late Silurian Williamsville Formation at Bennett Quarry, Buffalo, New York, USA.
San Diego Historic Landmark. Mission Basilica San Diego de AlcalÃ¡ was the first Franciscan mission in The Californias, a province of New Spain. Located in present-day San Diego, California, it was founded on July 16, 1769 by Spanish friar JunÃ­pero Serra in an area long inhabited by the Kumeyaay.
Father Serra erected a cross and proclaimed the founding of the first mission in Alta California. WHAT SERRA ACCOMPLISHED. Spanish settlement of Alta California (which became the State of California) began with the founding of Mission San Diego de Alcal and the San Diego Presidio in July 1769. In April 1770 Serra went with Portol on his second trip from San Diego to Monterey. There Serra founded Mission San Carlos Borromeo, the second in the chain of California missions.