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.
The location for Mission San Juan Capistrano was chosen because it was approximately halfway between Mission San Diego de Alcala and Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. The Spanish explored the area and Father Crespi passed through the San Juan Valley. He named the area he saw Santa Maria Magdalena.ission San Juan Capistrano was the seventh mission founded in Alta California. It is the only mission to have been founded twice. Originally founded on October 30, 1775 the Mission had to be abandoned. Native Californians near the San Diego Mission had attacked and burned much of Mission San Diego de Alcala.