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.
Mission San Miguel Arcangel arcÃ¡ngel is A spanish mission In San, Miguel San Luis Obispo, County. California it was established On july, 25 1797 by The franciscan, order on a site chosen specifically due to the large number Of Salinan indians that inhabited the, area whom The spanish priests wanted to. evangelizeeatures [edit]. 1  The Mission Arcade, a series of 12 arches, is original. 2  The first chapel on the site was replaced within a year of its construction by a larger adobe chapel, which burned in the 1806 fire. 3  The current mission church was built between 1816 and 1818. 4  The cemetery adjacent to the church holds the remains of 2,249 Native Americans ...