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 Luis Obispo de Tolosa. 1  The mission had the second largest vineyard in Alta California. 2  The only mission church in California that is in the shape of an âL.â. 3  John C. FrÃ©mont and his âCalifornia Battalionâ used the mission as their base of operations during the Mexican-American War.