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.
San Juan Capistrano: Jewel of the Missions. Known as Jewel of the Missions, San Juan Capistrano is the seventh of twenty-one missions established in Alta California. San Juan Capistrano, like the other California missions, was established to expand the territorial boundaries of Spain, and to spread Christianity to the indigenous natives of the area.