San Diego
San Diego is the oldest European settlement in southern California. The native Kumeyaay people were the original inhabitants and for over 10,000 years, they thrived as horticulturists, hunters, and gatherers. They were the first to encounter Europeans when the Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo expedition sailed into San Diego Harbor in 1542. In the 1820s the town of San Diego began to grow at the base of a bluff in what is now Old Town and the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. When California...
