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Pioneers ~ Californios ~ Businessmen ~ Women
Architects ~ Lawyers ~ Physicians ~ Artists ~ Educators ~ Leaders
San Diego Pioneers and Founders
- Jose Antonio Aguirre (c.1793- )
- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (c.1498-1543)
- Jose Antonio Carrillo (1796-1862)
- Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882)
- William Heath Davis (1822-1909)
- Ephraim W. Morse (1823-1906)
- Don Miguel de Pedrorena ( -1850)
- Gaspar de Portola
- Sebastian Vizcaino
These adventurers, Californios and Americans shared an important role in the founding of San Diego ~ all but Horton were here before 1850, when the non-Indian population in San Diego County was 798, including 650 in and around what is now Old Town.
