HISTORIC SITES

1. Ballast Point
Point Loma
In 1542, while the Kumeyaay tribe waited on a beach at Ballast Point, Juan Cabrillo stepped ashore and claimed the land for Spain. In 1803, the “Battle of San Diego Bay” took place here, after Spanish Fort Guijarros fired on an American brig in a smuggling ...
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