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Node: Yerba Buena [1846 – 1847] (2101810938)
Version #2
touching up early SF city labels
- Edited by jeffmeyer
- Changeset #76793
- Location: 37.7948281, -122.4054247
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| end_date | 1847-01-30 |
|---|---|
| end_date:cause | Renaming to San Francisco by US Navy Lieutenant Washington Allon Bartlett |
| end_date:source | https://web.archive.org/web/20170613005353/http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist/name.html |
| followed_by | San Francisco |
| name | Yerba Buena |
| place | village |
| preceded_by | same village, under Mexican rule |
| start_date | 1846-07-09 |
| start_date:cause | After the Mexican-American War's Battle of Yerba Buena, Navy Captain Montgomery & Marine 2nd Lieutenant Henry Watson raised the US Flag over Yerba Buena plaza on July 9, 1846. The plaza was renamed Portsmouth Square in honor of their ship. |
| wikidata | Q426957 |
| wikipedia:en | Yerba Buena, California |
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