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SITE OF ROYAL SPANISH
PRESIDIO OF SANTA BARBARA
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THIS PRESIDIO WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ORDERS OF
KING CARLOS III, APRIL 19-21, 1782, BY GOVERNOR FELIPE
DE NEVE, PADRE JUNIPERO SERRA AND LIEUTENANT
JOSE FRANCISCO ORTEGA, TO PROVIDE THE BENEFITS
OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE
SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL REGION OF CALIFORNIA.
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CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL
LANDMARK NO. 636.
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PLAQUE PLACED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARK COMMISSION
IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, THE
GRAND PARLORS OF THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS AND NATIVE
SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST, THE SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, AND THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. JUNE 18, 1958.
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