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unusual facts about Presidio of San Francisco


Saucier v. Katz

In 1994, the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco, California was the site of an event to celebrate conversion of the base to a national park.


2nd Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

The regiment was first assembled at the Presidio, San Francisco, and after completing its organization, five companies were sent to Oregon and Washington Territory, to relieve the regular troops, and two companies were sent to Santa Barbara.

51st Iowa Volunteers

The volunteers trained in Iowa and San Francisco at Camp Merritt near the Presidio, where a monument to the regiment still stands.

7th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry

They were assigned to the Presidio of San Francisco in November, 1864, then to Fort Yuma in March, 1865, and finally Fort McDowell, Arizona Territory in September, 1865.

They were assigned to the Presidio of San Francisco in December, 1864, then to Fort Yuma in June, 1865, then to Fort McDowell, Arizona Territory and Maricopa Wells in September, 1865.

They were assigned to the Presidio of San Francisco in November, 1864, then to Fort Yuma in March, 1865 then to Fort McDowell, Arizona Territory the following May.

Fort Douglas

The fort reverted to an Army base after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when fears of a Japanese attack of the U.S. mainland caused the 9th Service Command Headquarters to be moved to the fort from the Presidio in San Francisco.

John K. Cannon

He served the infantry at Camp Fremont, California; Camp Mills, New York, the Presidio of San Francisco; and Camp Furlong, New Mexico, until taking pilot training at Kelly Field, Texas in 1921-22.

Lafayette Guild

The following year, he moved to the West Coast to direct the military hospital in the Presidio of San Francisco, where he was stationed when the Civil War erupted.

Marine Hospital Service

Some, such as the one in Savannah, Georgia, continued as outpatient low-income health clinics up to 2003 while others, such as the large hospital in San Francisco on the grounds of the US Army Presidio, were diverted to other Federal and military uses.

Mendocino Indian Reservation

In the summer of 1857, First Lieutenant Horatio G. Gibson, then serving at the Presidio of San Francisco, was ordered to take Company M, 3rd Regiment of Artillery to establish a military post one and one-half miles north of the Noyo River on the Mendocino Indian Reservation.

Santiago Argüello

He spent his Spanish and Mexican military years at the Presidio of San Francisco, the Presidio of Santa Barbara, and the Presidio of San Diego.

Ygnacio Martínez

In 1827, as a lieutenant stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco, Martínez met with the American explorer Jedediah Smith and helped to facilitate the continuation of Smith's northward travels toward the Columbia River.


see also

Allied Arts Guild

A king of Spain, probably Charles IV, ceded the property to Don Jose Arguello, commander of the Presidio of San Francisco.

Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa

In 1772 Pedro Fages and Fray Juan Crespí, leaving from San Diego, founded the port and presidio of San Francisco, in Alta California.