Did you know? — The first American ship to enter San Diego Bay

This is the first in my new Did you know? series. This series will be mostly about San Diego, but occasionally I might visit other areas in Southern California, California, and the United States, the world, and the universe. I hope to make this series about the little known things, little known but interesting. I hope you enjoy it.

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California was founded right here in San Diego with the establishment of Mission San Diego de Alcala on July 16, 1769.

Meanwhile, over on the East Coast, thirteen British colonies were having a little brouhaha with the Crown of England. Almost exactly seven years later, the United States was founded on July 4, 1776, with those thirteen colonies becoming the thirteen original states. But....

Did you know that the first American ship to enter the San Diego Bay was the brig Betsy? A brig is a sailing ship with two square-rigged masts like this one, the Lady Washington (picture courtesy of Wikipedia):

Besty arrived in San Diego on August 25, 1800, to find a small town of just a couple of hundred people. The Betsy stayed just long enough to take on wood and water, as well as otter pelts to be taken to China for trade.

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