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Node: Yerba Buena (2101810938)

Version #3

aligning intersections with modern locations and crossings

Edited over 1 year ago by jeffmeyer
Changeset #76797
Location: 37.7948663, -122.4053818

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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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