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Presidio of San Francisco
Historical Studies

Below are two Historic Resource Studies of the Presidio of San Francisco. These "preprint" versions do not contain maps or photographs and were published with limited distribution by the National Park Service's Denver Service Center.

Click on the titles to download the documents in pdf format. You may then search for words or phrases in the document using Acrobat's find features; use the Acrobat "hand tool" to scroll through the Table of Contents and select chapters and subchapters.

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El Presidio de San Francisco:
A History under Spain and Mexico
1776-1846


John Phillip Langelier & Daniel Bernard Rosen

August 1992 (NPS-121)

137 pages, 565 Kb pdf


Defender of the Gate:
The Presidio of San Francisco
A History from 1846 to 1995

Erwin N. Thompson

July 1997 (NPS-330)

645 pages, 1.9 Mb pdf


 

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The 6th Army Band during Alpert's service.

Did You Know?
Herb Alpert, Grammy Award-winning bandleader of the Tijuana Brass, played in the 6th Army Band at the Presidio during the 1950's. Alpert later claimed the structure and discipline of the Army helped him with his music.

Last Updated: May 31, 2011 at 15:03 MST