I was there in the late 80's when they were excavating. Have some interesting notes.Mark Howe Arizona State University "Life is how you make it, the future is how you leave your past."> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:57:29 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Presidio de San Diego> To: [log in to unmask]> > Yesterday, a citizen non-profit organization called Mission Hills Heritage > held its first Presidio Walking Tour around the grassed-over ruins of the Royal > Presidio de San Diego in California. There were seven tour groups who > visited seven interpretive stations situated around the ruins of this 18th century > Spanish military installation. Among the tour docents at these stations were > Ron May, Richard Carrico, and Jack Williams (all of whom were students of the > late Paul H. Ezell at the San Diego State College Archaeology Field School > in the 1960s-70s). The tours also stopped at the 1929 Juniperro Serra Museum, > built to resemble a Spanish Colonial mission and greeted by Willam Doyle, who > dressed in a 1929 suit and played the role of George W. Marston, who bought > the historic archaeology site with his own family money, commissioned the > architectural design of the museum and contracted construction, landscape > design of the park, and planting of the plants before donating it all to the City > of San Diego. The tours then went on to the Mexican-American War site of Fort > Stockton before ending the tour at a park setting at the top of Presidio > Park. This is the first itnerpretive tour of Presidio Park since Jack Williams > shut down his Center for Spanish Colonial Research excavations in the 1990s. > > Ron May> Legacy 106, Inc.> > > > **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and > calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)