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William Heath "Kanaka" Davis Jr. (1822 – 1909) was a merchant and trader in Alta California who helped to establish "New Town" (now Downtown San Diego) in San Diego, California.

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William Heath Davis

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William Heath "Kanaka" Davis Jr. (1822 – 1909) was a merchant and trader in Alta California who helped to establish "New Town" (now Downtown San Diego)...

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William Davis

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William Davis may refer to: William C. Davis (historian) (born 1946), American historian and university professor William H. Davis (educator) (1848–1938)...

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Downtown San Diego

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for trade. He proposed the idea to William Heath Davis, who recruited four other investors. The partners under Davis's leadership purchased 160 acres (65 ha)...

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Percy Heath

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formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie...

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San Diego Viejo Plaza

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south of Pueblo de San Diego. New San Diego was built into a town by William Heath Davis in the early 1850s. By 1890 many of the houses and buildings became...

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New San Diego Barracks

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Diego (Old Town) founded in 1835. New San Diego was built up by William Heath Davis in the early 1850s, in that he called New Town San Diego. The depot...

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San Diego

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miles away from navigable water at its port at La Playa. In 1850, William Heath Davis promoted a new development by the bay shore called "New San Diego"...

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Miguel de Pedrorena

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married José Wolfskill. The following sketch of Pedrorena is from William Heath Davis, Sixty Years in California (1889) In 1838 Don Miguel de Pedrorena...

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List of people from San Diego

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(Cheers, Becker, CSI) Mike Davis, professional baseball player Terrell Davis, professional football player William Heath Davis, early San Diego developer...

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Estudillo family of California

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Wikimedia Commons San Diego Historical Society - The Estudillo Family William Heath Davis and the Founding of American San Diego San Diego Historical Society...

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Victor Davis Hanson

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Classics> Joy Connolly". Retrieved September 4, 2016. "Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath, Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the...

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Dread Central

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and the San Diego Ghost Hunters to organize a ghost hunt at the William Heath Davis House. The proceeds went toward upkeep for the historic site. Also...

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Robert Grimes Davis

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Hawaiian version of Robert. Davis was born in 1819, in Honolulu to Captain William Heath Davis, Sr. and Hannah Holmes Davis, a daughter of Oliver Holmes...

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Alonzo Horton

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95/km2), which became known as "Horton's Addition." Earlier pioneer William Heath Davis was the original founder of San Diego's "New Town", about 12 years...

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List of the oldest buildings in California

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February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014. "Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House". www.sandiego.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18. "California Landmark...

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List of San Francisco placename etymologies

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N-Z". Virtual Museum of San Francisco. Retrieved 2013-04-25. Sharpsteen, William C. (June 1941) "Appendix B: Notes on Mission Bay and the Marshes and Creeks...

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List of Native Hawaiians

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Five-O (1972–1980) Native Hawaiians in the arts and entertainment William Heath Davis (1822–1909), merchant and trader; early pioneer of the city of San...

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Timeline of San Diego

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San Diego is granted a city charter by the California legislature. William Heath Davis proposes "New San Diego" by the bay front, builds a pier and lays...

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History of San Diego

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and 1861. In 1850, with California being admitted into the Union, William Heath Davis, an American-Hawaiian pioneer, envisioned a thriving city on the...

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Fort Point National Historic Site

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California Military Department, Sacramento Sixty Years In California, by William Heath Davis, publ. 1889. p.6 (Internet Archive) "Fort Point, 1846–1876". National...

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Faxon Atherton

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nephew, William Heath Davis, Jr. This was time of influx of settlers from New England into the Pacific coast. His friend, William Heath Davis came from...

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Moses Yale Beach

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the "Apollo Saloon", next to Euphemia Prison, previously owned by William Heath Davis, a vessell holding prisoners on the water in front of the establishment...

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