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The Plaque At SE Corner of Fort Wall, Fort Point
The first ship to enter San Francisco Bay, the San Carlos (Captain Ayala),
dropped anchor off this point August 5, 1775. Lieutenant-Colonel Don Juan Bautista
de Anza planted the cross on Cantil Blanco (White Cliff) March 28, 1776. The first
fortification, Castillo de San Joaquín, was completed December 8, 1794 by José
Joaquín de Arrillaga, sixth Governor of California. In 1853 United States Army
engineers cut down the cliff and built Fort Point, renamed Fort Winfield Scott
in 1882. This fort, a partial replica of Fort Sumter, is the only brick fort
west of the Mississippi, its seawall has stood undamaged for over a hundred years.
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