California Military History

Historic California Spanish and Mexican Army Posts and Mission Garrisons

• General Histories
  • The Presidios and Forts of Spanish Alta California (2005)
  • Spanish Period Castillos
  • The Presidios of Alta California
  • Alta California's Four Fortresses
  • Costansó's 1791 Report on Strengthening New California's Presidios
• Presidio Real de San Carlos de Monterey
  • Presidio Real de San Carlos de Monterey, 1770
  • A Description of California's Principal Presidio, Monterey, in 1773
  • Castillo de Monterey/Fort Point of Pines
    • El Castillo de Monterey: Frontline of Defense (1984)
  • Mission San Juan Bautista
• Presidio Real de San Diego
  • Presidio and Mission of San Diego
  • Presidio Real de San Diego, 1769
  • Castillo de Guijarros
    • Archaeology Field Report on the Search for Fort Guijarros
    • Lost Cannons of Fort Guijarros
    • San Diego State University archaeological papers on Fort Guijarros
• Presidio Real de San Francisco
  • Presidio Real de San Francisco, 1776
  • El Presidio de San Francisco: At the Edge of Empire
  • Bateria San Jose/Bateria Yerba Buena
  • Castillo de San Joaquin at San Francisco
    • San Francisco's Ancient Cannon an Inquiry into Their History and Origin Together with Some Notes on the Castillo de San Joaquin (1936)
• Presidio Real de Santa Barbara
  • Presidio Real de Santa Barbara, 1782
  • Castillo de Santa Barbara
  • Mission de la Purisima Concepción de María Santísima
• Other Presidios, Cuartels and Fuertes
  • El Cuartel de Sonoma/Presidio de Sonoma
  • Anza Expedition Camp
  • Fuerte de Laguna Chapala/Fort Romualdo Pacheco

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Updated 9 April 2016