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Yerba Buena, California
Yerba Buena
was the original name of the Mexican settlement that would later become
San Francisco, California
. Located near the northeastern end of the
San Francisco Peninsula
, between the
Presidio of San Francisco
and the
Mission San Francisco de Asís
, it was originally intended as a trading post for ships visiting San Francisco Bay. The settlement was arranged in the Spanish style around a
plaza
that remains as the present day
Portsmouth Square
.
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