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Joshua Bean<br>Last Alcalde/First Mayor of San Diego<br>1850 — 1852
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 29, 2015
Caption: Joshua Bean
Last Alcalde/First Mayor of San Diego
1850 — 1852

Additional Description:
Image on display in the reconstructed Courthouse.
“San Diego was incorporated by the California State Legislature in 1850. Bean, the last alcalde of San Diego, was elected mayor in the first election under the charter on June 16. Bean was the first U.S. mayor of San Diego and served from 1850 until 1851. While mayor, he illegally "sold" City Hall and city pueblo lands to himself and his drinking buddy Cave Couts (the City Hall was recovered).” - Wikipedia
Submitted: June 7, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p310512
File Size: 2.567 Megabytes

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