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English-born William Richardson arrived in San Francisco Bay on the whaler "Orion" in 1822. After his baptism at Mission Dolores, he married Maria Antonia Martinez, daughter of the Commandante of the Presidio. In 1835, he founded Pueblo Yerba Buena, later named San Francisco. Appointed Captain of the Port, he served there for over a decade. Richardson was granted a 19,000 acre peninsula known as Rancho Sausalito, extending from the bay to the ocean and from the Golden Gate to Mt. Tamalpias. In 1856, he died landless. Richardson Bay preserves the founder of Sausalito's name.
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