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= HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PRESIDIO =


 * 1. The Presidio has been a army fort for more than 200 years. **
 * 2. Major posts or stations were often built. **
 * 3. Chapels were run by army ministers who gave help and comfort to soldiers and their families. **
 * 4. Over 148 years the U.S. army changed the Presidio grounds from mostly sand dunes and bushes to an important military fort, with green plants. **
 * 5. For 218 years the Presidio was an army fort for three countries. **
 * 6. The Presidio included troops of foot soldiers, soldiers on horseback, and soldiers using guns and cannons. **
 * 7. The Spanish arrived in 1776 to make the Presidio their northern most fort. **
 * 8. The Presidio was then ruled by the Mexican government for 24 years, before the U.S. Army finally took control of it in 1846. **
 * 9. Since 1994 the Presidio has been a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation area. **
 * 10. The U.S. army kept a fort at the Presidio for nearly 150 years. **


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