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Nathan Harrison, who was born into slavery in Kentucky and went on to become the first African American homesteader in the San Diego area, appears in a photograph taken on Palomar Mountain...
28 de nov. de 2018 · The Nate Harrison Grade was named after Nathaniel Harrison, a freed slave and, as legend goes, the first African-American to live in San Diego. Nate had a small cabin halfway up the grade and was known for providing food, fresh water from his spring and a place to stay for tired travelers.
San Diego County’s first African-American homesteader and a local legend, Nathan “Nate” Harrison was born a slave in Kentucky in circa 1833. He was brought to Northern California during the Gold Rush, migrated southward through the state as a rancher, timber man, and laborer, and settled in San Diego County in the 1870s.
Nate Harrison, San Diego County’s first permanent African-American, is a local legend whose popular biography brims with enticing exaggerations and far-fetched fabrications.
1 de abr. de 2014 · Historical accounts of famed San Diego pioneer Nate Harrison ( c. 1833-1920), a formerly enslaved African American from the antebellum South, underwent meaningful transformations during the twentieth century. Secondary narratives of the region’s first African-American homesteader grew into some of San Diego County’s most popular and exotic legends.
14 de feb. de 2023 · Nathan Harrison. Courtesy the Nathan Harrison Historical Archaeology Project, Kirby Collection. Nathan Harrison was San Diego County’s first black homesteader and a local legend. Harrison was born enslaved in Kentucky in circa 1833.
1 de abr. de 2017 · San Diego State archaeology professor Seth Mallios and 25 students have uncovered thousands of artifacts at Nate Harrison site on Palomar Mountain.
