1982 NBA Finals Lakers vs. 76ers (Games 1 thru 5 & 6*) (Magic Johnson MVP) (C quality). 1983 NBA Finals 76ers vs. Lakers (Complete-All 4 Games) (Moses Malone MVP) (C quality). 1984 NBA Finals Celtics vs. Lakers (Complete-All 7 Games) (Larry Bird MVP) (B quality).
The battle of Palo Alto, the first major engagement of the Mexican War, was fought north of Brownsville on May 8, 1846, between American forces under Gen. Zachary Taylor and Mexican troops commanded by Gen. Mariano Arista.
This location had been favored by the PortolÃ¡ expedition in 1769. They had given their campsite the name La Hoya de la Sierra de Santa Lucia. This valley, at the foot of the Santa Lucia Mountains was known by Serra as the Valley of the Oaks (Los Robles). Establishment of Mission San Antonio de Padua was the third mission founded in the 21 mission chain in Alta California. The original founding site lay one and one half miles south of the present church. The original location had to be abandoned in 1773 due to drought, and the new site was chosen on the east bank of year-round Mission Creek.