Nicaragua · Nicaragua
San Juan de Nicaragua
Greytown, the Gold Rush gateway to the Pacific.
- Population
- 2,812 (2023)
- US bombardment
- July 13, 1854
Then
- 1539
Spanish explorers reach the river mouth on June 24.
- 1848
Vanderbilt's company makes Greytown the start of a route to San Francisco.
- 1854
The USS Cyane bombards and burns the town.
Now
It is the wettest place in Nicaragua, on the route of every proposed Nicaragua canal.