City of San Diego and San Diego County : the birthplace of California, Volume I, Part 1

Author: McGrew, Clarence Alan, 1875-; American Historical Society, inc. (New York)
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Chicago and New York : American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 488


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THE BIRTHPLACE OF CALIFORNIA


BY


CLARENCE ALAN McGREW


SAN DIEGO


Assisted by a Board of Advisory and Contributing Editors


WITH SELECTED BIOGRAPHY OF ACTORS AND WITNESSES IN THE PERIOD OF THE CITY AND COUNTY'S GREATEST GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT


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THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK


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Copyright 1922 The American Historical Society


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PREFACE


When the writer started to prepare this History of San Diego County, it was with the hope that no preface would be necessary. Yet, as the work of gathering the necessary facts and preparing them for print progressed, the need for a few preliminary remarks became evident. An important reason for this lies in the fact that the writer could not have a longer time than was allotted to him to complete his manuscript. It would have been a pleasant task, for instance, to go more deeply into the rich stories of reminiscence which have been collected about San Diego, whose olden days are full of romantic appeal. It was impossible, however, within the limits of time and scope that had been laid down, to do more than select from these a few stories which seemed to be most important or distinctive or typical.


The task was taken up and completed in full realization that the earlier periods of San Diego's history had been very ably covered in other histories, notably in that completed nearly fifteen years ago by William E. Smythe, then a resident of San Diego. It would be next to impossible for anyone to prepare a history of this city and county without giving much consideration to Mr. Smythe's history. He did excellent work in collecting facts, some of them from rapidly dwindling sources, and he wrote those facts into a book of real merit.


- Since any history of San Diego has been published, however, has come the period of the city's greatest material advancement. In this time has been the Exposition, by which San Diego sent out to the world notice that here was a city which could not be held back longer, and by which thousands of Americans from other parts of the nation were made to learn that in the matchless climate of Southern California lay the greatest opportunity for comfortable living. This educational work, incidentally, has been carried on in an admirably effective way by the advertising of the San Diego-Cali- fornia Club in the last few years. In this later period, too, came the completion of the San Diego & Arizona Railway. built through the determination of John D. Spreckels, San Diego's foremost citizen, that the city should realize its hope, cherished for many years, in which there were many cruel disappointments, of a direct outlet to the East from San Diego's magnificent harbor. In these recent years also there was the San Diego of war times, with the growth almost overnight of great military and naval establishments here. Following that, San Diego has become a great naval base-an honor to which the port had long been rightfully entitled. To collect the essential facts of these later years and to set them forth in proper proportion


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with the earlier history of San Diego was work waiting to be done. It has been a real privilege to hold the commission for that work.


It has been the writer's good fortune to live in San Diego through all this period of the city's greatest advancement and to be somewhat closely in touch with much of this growth and well ac- quainted with many of the men who were responsible for much of it. From a newspaper office he has seen much of San Diego's recent development and has helped, to the best of his ability, to chronicle affairs of those years accurately and truthfully in more or less perma- nent form. No one could go through these years in such a way without building up in his heart a sincere love of San Diego and its people. So, although the work of writing this story of San Diego was at times hard because another daily task engaged most of the writer's time, it was after all a pleasant duty.


Let it be set down here that no attempt has been made to clothe this history of San Diego in fancy words. The task was begun in the conviction that the best history was a well-marshaled array of facts and that the collection of many essential and interesting facts was much more important than long chapters regarding a lesser number of such facts. San Diego's history is crowded with such facts, and a sincere attempt has been made in the following pages to present them truthfully, simply and clearly. It has been done, too, without any prejudice of creed or of politics or of any other kind. The writer has had no active connection with the collection and preparation of the biographical sketches which make up the other volume of this history : in fact, he has had only scanty knowledge of the names to appear in it. Certain it is that he has not added a line to this volume because a name was to appear in the other volume and that he has not subtracted a line because anyone's name was to be in the other part of the history. And in maintaining this standard it is pleasant to add that he has been faithfully assisted by the publishers.


The writer herewith expresses his gratitude to the many friends who have rendered him valuable assistance. From this long list may be mentioned especially the following :


Members of the Public Library staff of San Diego, headed by Miss Althea Warren, who not only placed many volumes at the dis- posal of the writer but gave him many valuable hints ; Mr. George W. Marston and Judge M. A. Luce, who provided much valuable first- hand information regarding some of the attempts to bring a railroad to San Diego ; Mr. Austin Adams, playwright, who prepared a sketch of the writers who have been inspired by residence in San Diego ; Miss Gertrude Gilbert, whose article on Music and Musicians in San Diego is incorporated in this volume: Mr. James H. Heath, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Escondido ; Mrs. E. Thelen, prominent resident of National City, who supplied many valuable facts regard- ing the history of that place: Dr. Winfield Barkley, for many years identified with county development : William Tomkins, long secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; G. A. Davidson, banker and head of San Diego's great Exposition: Mr. Eddy Orcutt, whose services, proffered because of interest in the work and friendship for the writer, resulted in the drawings of a charming picture of older days in Old Town: Judge Thomas J. Haves, a resident of San Diego during and since the "boom" days, and many others. Secretaries and other


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officers of various organizations, civic, fraternal and religious, have been glad on all occasions to assist in the compilation of data for this volume. To them all the thanks of the writer are cordially given.


Finally, let it be added that the writer has been keenly aware throughout his task that it was a large one and that a great deal more time than was available to him might well be spent in study of San Diego's past. Here was the beginning of California. Here the Franciscan Fathers started civilization of the west coast of America. Here grew up a population whose story is full of romance. Docu- ments and historical works bearing on the early history of the place simply abound. Many works of fiction have been inspired, at least in part, by what has happened at San Diego or near it. The bibliog- raphy compiled by the San Diego Public Library alone is of im- pressive length. Here is a rich field for historian or writer of fiction based upon history, and if anything of value as a readable history and work of reference has been added to the long list by this writer he will have been fully compensated.


San Diego, December, 1921.


CLARENCE ALAN MCGREW.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


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CHAPTER I


The Spanish Discoverers. 1


CHAPTER II


Father Serra and the Missions 5


CHAPTER III


At The Presidio, Under Spanish Rule 26 V


CHAPTER IV


Under the Mexican Flag 31


CHAPTER V


In the Mexican War


39


CHAPTER VI


Battle of San Pasqual 41


CHAPTER VII


Picturesque Old Town


52


CHAPTER VIII


Under the American Flag


67


CHAPTER IX


Fifty Years Ago


92


CHAPTER X


Horton Comes to San Diego


117


CHAPTER XI


Before the Boom 126


CHAPTER XII


The Great Boom


129


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CHAPTER XIII


In the Wake of the Boom 141


CHAPTER XIV


148 San Diego's Railroad History


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CHAPTER XV


178 The Last Fifteen Years


CHAPTER XVI


206 The Panama-California Exposition


CHAPTER XVII


San Diego in War Times 215


CHAPTER XVIII


Political History of the City


227


CHAPTER XIX


Water Development.


234


CHAPTER XX


The City's Churches


244


CHAPTER XXI


Civic and Religious


258


CHAPTER XXII


City and County Schools 272


CHAPTER XXIII


The Theosophical Homestead.


280


CHAPTER XXIV


The City's Newspapers 282


CHAPTER XXV


San Diego's Writers. 290


CHAPTER XXVI


Music in San Diego 293


CONTENTS


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CHAPTER XXVII


The Public Library 295


CHAPTER XXVIII


The Chamber of Commerce 300


CHAPTER XXIX


Banks of San Diego


306


CHAPTER XXX


The City's Parks


309


CHAPTER XXXI


Some Reminiscences


316


CHAPTER XXXII


San Diego's Weather


324


CHAPTER XXXIII


Theatres of San Diego. 328


CHAPTER XXXIV


Fraternal Organizations


332


CHAPTER XXXV


Clubs of the City


347


CHAPTER XXXVI


San Diego's Old Hotels 357


CHAPTER XXXVII


San Diego as a Naval Base


361


CHAPTER XXXVIII


Growth of the City.


363


CHAPTER XXXIX


San Diego's Harbor 366


CHAPTER XL


Highways of the County


370


CONTENTS


CHAPTER XLI


San Diego's Industries


374


CHAPTER XLII


National City and the Kimballs 378


CHAPTER XLIII


Other Towns of San Diego County


393


CHAPTER XLIV


Political Records 423


Appendix


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INDEX


Academy of Our Lady of Peace, I, 278


Adair, J .Clyde, II, 369


Adams, Henry Austin, I, 292; II, 507 Advertising Club, I, 349


African Methodist Episcopal Church, I, 250


Aguirre, Jose Antonio, I, 60, 70 Aiken, Ed. T., II, 523


Akerman, John S., I, 304, 305


Akers, Roy O., II, 107


Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition ex- hibits sent by San Diego County, I, 190 Al Bahr Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., I, 339


Alberti, Clark, I, 367


Aldermen of San Diego, I, 423-426


Alexander, A. P., I, 383


Alexander, Kyle William, I, 383 Alexander, Leon R., I, 383


Allen, Morris C., II, 214


Allen, Russell C., I, 348; II, 212


Allen, Willis E., II, 386


Almgren, Louis, II, 249


Al Sahil Temple No. 162, D. O. K. K., I, 344


Altadena Park, I, 312


Alvarado, Tomasa Pico, I, 53


American Legion, San Diego Post No. 1, I, 220


Americans vs. Californians, I, 45


Ames, John J., I, 70, 332; sketch of, I, 282; death of, I, 286 Ames, S. G., II, 333


Ames Realty Company, II, 333 Amphion Club, I, 293 Anderson, Cecelia, II, 84


Anderson, John F., II, 83


Anderson, Julius, II, 411


Andrews, W. R., I, 375


Arguello Claim, II, 173 Armstrong, William S., II, 399


Arnold, Charles E., II, 276


Arnold, Gilbert C., II, 275 Arrasmith, James W., II, 349 Art Guild, II, 176 Asher, J. M., I, 417 Assemblymen (1849-1921), I, 427, 428 Associate Judges (1850-60), I, 429


Associated Charities of San Diego, II, 175


As You Like It Club, I, 354 Austin, Osborne G., II, 228 Austin, Walter W., II, 245 v


Aviation School No. 1, 192, 193; Grand exhibition of airplanes at (Novem- ber, 1918), I, 223, 224


B Street School, I, 272 Babcock, E. S., I, 178, 235 Babcock, Elisha S., II, 105 Babcock, Graham, I, 178 Bacon, John L., I, 232 / Bagby, R. Lee, II, 269


Bailey, David E., I, 334, 421, 422


Bailey, Wheeler J., II, 89


Baker, A. C., I, 220


Baker, Nancy E., 1I, 104


Baker, Roy H., II, 104


Balboa Park, I, 309, 312; II, 174


Balboa Park Day (December 4, 1919), I, 176 Baldwin, Hugh J., I, 278


Ballast Point, I, 6


Ballou, George H., I, 304


Bandini, Juan, I, 31, 35


Bandini House, I, 53, 66


Bank of Commerce, I, 307


Bank of National City, I, 388


Bank of San Diego, II, 173


Bank of Southern California, I, 306


Banks, Frank S., I, 342


Banks, I, 306-308


Banner: old mining town, I, 422


Baptist Church, San Diego, I, 98; Na- tional City, I, 387; Oceanside, I, 413


Barbour, J. H., I, 367


Barclay, John, II, 208


Bargar, J. C., I, 421


Barkley, Winfield, II, 167


Barley, Ellwood E., I, 355


Barnett, Augustus, I, 420


Barrett dam, I, 238


Barron, A. Ellis, II, 227


Barrow, Lucius R., II, 37


Barry, Ray K., II, 361


Baskerville, E. Roscoe, II, 223


Bates, George S., 1, 288


Batteries A and B, 65th Artillery, World's War, I, 215


Battery B, Second Battalion, anti-air, craft forces, I, 220


Battle of San Pasqual: site marked, I, 41


Bay View Hotel, I, 357


Bean, Joshua H., I, 84


Becker, William B., II, 300


Bee-keeping industry, I, 376


Belcher, F. J., Jr., I, 306


Bell, Dwight D., II, 34 . Bellows, Alonzo C., II, 476


Benard, Ernest, II, 510


Benton, Culmer C., II, 380 Berry, John R., I, 229, 287


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Bethlehem Shrine No. 4, Order of the White Shrine, I, 338 Bible Institute, John 3:16, II, 440


Bigelow, E. G., II, 392


Bigelow, Lou G., II, 337


Bing, William S., II, 150


Binnard, Morris, II, 272


Black, Samuel T., I, 274


Blackman interests, National City, I, 391


Blackmer Lodge No. 442, F. and A. M., I, 334


Blanc, Olan R., II, 469


Bledsoe, Harry R., II, 336


Blochman, Abraham, II, 153


Blochman, Lucien A., II, 154


Blochman Banking Company, I, 307


Boal, John E., I, 240


Boards of Supervisors (1853-1921), I, 430-434


Bond, Carrie Jacobs, I, 294, 418


Boscana, Geronimo, I, 439


Bostonia, I, 418


Bowers, W. W., I, 357


Bowlby, John H., II, 505


Bowman, Thurston A., II, 434


Boy Scouts of America, San Diego Council, I, 355


Boyd, Ward, I, 383


Bradt, G. G., I, 303


Brady, John, II, 207


Braiden, J. C., I, 420


Brant, Allan, II, 164


Brennan, Arcadia B., II, 140


Broadway, great downtown thorough- fare, I, 178


Brown, James W., II, 270


Brown, Odessa L., II, 354


Brown, Prudence S., II, 135


Brown, Rollin N., II, 271


Brown Optical Company, II, 270


Bruske, Ida E., II, 322


Bryan, T. J., I, 420


Building booms: of 1906, 1, 179, 182; of 1912, I, 193, 194, 195


Burch, Charles E., II, 48


Burger, Thomas O., II, 494


Burnell, Edward M., II, 230


Burnham, Frederick R., II, 434


Burnham, George, I, 305; II, 197


Burnham (Mrs.), John, I, 384


Burnham, Lilla M., II, 434


Burwell, Harvey B. S., I, 224


Bush, Kent G., II, 255


Bush, Thomas H., I, 310


Bush, William A., II, 305


Bush (W. J.), Citrus Products Co., II, 305


Bushyhead, Edward W., I, 287


Butler, Charles E., II, 369


Butler, John T., II, 368


Butterfield, Alton D., II, 221 Byers, James C., II, 196


Cabrillo, Juan Rodriquez, I, 1 Cabrillo Commercial Club, I, 348 Cabrillo Park, I,, 312


California Music Teachers' Associa- tion, I, 294


California National Bank, I, 307 California Southern Railroad: char- tered (1880), I, 158, 160, 161; sub- sidies to, by the Kimballs and Na- tional City (1880), I, 380


California's constitutional convention at Monterey (1849), I, 69 Cambon, Pedro Benite, I, 438 Cameron, Charles H., II, 451


Campbell, Dougald C., II, 159


Campbell, George M., II, 412


Campbell, Joseph S., II, 46 Campbell, Sarah J., II, 159


Camp Hearn, I, 225


Camp Kearny, I, 202, 220, 221, 225; 40th Division trained at, I, 221; last of, I, 223


Cannon, Richard L., II, 424


Canton San Diego No. 22, P. M. I. O. O. F., I, 341


Capps, Edward M., I, 230, 232


Capron, John G., sketch of, I, 107


Carleton (Mrs.), Cora G., I, 228


Carlson, William H., I, 133, 134, 137, 229, 230


Carlson & Higgins, I, 133, 134


Carmichael, Henry E., II, 432 Carne, J. W., II, 310


Carnegie, Andrew: donates $60,000 to San Diego Free Public Library, I, 296


Carnegie Library, National City, I, 388


Carpenter, Ford A., I, 324


Carriso Gorge, I, 172


Carson, Kit, I, 39


Cary, William P., I, 220; II, 360


Cassidy, Andrew, I, 88


Catholic Church, National City, I, 387 Catholic Church (New), North San Diego, I, 98 Catholic Churches, I, 244-246 Cave, D., I, 303


Central Christian Church, San Diego, 1, 254


Central Christian Church, Oceanside, I, 414


Central Congregational Church, La Mesa, I, 400


Central Methodist Episcopal Church, San Diego, I, 249


Chamber of Commerce, Escondido, I, 403


Chamber of Commerce, Fallbrook, I, 415


Chamber of Commerce, National City, I, 390 Chamber of Commerce, Oceanside, I, 412


Chamber of Commerce, Ramona, I, 421


Chamber of Commerce of San Diego County, I, 303


Chamber of Commerce, San Diego, I, 300-305


Chambers, Claude L., II, 80


Chambers, Olive B., II, 126 Chandler, Charles T., I, 314; II, 38 Chapin, E. J., I, 211, 213


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Chapman, R. A., II, 526 Chartres-Martin, Ernest P., II, 500


Chase, Levi, I, 115, 417


Cheney, John Vance, I, 291; II, 232 Chevalier Company No. 6, U. R., K of P., I, 344


Chitwood, O. K., II, 204


Choate, Daniel, I, 108, II, 303


Choate, Rufus, I, 305; II, 304


Christ Church (Episcopal), Coronado, I, 395


Chula Vista, I, 397, 398


Churchill, Isabella V., II, 193


Churches, I, 182, 194, 244-257


Church of Christ, Escondido, I, 407 Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, Old Town, I, 244


Church of the Sacred Heart, Coro- nado, I, 395


Citizens' Commercial Bank, Fallbrook, I, 415


Citizens' Savings Bank, I, 308


Citrus fruit industry (1921), I, 374 City Assessors of San Diego, I, 427 City Attorneys of San Diego, I, 426 City Councilmen of San Diego, I, 423- 426


City Departments (1921), I, 365 City Guard Band, I, 323


City Schools, I, 273 City Treasuries of San Diego, I, 427 Clapp, J. D., II, 333


Clark, W. Tilden, 1I, 319


Clayton, Henry, I, 71


Cleveland, Daniel, 1, 106; 11, 172


Cleveland, Moses, II, 172


Clough, Edwin H., I, 288, 291 Clubs, I, 347-356 Coffroth, James W., II, 422 Coleman, William F., II, 450


College Woman's Club, I, 354 Collier, D. C., I, 421 Collier, D. C., Jr., I, 213, 214


Collier, D. S., I, 304 Collier Park, I, 312 Collins, J. W., I, 307


Colorado House, I, 357


Columbian Realty Company Building, I, 179


Commercial Bank of San Diego, I, 306 Conard, Grant, I, 231


Concrete Ships Built at San Diego, I, 226 Congregation Beth Israel, I, 256 Congregational Church, Chula Vista, I, 398 Congregational Church, Escondido, I, 405


Congregational Church, Oceanside, I, 413


Conklin, Ildica E., II, 113


Conklin, Norman H., I, 335; II, 111


Conklin, Ralph L., II, 112 Connell (Mrs.), Stephen, I, 228 Conroe, Grace S., II, 143


Consolidated Bank of San Diego, I, 306


Constans Chapter of Knights Rose Croix No. 5, I, 337


Constans Lodge of Perfection No. 8, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, I, 337


Consuelo Lodge No. 325, of Escon- dido (Masons), I, 339


Cordtz, Austin W., II, 336


Cordtz, Robert H., II, 335


Coronado: City of Residences, I, 392; Its Officers, I, 393, 394; Churches, 1,395 Coronado Beach, I, 392, 393 Coronado Dry Goods Co., The, II, 322


Coronado Islands, I, 2


Coronado Lodge No. 441 (Masons), I, 338


Coronado Methodist Episcopal Church, I, 395


Coronado Presbyterian Church, I, 395


Coronado Public Library, I, 392


Coronado Tent City, I, 392


Coroners, I, 434


Cory, W. S., II, 474


Cosmopolitan Hotel, I, 357


Cotton, O. W., II, 401


County Assessors, I, 436


County Auditors, I, 436


County Clerks, I, 435


County Judges (1850-79), I, 429


County Physicians, I, 435


County Recorders, Auditors, and


Clerks, I, 434, 435


County Superintendent's of Schools, I, 434


County Surveyors, I, 436


County Tax Collectors, I, 436


County Treasurers, I, 435


Courthouse (Old), (Illustration), I, 126


Couts, Cave Johnson, I, 86; II, 491


Cowles, George A., I, 417


Crabtree, Edwin H., II, 329


Crabtree, William E., II, 102


Crespi, Juan, I, 6, 7, 437, 438


Creswell, Lena, II, 135


Croghan, Herbert A., I, 343; II, 155 Cross Erected at Old Town (San Diego), (Illustration), I, 1 Crouse (Mrs.), Warren M., I, 228


Cueva, Pedro de la, I, 439


Curtiss, Glen H., I, 193, 223 Curtiss, William H., II, 377


Cuyamaca Club, I, 347


Cuyamaca Lake, Part of Cuyamaca Water System (Illustration), I, 235 Cuyamaca State Bank, El Cajon, I, 416


Cuyamaca View Park, I, 312 Cuyamaca Water Company, I, 236


Dadmun, Lewis E., II, 498 Dail, Clarence F., II, 313 Daney, Eugene, II, 24 Daney, Eugene, Jr., II, 26 Daniels, Josephus, I, 203


Dannals, Lucy L., I, 337


Darby, William, II, 318 Dare, D. D., I, 307


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Daugherty (Mrs.), H. H., I, 272 Davidson, G. Aubrey, I, 206, 213, 305, 309; II, 7


Davidson (Mrs.), G. Aubrey, I, 270


Davin, Edward L., II, 440


Davis, H. O., I, 211, 213


Davis, L. R., II, 379


Davis, William Heath, I, 34, 59, 69, 78, 357


Davis, W. Jefferson, II, 23


Deacon, Daniel A., II, 356


Decatur, J. G., I, 351


Dejeans, Elizabeth, I, 292


Delegates of San Diego, I, 423-426


Derby, George H., I, 79, 282, 284, 286, 332; death, I, 286


Dewitz, Theodore H., II, 487 Dickinson, William, I, 240


Dickinson, W. G., I, 397


District Attorneys (1850-1919), I, 429 District Judges (1851-1879), I, 428 Dodge, J. M., I, 209, 341, 342; II, 70


Dodge, R. V., I, 304


Donnelly, John J., II, 385


Dorland, Willet S., I, 305; II, 63


Dornberger, E. L., II, 312


Doty, I. E., I, 403 Dougherty, James H., II, 484


Down, William F., II, 309


Doyle, Jarvis L., II, 171


Drinkwater, G. T., II, 474


Drinkwater, Jessica C., II, 474


Dulin, Kenneth C., II, 387


Dumetz, Francisco, I, 438


Dunnells, S. S., I, 357 Dupee, Walter, I, 418


East San Diego, I, 396, 397


Easton, Wilbur W., II, 226


Echeandia, Jose Maria, I, 31, 33


Edmonds, Warner, II, 224


Edward, Prince of Wales, Visits San Diego, I, 203


Egan, William H. B., II, 235


El Cajon City, I, 416-419


El Cajon Rancho, I, 417


El Cajon Valley, I, 416, 417


El Capitan dam, (proposed), I, 238


Electric Supplies Distributing Co., II, 252


Elks Home, I, 182


Ellis, Herbert N., II, 524


Ellwyn Sanitarium, National City, I, 390


Encanto Park, I, 312


Engebretsen, John, II, 311


Episcopal Church, Escondido, I, 406 Episcopalians, first


Protestants to hold service in San Diego (1853), I, 247


Escondido, I, 401; population and as- sessment, I, 401; its banks, I, 404; its churches, I, 404-408


Escondido Advocate, 1, 403


Escondido Irrigation System, I, 403


Escondido National Bank, I, 404


Escondido Savings Bank, I, 404


Escondido Times, I, 403


Escondido Valley (Illustration), I, 402.


Estey, C. L., I, 403


Estudillo, Jose Antonio, I, 89


Estudillo Home in Old Town: Re- storation of, I, 89, 90, 91 Estudillo House, I, 53, 66


Evans, Robley D., I, 187


Evans, Samuel C., I, 195 Evans, William H., II, 240


Evening Tribune, I, 288


Everts, Ella F., II, 123


Everts, Leslie S., I, 355


Exchange Hotel, I, 357 Explosion on Gunboat Bennington (1905), I, 146, 147


Falahy, Lottie R., II, 129


Falahy, Michael F., II, 129


Fallbrook, I, 414, 415, 416


Fallbrook Enterprise, I, 415


Fallbrook Lodge No. 317 (Masons), I, 339


Federal Building, San Diego, I, 185, 197, 198


Federation of State Societies of San Diego, I, 355


Feger, Frank, II, 256


Feger, John, II, 257


Ferguson, Charles T., II, 463


Fergusson, S. W., I, 162


Ferrell, William C., I, 70, 332


Ferris, Carl I., I, 310, 314


Figuer, Juan, I, 438


Fire Department (1915), I, 198


Improvements


First Bank (1870), I, 306


First Baptist Church, Escondido, I, 406 First Baptist Church, Fallbrook, I, 415 First Baptist Church, La Mesa, I, 400 First Baptist Church, Oceanside, I, 413


First Baptist Church, San Diego, I, 250


First Board of Harbor Commission, I, 367


First Church of Christ Scientist, San Diego, I, 257


First Church of United Brethren, San Diego, I, 257


First Congregational Church, Ramo- na, I, 421


First Congregational Church, San Di- ego, I, 253


First County Election (April 1, 1850), I, 443


First Free Methodist Church, I, 249 First Home Between San Diego and the Mexican Line, I, 379


First Lutheran Church, I, 256


First Masonic Lodge in Southern California, I, 332


First Methodist Episcopal Church, Escondido, I, 404


First National Bank, Escondido, I, 404 First National Bank, Oceanside, I, 412


First National Bank, San Diego, I, 306, 308


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First National Building, I, 191 First Presbyterian Church, San Diego, I, 97, 252 First Recall Election, I, 273 First School in New San Diego, I, 272


First Summer School in Southern California, II, 175 First Unitarian Society, I, 255


Fischer, Herman B., II, 441


Fish Fertilizer Plant, National City, I, 391 Fishburn, J. E., I, 306 Fisher, John C., I, 303


Fisher Opera House, I, 328


Fishing Industry (1909), I, 191, 192, 375, 376 Fitch, Henry D., Sketch of, I, 87


Fitch, Thomas L., I., 131, 139


Fitzgerald, G. B., I, 74 Fitzgerald Volunteers, I, 74


Fletcher, Austin B., I, 372


Fletcher, Ed., I, 236, 241, 243, 372, 373; II, 52 Flint, George N., II, 516


Floods of 1916, I, 198, 199, 200, 201


Florence Hotel, I, 357, 359


Flowers, Albert E., I, 350


Foelschow, G. W., II, 347


Folks, John H., I, 138


Folsom, Harry M., II, 305 Ford, E. Paul, II, 258


Formal Gardens Balboa Park (Illus- tration), I, 310 Forster, John, I, 378 Forward, Charles H., II, 35


Forward, John, Jr., I, 314


Forward, John, Sr., I, 231


Forward, John F., I, 305


Forward, John F., Jr., I, 310 Foster, Bessie, II, 511 Fowble, James R., II, 454


Fox, Charles J., Sketch of, 1, 109


Fox, Samuel I., II, 237


France, James G., II, 512


Franciscan Missions, Restoration of, I, 24 Frank, Lydia F., II, 66


Franklin, Berte V., II, 55


Franklin, Caroline K., II, 55


Franklin Avenue Park, I, 312 Frary, Frank P., I, 230; II, 121 Frary, Maud T., II, 121 Fraser, Augusta L., II, 117




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