Directory > Regional > North America > United States > California > Counties > San Diego > Society and Culture > History Marine Corps Recruit Depot From Dutch Flats on Coronado's North Island, the story of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego, 1911-1974. Camp Thomas, Camp Howard, Colonel Joseph H. Pendleton, Congressman William Kettner. http://history.acusd.edu/gen/corps/years.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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San Diego Police Museum and Historical Association Marshals and Police Chiefs, badges and medals of valor. Current efforts to save the Old Police HQ with its Spanish Colonial architecture. http://sdpolicemuseum.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Rolando History By the mid-1920s San Diego and Southern California were experiencing another era of rapid growth. In 1925 it was announced that University Avenue would be graded and paved from Euclid Avenue to La Mesa. http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/sandiego/genpage.html?nid=956142973&nneighid=324378871&.... Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Committee of One Hundred Dedicated to the Preservation of Spanish Colonial Architecture in San Diego's Balboa Park. http://C100.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Whaley House Whaley House Museum in Old Town, San Diego. Completed in 1857, it was acclaimed as the "finest new brick block in Southern California." America's Most Haunted? http://whaleyhouse.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Save Our Heritage Organisation Serving San Diego County Since 1969, SOHO is the oldest continually operating historic preservation organization in California. SOHO also runs the Whaley House Museum in Old Town. http://sohosandiego.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Glimpses Into San Diego's Past and Other Subjects Articles dealing with the history of San Diego City and County, as well as articles covering a variety of literary subjects. http://www.members.cox.net/ramero/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Lesbian and Gay Historical Society of San Diego Promotes the recovery, preservation, and understanding of the history of lesbians and gay men, especially in the local area. List of collected materials and membership information. http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~clgoyne/lghssd/homepage.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Indians of San Diego County Information about the four tribal groupings make up the indigenous Indians of San Diego County: the Kumeyaay/Diegueño, the Luiseño, the Cupeño, and the Cahuilla. From the library at San Diego State University. http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/insdcnty.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Cabrillo National Monument Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo led the first European expedition to explore what is now the west coast of the United States. Cabrillo himself later died during the expedition, but his crew pushed on, possibly as far north as Oregon, before winter storms forced them to back to Mexico. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/cab/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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San Diego's Lifeguard Services Ocean lifeguard services in San Diego began in 1917, prompted by the drowning of 13 people on a single day at Ocean Beach. Lifeguards were assigned to guard the area around popular Wonderland Park. http://www.sannet.gov/lifeguards/about/history.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gaslamp Black Historical Society Preserving San Diego's historic Harlem of the West. http://www.harlemofthewest.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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San Diego Mexican and Chicano History Academic credentials provide authoritative history from the first native people to the Kumeyaay, the Spanish Missions, the Mexican War, Repatriation and the Lemon Grove Incident. http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/mas/chicanohistory/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ocean Beach History Billy Carlson and Frank Higgins laid out streets in 1887 and sold lots at a big mussel roast on the beach. They named the new town "Ocean Beach." Carlson went on to become mayor of San Diego and later went to prison on charges of land fraud. http://www.oceanbeachsandiego.com/HTML/OBhistory.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Kumeyaay History Timeline and articles on Kumeyaay history, society and culture in the San Diego region. http://www.kumeyaay.com/history Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Rancho Santa Fe History Originally an Indian rancheria, architect Lilian Rice's legacy lives on in the spanish village of Rancho Santa Fe. http://www.rsf.com/areahist.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Poway: A Historical Sketch Diegueno and Luiseno Indians roamed the area for several hundred years before the Spaniards came. Philip Crosthwaite is believed to have been the first white person to settle in the Poway area. He built an adobe house and took up ranching in 1859. The Poway valley proved ideal for cattle. http://www.ci.poway.ca.us/history.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Campo Community History From Diegueno Indians to the Gaskill Store's famous gunfight, to the 11th Cavalry at Camp Lockett. http://www.sdrm.org/history/campo.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Carlsbad: Rancho Agua Hedionda Don Juan María Marrón ruled Rancho Agua Hedionda in the 1840s. His 13,311 acres extended from the Pacific Ocean inland almost to Vista and from Carlsbad south of Encina Canyon. http://www.carlsbad.ca.us/hedionda.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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San Diego Historical Society History of the area with a timeline, photos, biographies, postcards, and on-line articles from the Journal of San Diego History. Over 2000 images, including sports, streetcars, amusement parks, breweries and Balboa Park. http://sandiegohistory.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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San Pasqual Battlefield In December, 1846, nineteen U.S. soldiers and an unknown number of Californios lost their lives in the Battle of San Pasqual, in what is now San Diego County, California. The exact location of the battlefield, however, remains a mystery. http://www.sanpasqual.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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