Cave Johnson Couts Ysidora's brother-in-law, Don Abel Stearns, gave her the Guajome land grant surrounding Mission San Luis Rey. Couts resigned his commission with the Army and built a ranch on land that “had neither …
August 28, 2021
Jose Matias Morena II: "Take good care, dear one. of the expected baby"
Posted December 12, 1998
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Cave Couts, Old Town loveletters, San Diego's first school
Best Reader stories from 1998
My very beloved Chanita San Francisco, Nov. 4, 1863 It has been twelve years since we were married and I have been reminiscing about you and the wedding. Do you remember how chiflada (scatterbrained) you …
January 19, 2020
San Diego in the late 1800s
This is a Test Sketch briefly the condition of the country at the close of the Revolutionary War until the inauguration of Washington. 2. What officers constitute the cabinet of the President? Sketch the history …
December 31, 2016
The love letters of a couple married at Old Town, 1852-1869
This is the fifth child that death has snatched from us. I am a Christian and I have a great deal of respect for Divine Decrees and God being omnipotent. At times I despair. I blame God.
December 10, 1998