Acorns in San Diego History The people roasted grasshoppers, yuccas, and ate abalone. But their number-one food source was the acorn, shaken from branches of Coast Live Oak trees. They poured hot water through baskets …
April 26, 2021
San Diego College of Arts and Letters, c. 1880s. The college's one building, refurbished, became the Hotel Balboa in 1902. In 1910, the building housed the San Diego Army and Navy Academy. "The new owners would construct Pacific Plaza, the first shopping center in Pacific Beach."
Posted August 1, 2002
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Acorn history, Don Juan Forster, Cabrillo, John Crosby traces trail over Baja
History of San Diego: 19th Century
Beaver Trails to San Diego Governor Echeandia of San Diego “looked upon the Americans as being worse than thieves and murderers.” He tore up their passports and put them in a dungeon. One of Pattie’s …
August 14, 2016
San Diego remembers the deluge
Travelers from San Diego to Los Angeles had to drive west around Mt. Soledad, through Pacific Beach and La Jolla. On December 13, 1930, the Rose Canyon Highway opened: a five-mile shortcut on the east slope of Soledad.
August 1, 2002