Postcard of the Carrizo Strait, San Diego, and Arizona Eastern Railroad. There has never been a more suitable land for train tracks.
140 miles error
The Ritz calls the Chinese the “unsung heroes” of the railways, but new evidence suggests that business problems may have been the main reason why the railway took so long to build. The San Diego and Arizona route dropped to Mexico before returning to California on the way east. The land was inhospitable dictated. But during the time those paths were laid, chaos reigned: the Mexican Revolution was taking place.
By Jin Shinto April 24, 2003 | Read the full article
San Diego Country Club. “I understand you mistreated one of our Greens, so you won’t be playing here anymore.”
Vandal on the green
On October 21, 1960, President Eisenhower came to call. His helicopter landed in the ninth lane, Ike descended, alive, and then some 2,500 cheering fans who filled the tenth lane advanced. He joined 19 others at lunch tables held on the tenth tee. I gave him a birthday cake. When waiter Nacho Romero raced toward the president brandishing a large, sharp knife to slice it, Secret Service agents jumped into action.
Written by Ken Culkin, Oct. 1, 1998 | Read the full article
Details from the facade of the Cortez Hotel
Heartbreak Hotel (Cortez Hill)
“All they needed to do was paint the motels, and instead they rip them apart. They take small, clean motel designs, very good architectural pieces from the fifties or sixties, and plaster these little motels out of concrete blocks and put Spanish balls on them. Is that what they mean? Refinement and enrichment? You have that sweet California feel from all these beautiful styles. You don’t bury that past.”
By Dirk Sutro, June 24, 1993 | Read the full article
Lanier confiscated 293 plants from the men off Boulder Creek Trail on the western side of Mt. Cuyamaca.
The highest chilled spot in the nation
There are still some players out there. Two years ago, Lanier arrested two men for planting potted plants. Lanier confiscated 293 plants from the men off Boulder Creek Trail on the west side of Mount Cuyamaca in East County. According to Linier, one of the men, who had previously been sentenced, “is still in prison.” But the other did not turn up after he was released on bail. “They let him out because of his family obligations, and he disappeared”
Written by Jimmy Reno April 28, 1994 | Read the full article
“One feels that the officials elected and appointed by them consider themselves a kind of aristocracy.”
Where politicians stand for free
Some see the cards as unnecessary privileges and not available to the average citizen. Local government observer Richard Ryder says, “One feels that the elected and appointed officials consider themselves a kind of aristocracy who should not be bothered with the things the rest of us have to deal with. An excellent example of a two-tier system. They are, and then there are the little people who have to They have to pay the parking fee at the airport.”
By Ernie Grimm, May 13, 1999 | Read the full article
Del Mar. In the early 1930s, the federal government successfully prosecuted more than a hundred trainers and horse owners for shooting their animals with strong drugs like heroin.
just say no
As a “confidential matter,” the board will not reveal the names of the test-positive coaches, although if information is obtained from other sources, they will confirm it. Harvey Forgach, a former board member, believes the board does not release all test information. In the early 1990s, he sued the board of directors for publishing all information regarding positive tests. When he was on the board in the 1970s, he failed to get the board to ban all drugs. “
By Bob Owens August 24, 2000 | Read the full article
Conn’s grave site. After coming to San Diego, General Kuhn was accidentally wounded by his Civil War veteran friend in 1893 and died the same night.
Out of this world at Mt. Hope Cemetery
The Board of Supervisors ordered the removal of county records from Old Town to New San Diego. They did not take into account the wrath of the Old Town… Judge Morrison, of the District Court, ruled that the clerk should make all orders of his court reversible in the Old Town. Then Judge Bush followed up the lawsuit in district court, instructing the mayor to use force if necessary to prevent the records from being removed.
Written by Barbara Palmer October 26, 2000 | Read the full article
Fagerheim Dairy, 1927. “Fagerheim was a place where my father went to school—somewhere in Norway. The house was off Friars Road, and in front of it were four sheds. One was built next to Friars Road. East of the house was the property of Fenton. It was Fenton Road. Friars is the first road in California.”
Life along the San Diego River
Ferrari, who is now 62, said: “I was born in that house. I couldn’t stand to see the house hurt, so I had some mates come and drop it.” Most of all, he has his big white house which he still owns on the Camino del Rio South. Standing in his garden, he can turn his back on Highways 8 and 805, blur traffic and look out over pristine hills.”
Written by Barbara Palmer July 25, 2002 | Read the full article
Today Joe Coen will tell you that he lives in Chinatown, and that’s right, you can see all the rest of Chinatown from his house.
Climbing Gold Mountain: San Diego’s Chinatown
It is not easy to find people who remember or will talk about opium dens or “ash-places”, as the Chinese call them. It was private, not places everyone could go to. Those who did would lie on straw mattresses, pick up long opium tubes, dip the needles in the yellowish-brown medicine and slowly burn them until the ashes were dry, and escape into the dream. In the 1930s, and perhaps later, there were still Chinese smoking opium in San Diego.
By Amy Chu, April 8, 1982 | Read the full article