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Browse through these historical archives and enjoy learning about El Cajon and get a glimpse into what the City looked like in its early days. From the Corona Hotel at Main & Magnolia in the early 1900s, to the accelerated growth which took place after World War II, to the men, women, and families who called this wonderful place home and have ...
In the early part of the nineteenth century the explorations of the mission padres for pasture land led them to El Cajon Valley (The Box). The surrounding foothills were a barrier to straying cattle as well as a watershed to gather the sparse rainfall for verdant grasslands along the valley floor.
El Cajon takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was owned by the family of Don Miguel de Pedrorena, a Californio ranchero and signer of the California Constitution. El Cajón, Spanish for "the box", was first recorded on September 10, 1821, as an alternative name for sitio rancho Santa Mónica to describe the "boxed-in" nature of the ...
A Centennial Moment. What was in El Cajon before Parkway Plaza? Castle Rock Ranch! The Ashers were among the American families who arrived in Old Town in 1869. Josephus Asher worked in San Diego for the U.S. Government Customs Division, as he had also done in San Francisco.
1972 to 1981. -City purchases the Knox Hotel and moves it to 280 North Magnolia to become the historical focus of the City of El Cajon in 1972. -First meeting of the El Cajon Historical Society in 1973. -Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug establish world famous Taylor Guitars in 1974.
El Cajon Historical Society. From Exploration to Rancho. by G. Carroll Rice. The arrival of Spanish Catholic missionaries at San Diego Bay in 1769 marked the beginning of recorded history in Southern California.
El Cajon Postal History: 1878 - 1971. History of the El Cajon Cemetery, Monument Hill,and Flinn Springs Cemetery. A Brief History of the Schools of the El Cajon Valley. The Asher-Vacher Story. The Story of the Uri Hill Family in Early El Cajon. Frank Patterson, Freelance Photographer. Historical Data on the City of El Cajon
