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Brief History of El Cajon. Although the history of El Cajon can be traced back to the days of the dinosaur, the modern history begins circa 1869 with Issac Lankershiem when he purchased the roughly 47,000-acre Rancho El Cajon from Miguel Pedrorena.
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.
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 ...
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
The first petition, which the board was to consider on Aug. 6, 1912, carried thenames of 78 men and women living In the area to be incorporated. The petition, dated July 2, noted that there were 5W inhabitants that area and gave a detailed description 01 the boundaries Of the proposed new city.
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.
1 lip 1988 · These anecdotes, stories, and other bits of information are strung together chronologically on a rather thin and sometimes not quite factual framework of local history. The book begins with several interesting paragraphs about El Cajon geology and ends with a chapter about the 1980s.
