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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
The KNOX HOUSE MUSEUM is the first commercial building in El Cajon, erected eleven years after the end of the Civil War. It is the original portion of the hotel that Amaziah Lord Knox built in 1876 near what is now the southwest corner of Main Street and Magnolia Avenue.
Below is some information from a list compiled by former Cajon Valley School District Superintendent, John Montgomery and El Cajon’s first historian, Hazel Sperry. Their list appeared in the Californian insert on October 14, 1987 for the City of El Cajon’s 75th Anniversary of Incorporation ... Read More....
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
