The Glory Years

The Glory Years
Author: Richard F. Pourade
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1964
Genre: History
ISBN:

Story of Southern California's exciting days from 1865-1900: "the booms and busts in the land of sundown sea".

History of San Diego, 1542-1908

History of San Diego, 1542-1908
Author: William Ellsworth Smythe
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2018-10-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780342312795

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

History of San Diego, 1542-1908

History of San Diego, 1542-1908
Author: William Ellsworth Smythe
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2018-10-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780342278442

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Silver Dons

The Silver Dons
Author: Richard F. Pourade
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1963
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Describes how the Spanish Dons wrested the Californian lands from the missionaries and lost them to the American pioneers with the start of the gold rush.

The Plan de San Diego

The Plan de San Diego
Author: Charles H. Harris
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0803264771

The Plan of San Diego, a rebellion proposed in 1915 to overthrow the U.S. government in the Southwest and establish a Hispanic republic in its stead, remains one of the most tantalizing documents of the Mexican Revolution. The plan called for an insurrection of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and African Americans in support of the Mexican Revolution and the waging of a genocidal war against Anglos. The resulting violence approached a race war and has usually been portrayed as a Hispanic struggle for liberation brutally crushed by the Texas Rangers, among others. The Plan de San Diego: Tejano Rebellion, Mexican Intrigue, based on newly available archival documents, is a revisionist interpretation focusing on both south Texas and Mexico. Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler argue convincingly that the insurrection in Texas was made possible by support from Mexico when it suited the regime of President Venustiano Carranza, who co-opted and manipulated the plan and its supporters for his own political and diplomatic purposes in support of the Mexican Revolution. The study examines the papers of Augustine Garza, a leading promoter of the plan, as well as recently released and hitherto unexamined archival material from the Federal Bureau of Investigation documenting the day-to-day events of the conflict.

San Diego Yesterday

San Diego Yesterday
Author: Richard W. Crawford
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1625840446

San Diego today is a vibrant and bustling coastal city, but it wasn't always so. The city's transformation from a rough-hewn border town and frontier port to a vital military center was marked by growing pains and political clashes. Civic highs and criminal lows have defined San Diego's rise through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into a preeminent Sun Belt city. Historian Richard W. Crawford recalls the significant events and one-of-a-kind characters like benefactor Frank "Booze" Beyer, baseball hero Albert Spalding and novelist Scott O'Dell. Join Crawford for a collection that recounts how San Diego yesterday laid the foundation for the city's bright future.

Time of the Bells

Time of the Bells
Author: Richard F. Pourade
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1961
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Tells the story of how the California missions were founded, how they prospered and then died.

Filipinos in San Diego

Filipinos in San Diego
Author: Judy Patacsil
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738580012

Filipinos have been a part of the history of the United States and San Diego for over 400 years. The Manila-Acapulco galleon trade ships included Filipinos on sailing expeditions to California, including the port of San Diego. After the Philippines became a territory of the United States in 1898, many Filipinos began immigrating to San Diego. The community grew rapidly, particularly in the 1920s and 1930s. After World War II, Filipino veterans returned with their war brides and the community began to build further. The Immigration Act of 1965 increased Filipino immigration into San Diego to include military personnel, especially those enlisted in the U.S. Navy, as well as professionals. Today Filipino Americans are the largest Asian American ethnic group in San Diego.

San Diego's Sunset Cliffs Park: A History

San Diego's Sunset Cliffs Park: A History
Author: Kathy Blavatt
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467142964

Sunset Cliffs Park meanders along a mile and a half of San Diego's coastline, beckoning tourists and locals alike. These stunning cliffs inspired Albert Spalding, sportsman and visionary, to create a park in 1915 for all to enjoy. In the century since, many have left their mark, including the powerful Pacific Ocean. John Mills, an enterprising land baron, restored the original park, only to have it fall into neglect during the Depression and World War II. It became a popular spot for pioneering surfers and divers in the postwar boom, and the park's colorful landscape attracted artists and children. Join author Kathy Blavatt as she relates the many transformations of this beloved park and looks to its future.