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Title: San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Black, Samuel T., 1846-
Subjects: San Diego County (Calif.) -- History San Diego County (Calif.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, S.J. Clarke
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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a place of interest notonly to the tourist, but to the citizen who sees it every day. New Town Park, occupying about two blocks on F and Columbia streets, isonly a short distance from the bay. It is filled with large palms, fountains,beautiful flowers and vegetation. This is one of the first points of interest whichattracts the attention of the tourist when he reaches the city. Golden Hill Park, at Twenty-fifth and B streets, is really a part of BalboaPark, and the name is used merely as a local designation. All in all it must be conceded for a city of its size, San Diego is well pro-vided with parks. Besides these, however, there are numerous pleasure groundswithin short distances of the city reached by boat or trolley, which really shouldbe included in a mention of this nature. For instance, there is Coronado, withits magnificent hotel and Tent City, just across the bay, La Jolla, Point Lomanear the city and various other pleasure grounds and beaches within easy strik-ing distance.
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SWEET WATER DAJI, NEAR SAN DIEGO CHAPTER XLI- HOTELS, THEATERS AND INDUSTRIAL FAIR HOTELS OF SAN DIEGO The first hostelry of San Diego was the New San Diego Hotel, a framebuilding put up in 1850 on the northeast corner of State and F streets. It waskept by Captain S. S. Dunnells. At the time of their arrival in San Diego, Mrs.Dunnells had the following to say of the aspect: The only water in the place was in a well near where the courthouse nowstands. The soldiers burying ground was back of where the Horton Housewas afterward built. The bodies were later removed to the military cemetery.Some Indians had their huts on what is now the site of the Florence House.Mrs. Matthew Sherman was our only neighbor; she lived near her present resi-dence (in 1909). There was also a German in charge of Mannasse & Schillerslumberyard. One day Mrs. Horton took me out to show me the great improve-ments that were being made. There was a party of two men cutting brush nearwhere the Horton House stood

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