Web Directory

» Balboa Park's Expositions / Glimpses Into San Diego's Past
   Articles by Richard Amero on the history of Balboa Park Expositions, San Diego City and County, as well as a variety of literary subjects.
   http://www.balboaparkhistory.net

» Campo Community History
   From Diegueno Indians to the Gaskill Store's famous gunfight, to the 11th Cavalry at Camp Lockett.
   http://www.sdrm.org/history/campo.html

» Carlsbad: Rancho Agua Hedionda
   Don Juan María Marrón ruled Rancho Agua Hedionda in the 1840s. His 13,311 acres extended from the Pacific Ocean inland almost to Vista and from Carlsbad south of Encina Canyon.
   http://www.carlsbad.ca.us/hedionda.html

» Committee of One Hundred
   Dedicated to the Preservation of Spanish Colonial Architecture in San Diego's Balboa Park.
   http://c100.org/

» Gaslamp Black Historical Society
   Preserving San Diego's historic Harlem of the West.
   http://www.harlemofthewest.com/

» Indians of San Diego County
   Information about the four tribal groupings make up the indigenous Indians of San Diego County: the Kumeyaay/Diegueño, the Luiseño, the Cupeño, and the Cahuilla. From the library at San Diego State University.
   http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/insdcnty.shtml

» Kumeyaay History
   Timeline and articles on Kumeyaay history, society and culture in the San Diego region.
   http://www.kumeyaay.com/2007/11/history/

» Marine Corps Recruit Depot
   From Dutch Flats on Coronado's North Island, the story of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego, 1911-1974. Camp Thomas, Camp Howard, Colonel Joseph H. Pendleton, Congressman William Kettner.
   http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/corps/years.html

» Poway: A Historical Sketch
   Brief article.
   http://www.poway.org/index.aspx?page=763

» San Diego Archaeological Center
   Museum with archaeological collections; educational and scientific programs; online virtual exhibits and digital library.
   http://www.sandiegoarchaeology.org/

» San Diego Health Reports and Documents
   Digital archive of data, statistics, reports, and documents on San Diego's health. Includes environment, air and water quality, crime, border health and disease.
   http://sandiegohealth.org

» San Diego History Online Resources
   Selected topics in San Diego history from the University of San Diego. Also local history links.
   http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/local/main.html

» San Diego Mexican and Chicano History
   Academic credentials provide authoritative history from the first native people to the Kumeyaay, the Spanish Missions, the Mexican War, Repatriation, and the Lemon Grove Incident.
   http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/mas/chicanohistory/

» San Diego's Lifeguard Services
   Ocean lifeguard services in San Diego began in 1917, prompted by the drowning of 13 people on a single day at Ocean Beach. Lifeguards were assigned to guard the area around popular Wonderland Park.
   http://www.sandiego.gov/lifeguards/about/history.shtml

» San Pasqual Battlefield
   In December, 1846, nineteen U.S. soldiers and an unknown number of Californios lost their lives in the Battle of San Pasqual, in what is now San Diego County, California. The exact location of the battlefield, however, remains a mystery.
   http://www.sanpasqual.org/

» Save Our Heritage Organisation
   San Diego's SOHO is the oldest continually operating historic preservation organization in California. SOHO also runs the Whaley House Museum in Old Town San Diego.
   http://sohosandiego.org

» Whaley House Museum
   Located in Old Town, San Diego. Completed in 1857, it was acclaimed as the "finest new brick block in Southern California." America's Most Haunted?
   http://www.whaleyhouse.org/