Thursday, September 13, 2007

Chula Vista - The Early Years, Volume 1

The Chula Vista Historical Society published seven small booklets during the 1990's in an effort to capture and document the social history of early Chula Vista.

Volume 1 (published in 1992 by Tecolote Publications, San Diego, California, 979.498 CHULA Vol. 1 at the Chula Vista Public Library) included the following articles:

* "John J. Montgomery - The Forgotten Man of Aviation" by James R. Spurgeon -- page 3
* "What's a Chula? The Naming of the South Bay" -- page 6
* "The First Citrus Orchards" by Eugene V. Coleman -- page 9
* "The High School Bus" by Helen Burnell Dean -- page 11
* "Russian Spring" by Richard Cerutti -- page 15

* "VFW Post 2111" -- page 19
* "It's About Time - The Otay Watch Factory" -- page 21
* "A Love Story at the Otay Watch Factory" by Meneva Latham -- page 25
* "The Hercules Powder Company" by Peter Neushul -- page 29
* "Fredericka Manor" by Laura D. Crockett -- page 37

* "Bonita, The One-Room School" by Helen Burnell Dean -- page 51
* "Sweetwater Union High School" -- page 57
* "Border Monument No. 255" -- page 61
* "Water Development in the Sweetwater Valley" by Eugene Coleman -- page 63
* "Before Colonel Dickinson" by Art Day -- page 67

* "The Blind Eagle" as Told to Byron Jacquot -- page 69
* "Street Names" -- page 71.

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