El Cajon History
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See Personal Stories & Narratives Below - including Milman Youngjohn's story of orange groves
Featured Writer: G. Carroll Rice, 2010-2013
The Lively Arts in El Cajon, 1892 - 1952
El Cajon's Crown Jewel: The Corona Hotel 1886 - 1920
Major Levi Chase, El Cajon's First Booster
Food From The Earth: El Cajon Valley's Abundance
| Airplanes Over El Cajon | El Cajon Boy Scout Troop 46 | The Spotlighters: El Cajon's Home-Grown Theatre |
Picturesque San Diego, by Douglas Gunn, 1887
The Best Town in San Diego County by J.C. Safley, 1946
The El Cajon Story
Articles by W.S. Head, 1952
Manuscripts of Hazel Sperry, Historian, 1968
A Brief History of Knox's El Cajon Hotel
The Corners - El Cajon's First Shopping Center
The Story of the Early Development of Main Street
The History of the Centennial Ranch and Castle Rock Ranch
A Brief History of the Boston Ranch and Early Bostonia
The Story of Major Levi Chase and the Chase Ranch, "Cajon Villa"
The Story of the D.G. Gordon Family and Ranch in Early Bostonia
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 Story of the Uri Hill Family in Early El Cajon
Frank Patterson, Freelance Photographer
Historical Data on the City of El Cajon
A.L. Knox Cited as First Business Man in Present Location of City
A Slice of History: El Cajon Valley Grew From $500 Debt Payment, by Del Hood, 1981
Famous Firsts: A Collection of Articles, by James Graves
Historical Society Urged in El Cajon, 1973
Donations Furnish Restored Hotel, 1973
97 Years of the El Cajon Woman's Club
Articles by Chloris Scott, 1960s, 1980s
A Look Back/The Knox Hotel was the hub of the El Cajon ValleyBig Changes Mark Passing of Years, Aug. 1968
California Compromise Postponed Civil War, Sept. 1968
Birthday Celebrations Today Nostalgic, Sept. 1968
Part of El Cajon's past went with Alice Mabel Knox, March 1980
Our Valley: 'You've come a long way' , May 1981
A Look Back/How streets were named, April 1982
A Look Back/W.D. Hall brought much to El Cajon, July 1982
A Look Back/Eucalyptus trees rooted in county history, Aug. 1982
A Look Back/Schools have come a long way, Sept. 1982
A Look Back/How El Cajon was incorporated, Oct. 1982
A Look Back/Visiting historic landmarks, Nov. 1982
A Look Back/Family home once had 12 Halls, Dec. 1982
A Look Back/El Cajon could have been a 'Hollywood', Jan. 1983
They lined streets before Ma Goose, Nov. 1983
More Articles
Union and East County Go Way Back -- to 1886 by Virginia I. Spiller, 1992
History of Our Area Comes to Life Again by Eldonna Lay, 2007
From Raisins Grown in El Cajon to Chicago's 1892 World's Columbian Exposition by Eldonna Lay, 2007
Fertile Land Gave Rise to Award-winning Raisins by Eldonna Lay, 2008
The Birdseyes - First Family of Grossmont, Excerpt from book by Hubert Guy
STUDENT WORK
Student work should never be used for research
The pages below about El Cajon history
were written
in 2000 by Karen Hayes's
7th grade students at Hillsdale Middle School
See the Education page for essays written by 3rd Graders