Quiz

Test your knowledge on the history of El Cajon

1. The Knox Hotel had ____________________ rooms.

2. R.G. Clark raised the first ____________________ grapes in the valley.

3. The hotel and crossroads became known as ____________________ ____________________.

4. John Rea built the first ____________________ and ____________________ store on ____________________ Street.

5. The first post office in the valley was in the ______________________________.

6. More and more, the valley and San Diego needed a _________________________.

7. The Asher family built Castle Rock ranch. On the ranch there were many rocks. Those rocks were

used for __________________________________________________________________________

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8. In the early 1880's San Diego finally got a ______________________________.

9. A train came into the valley ____________________ years later.

10. Eight trains a day picked up ___________________________ from Julian, and _______________,

____________________, __________________, ___________________, and

____________________ from the valley.

1. When was El Cajon settled?____________________(what year)

2. Why did people settle in El Cajon? __________________________________________________________________________________

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3. Was El Cajon a nice place to live back then? (Why or Why not)

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4. What changes have occurred in El Cajon since it was first settled? __________________________________________________________________________________

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MORE SETTLERS IN THE VALLEY

1. Settlers who moved onto land they did not own were known as ____________ or ________________.

2. The crop in the valley at this time was mainly __________________.

3. The main road came from San Diego over Grossmont Pass down what is now _________ Street.

4. The road took a sharp turn on what is now ____________________.

5. Traffic came to the valley when _________________ was discovered in the village of _______________________.

6. What tradition started at the corner of Magnolia and Main? ________________________

7. What dream did Amaziah Knox have? ______________________

8. How many people lived in the valley? _____________

9. How did Knox's dream come true? ____________________________________________________ _____________________

10. Who planted the first fruit trees in the valley? _________________________________

MISSIONS AND RANCHOS

1. The padres and the Indians built the Mission _______ ________________.

2. They needed more land for _________ and ____________.

3. They went inland and looked down into our ______________________.

4. The Mexican government took the land from the padres and gave it to __________.

5. San Diego was a very busy town until the ________________ left after the war.

6. Jesse Ames owned a blacksmith shop in San Diego. He left and came to the valley.

He was the __________ __________________ to settle in the valley.

7. The Indians were very good to the Ames family. The helped them to __________.

8. People from all over the world started coming to California because _____________ and ___________________.