CIRCA 1887 Booklet SPRING VALLEY Las Fuentes De San Jorge SAN DIEGO California

Description

Historical Sketch
of
LAS FUENTES DE SAN JORGE
or the famous springs of
SPRING VALLEY
Near San Diego, California
DESCRIPTION:
CIRCA 1887
[No Author, no date]
booklet [pamphlet, brochure] Titled
Historical Sketch of LAS FUENTES DE SAN JORGE or the famous springs of SPRING VALLEY Near San Diego, California
; pink wraps string tied; 8 pages (6 numbered and last 2 pages blank); approximately 9 inches by 6 inches
; Very early history up to 1887.
DATE:
No date, but the date of
Circa 1887
was determined partially by the type fonts and stye of printing plus the last date mentioned was
1885-6
when
Mr. H. H. Bancroft
purchased 500 acres around the site and began developing them. This pamphlet refers to
“Railroads now are being built or are projected in and around Spring Valley”
which were completed around
1888
also dating the pamphlet at around
1887
.
CONDITION:
Light creasing else
NEAR
FINE
[see scans].
HISTORY:
Spring Valley
is named for the natural spring located there. It was long the home of the Kumeyaay people, who called it Neti or Meti. Spanish conquerors drove off the natives and used the area for cattle, calling it El aguaje de San Jorge (St. George's Spring). In 1863
Judge Augustus S. Ensworth
of San Diego filed a claim for a 160-acre ranch that included the spring. The ranch, and the small adobe house he built there, were sold to Rufus King Porter and later to historian
Hubert Howe Bancroft
in
1885-6.
The adobe is now a National Historic Landmark.
Hubert Howe Bancroft
finally moved to Spring Valley in 1887. He purchased the
Smith Campbell
,
Charles Crosby
, and
Burbeck ranches
, giving him 515 acres that he named
Helix Farms
. He spent a lot of money improving the property. The railroad was completed in 1888 and was Spring Valley’s first rail connection.
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