The Cuyamacas
Subtitle: the story of San Diego's high country, 1772-2003
By: Leland Fetzer.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Adventures in the natural history and cultural heritage of the Californias
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Diego, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780932653949
Subjects: Cuyamaca Mountains Region (Calif.) -- History; Cuyamaca Mountains Region (Calif.) -- Geography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Cuyamaca chronology; title: The land and its first people; title: The land; title: Cuyamaca Kumeyaay; title: Between discovery and conquest, 1772-1846; title: Pedro Fages and other early explorers in the Cuyamacas; title: Between Fages and Kearny, 1785-1846; title: Grass, gold, and apples, 1846-1910; title: American travelers; title: Early settlers; title: Julian City and Banner City are born; title: Julian City and Banner City hang tough; title: The Cuyamacas blossom; title: Cuyamaca Indian villages and reservations; title: T.S. Van Dyke's great Cuyamaca water scheme; title: Guatay becomes Descanso; title: The automobile age, 1910-2003; title: The Cuyamacas early in the twentieth century; title: Cuyamaca Rancho State Park; title: Cuyamaca North and Cuyamaca South, 1910-1960; title: The 1960s and 1970s : preserving the landscape, preserving the past; title: Land questions; title: Big animals and big fires; title: Holocaust.