Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Opened in 1907, Greenwood covers approximately 125 acres (0.51 km 2) five miles east of downtown San Diego. It is a rural cemetery, incorporating architecture, art, and landscaping into its design. [1] Greenwood and its accompanying mortuary are now part of NorthStar Memorial Group (NSMP). It is adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetery.
San Diego, CA: San Diego History Center. Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "7: Orange and San Diego Counties". Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362. Culbertson, Judi; Randall, Tom (1989). "13: San Diego Cemeteries".
Westgate-California Corporation (WCC, 1956–1982) was a public company and a vehicle for the business interests of C. Arnholt Smith (1899–1996), a San Diego banker, businessman, civic booster, political fundraiser and felon.
The playing field is still known as Charlie Smith Field. [2] As an undergraduate, Gwynn played both baseball and basketball for the Aztecs. He became San Diego State's head baseball coach after he retired from the Padres. The San Diego Surf Dawgs of the independent Golden Baseball League used the park as their home field from 2005 to 2006.
Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio. El Camino Memorial Park is a cemetery in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego, California. Founded in 1960, [1] it is a 220-acre (0.89 km 2) property. The cemetery is noted for being the final resting site for Jonas Salk as well as several members of the well-known Kroc family. [2] [3]
The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Culver City, California, United States.Many Jewish people from the entertainment industry are buried there. The cemetery is known for Al Jolson's elaborate tomb (designed by Los Angeles architect Paul Williams), a 75-foot-high pergola and monument atop a hill above a water cascade, all visible from the adjacent San Diego Freeway.
Sherman Heights takes its name from its original developer and later San Diego mayor Matthew Sherman, who purchased the land just east of downtown San Diego in 1867. [3] Villa Montezuma, a large Victorian home built for musician and spiritualist Jesse Shepard in 1887, has been operated as a house museum, and is owned by the City of San Diego.
1867: Real estate developer Alonzo Horton arrived in San Diego and purchased 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of land in New Town for $265. Major development began in the Gaslamp Quarter. [8] 1880s to 1916: Known as the Stingaree, the area was a working class area, home to San Diego's first Chinatown, "Soapbox Row" and many saloons, gambling halls, and ...