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SAN DIEGO-CITY AND COUNTY. 1860. .•>.<! on April 1st of that year the' small x in.-yards of I be mnr'haH were nil 
- first county election xvus held, The town Hat the county could Sliotv fur fnnfc. 
bt WJtGLAs orsy, Frirroft or rrn s\n MROo! polio.) 15? vote* af that election. Tho About ovei'ythiug <bnt tho people- c<»n- 
" r.si'iN." i first county n4gg080H*tlt roll show* tbo! *unlecl, aside*. fr»»ui beef, was imported. 
value (if Intuhh- property in 1850 ns In 1-880 tin- estimated population of tho 
1 ''■HE Bay of San Diego was discovered follow>. Ranch lands, $255/281; ten county is 1*2,8011; the mly buying .1,000. 
in tho year 1642 by Juan Bodrigilii* ■ slow, $55,8(15; 58 houses, $104,802 ; Tho liunblo valuation of properly for (he 
. haarl, $02/280: total value, current Usual year is $5,500,000. Total 
On the lt'lti /lay of -Inly. Irtit*, [lie hi-I i..un, $.‘10,000: total value,. $1175,100. barley, 11,000; in hay, 10,280; 
Catholic Mission in Alta I. upper) 1 »h- f'lir iiggtegutu population of the county 2,000; in oUit-r products, 7 ,0 
fnrnin was founded Ini'- h*. I lit- hither m 18511 was 7K!». iif which about 000 wheat crop of the present season is ox- 
Francis J uni pern Sena, who had arrii**d i bcloDin-J to the city. peeled to go above twelve million pounds; 
b p|, f with a pnrly eti ilnnd fr»n, Lower I The • nnvtli of Sun Diego proper, dates tin- hurley crop aliont half ua much. 
( jdifi'inm on July 1st 1 h- b>imduri<m : from the vein 1807, rit which time the pro- j Estimated number of hearing lemon trees, 
nf tin? first mission building U"- laid on ucl nt n Southern Pacific Railroad (fust 5/100; orange lu es, 5,080; olive trees, 
the pom | ol ffie bill ov iloukiu- the rivei 1 I -n. ached in 1«.”1 and winch had slumbered 8,740; acres grape vines, 3,480. The wool 
whir. Hu “ Oil T.iwu- of San I'n-m i< , during the period of the civil war) was dip of tliix year is estimated to be about 
now rutilated 11,IK .1 known Presidio revived. \s the proposed Pacific termiuus two million pounds; m 1878 it was 
Uilt, Iiii.l lemnauls III the nuns I.f tin I.I.I of (hr to id. San Diego oam« immediately 1,050.000, in 18715 1,8:17 850 V verv 
irisuUo and tinire), me yet to In- seer, into pnur.immee. The Old Town was ini port,, nt. industry, in which San Diego 
II,out. The niiMinnarv (im»rt«re wen- re- limit »n« .,.i.„,.i . .. o_„ county leads the Stale, if not, indeed, (he 
world, is that of bre-Jceepiug. SotUc 
statistic* from the Assessor s returns us to 
the honey productions of recent years will 
ho interesting: In 1879 the bonoy exported 
from S-iu Diego amounted to 11(3,000 
pounds; in 1875 it reached 650,000 
I fieri,. Tim missionary quarters; were re¬ 
moved up Die volley of the Sm, Diego 
river about six mil,- in August, 177 4. 
built home disliiut'o inland from tlir Day, 
'Vhat was called New Town consisted 
simply of tin- Government barracks and 
l be present un- sum buildings -..r rather j the officers* quarters, nnd the ruins of a 
(he,i rimih—»tun,l mi th,-. last mnuGi ol-- small wharf. Sli E. Horton came her, 
Ifiev were begun in l,,i. ..„d ll„- rlmr.-l. the Spring of 1857, and conceived the 
idea that there would be an important city 
They were begun in 177b and the church 
was dedicated the next year, but thu 
nstftblishnieiil was not finally completed 
until 1781 
Tire Mission Fathers cultivated the land 
extensively, they had wide fields of grain 
vmoyardr, and orchards, tilled by tlirir 
Indian convert*, and they alro possessed 
large flocks and lu-nb Thov ho. light, in 
will,, for unguium l,y a ditch from u j the- present eil.v of Aim Die.-m' The wharf 
El;; n ei‘i: Lr v ‘ m, ‘ eji,v 
(juiuiun; in inui il reaennu ij.iii,nun 
U this.point arid that it. would bo built ou . pounds; in 187b this was more than 
, ' •- Vceorduigly. ho bought nt doubled, the esporlalion being 1,277,155 
public sale in Muy a tract of some 900 pu.inda; while in 1S78 we shipped the 
m u- nl Hi- 1 neblo land on the- Bay amazing aggregate of 2,075,000 pounds of 
shore. And ,1 survey tains a town site, and'l.-moy! The following general statistics 
gave i 11," name of Horton a Addition to are from the A- essoi 's return ol last rear 
.>an Diego, I his tract m tho centre of ' * ■ - 
Mission, nml (he ruin- ,f tin „ massiveCI ‘ T 1,1 “T ^ lta P Vove " 
I tone dam arc tv ho hccii in (I,,- C iimi tws i’l " . ^ , 01 *’° 11 H» mill-, tdeam power, 1 
... l iiici - ol Uu/r dil! h ftlMMi-mait' 1 * I'i toW4, i P ™barrels Hour n,U. 3.445; 
The old Mi-oon olive 01,-1 in 111 „„r be.i I J o. "'a '1 '"H .,. M,,M “ ,, tuil l.nek power. 5; feet lumber > 
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i bco1,1 Mi swot olive- oiolmnl i» our best 
prexervcl r.-lj,- ol the j-inifc. Home 3UU 
Ir.eb, in thrifty growth, produce thnir 
yc'nh crops of ollvt-n. p'rom Uns olive 
orchard ull lb, olive I, - ( -r ,n Caliinniiii 
bin b* been propagated; jf j B ,| tr 
planted w the Hint,-; cuttings wen- e- nt 
from it by the Father* to tin- r.lhm „ii«- 
P 0 "* "* l ! , , e - V y ir " "bi cessivi ly otfUiblisli. ,1 
In IH-lfi the last ?" 
J'ico, by order of . 
mmtt, Bold tho land 
I'mgo, nearly CO,0t»0 w.c-, uau-ivuig to 
' mile 1 1 about 22 acres, which, with the 
,'imubliii). lanidiugH, olive nrchard elc 
»r*' st.U the property of tfi,. Oalholto 
Imsim-Hx ,triu tur,-i were erected, and the 
county inland begun to fill m, , v ilh 
I-t-opli, at the same time. The rail wav 
pi..s,.e, t, us stated was the chief atimnlu's 
Die piuwlh ol (bo new city; but the 
|,-,q,b- hdou began to give atleution to tbo 
,b velopm.-ut uf (lie resources nf Hie 
county; and when it vnu, found that 
lave stock—hotM.-.-:, 5.51!); nniUm, *325; 
horned cattle. HI. 17!); hbcop. 115,420; 
,ip ; hugs, 28IIJ. lmprovcinents, etc.—grist 
wilier power, 1; 
saw mills, steam 
power, 5; fee! lumber sawed, 1,050.0011; 
shingles made, 75,1101). Quartz mills, 
stei.m power, •!; ion* quartz crudted, 
I."00. Miles ,,f railroad in tbo county 
lbF Thu Hontham i’BPific. ItuUroil-i 
cut., r . tin county at. a point about DO 
mil'-. utu-lJi nf tin; Buy, and ornanos the 
County III ,1 HUlltfl-easterly directi,,u to tin, 
Colorado river al. Y ,nnu. 
-,»<■<, vdv L-r.lahlislii ,l I , , , , U , ,Uftl 5-iib"„,l., river al, Yuma. 
Mumciiii d'ove.n.ir, I'io . ,,'.,.1 afiiiirs the' neoVle W ' f ‘ '* “' V V" 1 ' , S| ‘" hfl( * «‘ , w».y bc-n prunmu-iillv 
f •».< He„i ml :, v,„ - a. -i, ' a '' T °vr\ 10 "l"*Dfi*d will. Um s,-l„of \ South,-,n 
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Mm M'l-r, ,,, fniti, than Sairoiogn nml tL.- rcw-i! |"v- ill 01,1 " K "" pr«)n-rI’amflo leriuii.ua 
,‘U.ely be leaped l',y l.er m lei I u " v " '- i *m* ptnm ol that prop.,. 
citizens The eomnui'n-., „r .to, J’, , 1 ™ l,,w 1 Wl. idflu-teriu 
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project. 
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