Get Ready for Old Town Week
Here's help from the library collection and links to get you started.
In the Library's Collection
- San Diego Originals: Profiles of the Movers and Shakers of California's First Community, by Theodore W. Fuller. Biographical sketches of fifty-nine early San Diegans, including artists, aviators, explorers, professionals, promoters, scholars, and others.
- 100 Portraits: Pioneers, Visionaries and Role Models, by Ernesto Portillo, Jr. et al. Photographs from The Centro Cultural de La Raza in Balboa Park profiling people who have contributed to the Mexican culture in San Diego County.
Online Resources
- The California State Parks provides basic information about San Diego's Old Town State Historic Park.
- The San Diego Historical Society has wonderful Old Town photographs and provides information and links.
- The Old Town Chamber of Commerce has a brief history of Old Town and links.