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John Rojas Jr. (January 6, 1930 – January 22, 2000) was a Chula Vista, California resident who collected and disseminated information about the history of Chula Vista and its foliage. In 1981 he founded the Chula Vista Historical Society which later merged with the Chula Vista Heritage Museum. He wrote a series of books about Chula Vista.
The following is a timeline of the history of San Diego, ... Chula Vista is incorporated. 1912 ... Maritime Museum of San Diego established.
Chula Vista (/ ˌtʃuːlə ˈvɪstə / CHOO-lə VIST-ə; Spanish for 'Beautiful/Pretty View', [9][10][11][12] pronounced [ˈtʃula ˈβista]) is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. It is the second-most populous city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh-most populous city in Southern California, the 15th-most ...
The history of San Diego began in the present state of California, when Europeans first began inhabiting the San Diego Bay region. As the first area of California in which Europeans settled, San Diego has been described as "the birthplace of California". [1] Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first European to discover San Diego Bay in ...
The Cerutti Mastodon site is a paleontological and possible archeological site located in San Diego County, California. In 2017, researchers announced that broken mastodon bones at the site had been dated to around 130,700 years ago. The bones were found with cobblestones displaying use-wear and impact marks among the otherwise fine-grain sands.
Honours. International Air & Space Hall of Fame Inductee. Frederick Hilmer Rohr (10 May 1896 — 8 November 1965) was a German-American entrepreneur and engineer who founded Rohr Aircraft, the world's leading manufacturer of aerostructures in the mid-20th century. Rohr pioneered new methods of aircraft production, including the use of drop ...
Living Coast Discovery Center. / 32.641234; -117.110470. The Living Coast Discovery Center is a zoo and public aquarium in Chula Vista, California. An environmental education center, it is located in the Sweetwater Marsh Unit of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Permanent displays at the Living Coast focus on native animals and plants ...
The Montgomery Memorial is a monument dedicated on May 21, 1950, to the pioneering aviation achievement of John J. Montgomery and his early glider flights in the 1880s at Otay, California. [1] It is situated adjacent to the Montgomery-Waller Recreation Center. [2] The monument features a 93-foot high stainless steel static test wing panel for ...