April 28- Women of the Presido

Posted on April 15, 2021 by kblavatt

Ocean Beach Historical Society presents Women of the Presidio, Stories rarely told of Colonial and Indigenous Women on the Frontier, with San Diego Historian and OB Favorite, Richard Carrico.  Please join us Wednesday April 28 at 7:00 pm via Zoom Teleconference.  The link will be posted HERE a day or two before the lecture.  Tell your friends and please check back! 

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Read about: Rapid Transit Comes to the Beach

Posted on April 8, 2021 by kblavatt

The Spring of 1924 was an exciting time in Ocean Beach. The San Diego Electric Railway opened their new “High Speed Beach Line,” the #14 train to OB, on the first of May. The commute time from OB to downtown was cut in half!  The community responded with a four-day celebration.  Read about it at:  Rapid Transit Comes to the Beach

Photo: Replacing the old OB Loop of the Point Loma Railroad, San Diego Electric Railway ran one of the first bus lines in San Diego along Voltaire Street. June 1924. SDER

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