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1885 - The Beginning: It all started with the completion of the railroad link between San Diego and the East Coast in 1885.
A massive advertising and public relations campaign paid for by the railroads and chambers of commerce started a trickle of
visitors that quickly turned into a torrent of immigrants.
Thousands of people were arriving each month by the middle of 1886, awaited by land speculators eager to make their fortune.
Ramona, Del Mar, San Marcos, El Cajon, Lakeside, La Jolla and Pacific Beach were a few of the towns that came into being
during this frenzied period.
The July 31, 1887 issue of the San Diego Union announced news of a "Great Enterprise, a new city about to be build at "False Bay"
(now called Mission Bay). Lots in Pacific Beach went on sale December 12, 1887 and was said to be the "most successful in the
history of San Diego real estate transactions".
By the end of 1889 the San Diego & Pacific Beach Railroad was completed to the end of Grand Avenue and with the convent
transportation available, things were looking up for the young community.
On March 15, 1894 the railroad extension into La Jolla was completed and became the San Diego, Pacific Beach and La Jolla Railway.
This facilitated not only passenger transportation, but hauling of freight in the form of lemons, lumber, coal and merchandise.
Pacific Beach at the turn of the century became a growing farming community of citrus fruit, primarily lemons.
In 1902 development became the new opportunity for those who took advantage of the lots offered. The lot sizes were 25 X125 and
were usually sold in pairs for between $350 - $700 for ocean front property. For those who preferred living two to five blocks
from the ocean the prices declined to between $150 - $200.
In 1906 the Los Angeles & San Diego Beach Railway was created by merging the San Diego, Old Town and Pacific Beach lines with the
San Diego, Pacific Beach and La Jolla railway. The Lamont street station was where most passengers departed the train was just
west of Lamont on Grand Avenue. It is noteworthy to identify that despite it’s name this railway never went further north than
La Jolla, In 1919 the railway was closed and abandoned as touring cars and buses became the popular.
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