SERIES INTRODUCTION

Over the next couple of weeks or so, I will present a series of brief articles on various aspects of the history of Old Town San Diego. Each piece will feature at least one primary source document in its entirety and use it as a launching point to discuss life in Old Town.

From 2006 through 2009, I was employed as a Historic Interpreter in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park; first for a private business, then for California Department of Parks and Recreation. During those few years, I gained a profound appreciation for the history of Old Town. What this series will explore is only a small part of my fascination with aspects of Old Town history.

I hope you profit from the reading as much as I profited from the researching and the writing.

sincerely,

Sean K.T. Shiraishi, M.A.

New audio podcast!! From 1890, “San Diego Lodge #35”

I am proud to announce the next release from HITM Press – an audio podcast reading. This comes from the May 4, 1890 edition of the San Diego Union detailing the growth and development of the first Masonic lodge in San Diego – San Diego Lodge # 35.

This 25-minute podcast is available for listening and/or download in mp3 format free of charge.

Please enjoy. All comments are welcome.

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Part II is up on kindle…

 

Jesse Shepard & the Villa Montezuma: Tracing the Man and His Signature Creation Though San Diego's Print Media: II San Diego Newspapers (1887)

 

This article is the second in a series to present my research into the Villa Montezuma in the form of primary source materials from various nineteenth-century publications. Focusing on the year 1887 through 1889, the period in which Jesse Shepard lived in the Villa Montezuma, this series will also present pertinent and related materials from later in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This second issue showcases articles from the San Diego newspapers, The San Diego Sun, The Daily San Diegan, The San Diego Union, and The San Diego Daily Sun, from 1887. Articles both written by and written about Jesse Shepard and the Villa Montezuma are presented for the reader in order to gain a better understanding of the man, the place, and the time.

Enjoy!

Sean K.T. Shiraishi, M.A.

March 2014