TIMELINE OF CARLSBAD HISTORY Carlsbad History National and World History **Prehistoric** Shoshone Native American Tribes 20 - 10,000 BC San Dieguito -Paleo La Jolla-Pauma 6000 BC Luiseno 500 AD Yunan 1000 AD **Mission** Portola-Crespi expedition from 1769 Spain reaches Agua Hedionda lagoon 1776 Declaration of Independnce Mission San Luis Rey established 1798 1803 Lewis and Clark Expedition **Rancho** Juan Maria Romouldo Marron born 1808 in San Diego 1821 Mexican Indepence from Spain Robert Kelly born on the Isle of Man 1842 Juan Maria Romouldo Marron claims 1843 13000 acres of Mission lands for Rancho Agua Hedionda Marron builds hacienda on Rancho 1843 Agua Hedionda Marron appointed administrator of 1845 Mission San Luis Rey lands John C. Fremont leads U.S. troops 1846 Battle of San Pasqual between through San Luis Rey Mission Californios and U.S. troops led by Gen. Stephen Kearney Marron abandons Rancho Agua 1847 Hedionda and moves back to San Diego Marron elected alcalde (mayor) of 1848 San Diego Robert Kelly in Yuma, Arizona 1850 Francis Hinton comes to San Diego 1852 Matthew Kelly joins California Gold Rush 1850 California admitted to the Union Marron dies and his family mortgage 1853 Rancho Agua Hedionda Hinton leases Rancho Agua Hedionda 1860 1861 American Civil War begins Deed granting Rancho Agua Hedionda 1865 American Civil War ends to Hinton replaces Marron trust deed Matthew Kelly homesteads Los Kiotes 1868 1869 Transcontinental railroad complete Hinton dies, leaving Rancho Agua 1870 Hedionda to Robert Kelly Robert Kelly settles Marron lawsuit with 1875 grant of 362 acres at north boundary of Rancho Agua Hedionda Kelly grants coastal right of way to 1880 Economic boom begins railroad John Frazier takes over coastal 1883 homestead (now downtown Carlsbad) Matthew Kelly dies 1885 John Frazier finds digs mineral water well Gerhard Schutte and Samuel Church 1886 buy Frazier's land plus 400 acres to found the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company End of final Marron-Kelly land litigation 1887 Santa Fe depot built Schutte builds home overlooking depot Smith builds home on Beech Ave. Eucalyptus trees planted to mark new streets Robert Kelly dies, leaving Rancho Agua 1890 Hedionda to Matthew Kelly's children 1894 End of economic boom W.W. Borden commences monthly 1895 publication of Our Paper for local news Kelly family divides Rancho Agua 1896 Hedionda into separate parcels **Town** St. Michael's Episcopal Church built 1896 on ocean bluff Alexander Shipley brings wife and daughter Florence to live permanently in Smith home Charles Kreutzkamp brings his large family 1898 Spanish American War to Carlsbad, saving the school from closing W.W. Borden renames his newspaper, The 1900 Plain Truth Frederick and Edith Shaw Ramsay move 1902 their family to Carlsbad. Bonds approved for construction of two story, four room school on Pine Ave. Gerhard Schutte sells home to South Coast 1906 San Francisco earthquake Land Company Santa Fe changes town name to CARL 1907 F.W. Hosp plants eucalyptus grove at north east end of town. South Coast Land Company guarantees 1913 delivery of San Luis Rey river water South Coast Land Company buys large 1914 World War I begins in Europe tracts of land from Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company Carlsbad Mutual Water Company formed Roy Chase arrives as postmaster, opens 1915 first general store Sam Thomplson plants first avocado grove 1916 W.W. Borden renames his newspaper, The Sprit of Love Santa Fe changes town name back to 1917 U.S. enters World War I Carlsbad Prohibition begins Pablo Ramirez builds first home in Barrio 1918 World War I ends Carlos **Agriculture** Eddie and Neva Kentner open Twin Inns 1919 restaurant in old Schutte home 1920 Women get the vote Carlsbad School District organized 1921 Luther Gage plants gladioli, freesia and rannunculus fields Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce organized 1922 Mision Santiago established in Barrio Carlos Downtown street signs installed Frist Carlsbad Union Church Sunday School Water piped in from San Luis Rey river spurs horticulture Poinsettias planted by Paul Ecke 1923 Clivias propagated by E.P Zimmerman 1924 First Avocado Days celebration Downtown packing shed becomes lumber yard New, larger elementary school built on Pine Avenue **Community Growth** Carlsbad Woman's Club organized 1925 Los Diego Hotel built Carlsbad Union Church built Carlsbad Champion published by William Maxwell St. Patrick's Catholic Church built 1926 Apex Campground opens on Carlsbad Blvd. Carlsbad Theater built 1927 Red Apple Inn built Carlsbad National Bank opens Shade A Sea auto court opens across the street from the Red Apple Inn A.J. Cohn builtds estate on ocean bluff Walter Glines joins school faculty Carlsbad Champion becomes the Carlsbad 1928 Journal under new publisher Fred Mitchell Re-alignment of Carlsbad Blvd. Architect Irving Gill comes to live in Carlsbad Sewage treatment facility built on Hiway 101 1929 Stock market crash Carlsbad Mineral Springs Hotel opens 1930 Carlsbad Sanitation District, Carlsbad's first public agency, completes first sewer system County library shelves move from Chase store 1931 to Carlsbad Journal office Charles Ledgerwood opens seed store 1933 Carlsbad National Bank closes Ten coastal acres declared state recreational park Army and Navy Academy takes over Red 1937 Apple Inn Actor Leo Carrillo buys Los Kiotes and re-names it Los Quiotes Shooting banned on Buena Vista lagoon 1939 Prohibition ends Carlsbad Rotary organized Completion of Calavera Dam 1941 Pearl Harbor attack Charles Lee Ruse becomes Carlsbad's first World War II casualty Guyule rubber planted on Agua Hedionda 1942 Rancho Las Flores y Margarita lagoon south shore designated as Camp Joseph E. Pendleton First Girl Scout troop organized 1943 Rev. Roy J. Brokenshire takes over pulpit at Carlsbad Union Church Lt. Maxton Brown killed over North Africa Downtown street names changed to honor 1946 World War II ends American presidents Flaming coral trees planted on Grand Ave. First post-war residential development at 1948 Television developed for Buena Vista Gardens home viewing San Diego Gas and electric Co. plans power plant on south shore of Agua Hedionda lagoon Security Trust and Savings takes over 1950 Korean War begins Carlsbad National Bank building William D. Cannon develops Terramar Spring Holiday inaugurated by Rotarians 1951 **Cityhood** Carlsbad incorporated, uses original 1952 St. Patrick's church as City Hall, with county library in a corner Completion of Hiway I-5 through Carlsbad 1953 End of Korean War Construction of Fire Department and City Hall on Pio Pico Dr. Encina power plant completed 1954 Vietnam War begins Office of City Manager established 1955 City takes over county library, with 1956 Georgina Cole in charge Adult library collection moves into space 1958 at Carlsbad Mutual Water Company. Major Albert F. Rinehat (Ret.) designs City Seal Palomar Airport opens 1959 End of passenger and rail service from 1960 Carlsbad Santa Fe depot Completion of Encina Sewage Treatment 1965 Facility General Plan adopted 1966 New library built on Elm Ave. 1967 Plaza Camino Real opens 1969 Annexation to Carlsbad by La Costa 1972 1973 Vietnam War ends Residential construction moratorium 1977 Car County developed Carlsbad Triathalon inaugurated 1981 Senior Center built 1989 Carrillo Ranch Community Park opens 2003 .