Mr. Kitterman has taken the precaution to construct a sewer from his restaurant to the bay. Patrons of the establishment declare that it is one of the nicest places in town since the completion of the improvement, and say that the immunity from flies is remarkable. –San Diego Union, Sept. 1, 1872.
With no municipal oversight, privately built sewers, privies, and cesspools multiplied in San Diego of the 1870s—some emptying their odiferous loads on the beaches of San Diego Bay, others simply spilling into city streets. In the mid-1880s, the City Board of Trustees decided it was time for a needed civic improvement.
The story of Sewering the City.
San Diego and its sewer outlet.
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June 11, 2011 email to Richard Crawford http://www.sandiegoyesterday.com
Mr. Crawford
Because you are the absolute, no 1, researcher about our San Diego County, can you tell me why no one knows the real/legal/original name for Rattlesnake Mountain in the Santee/ East San Diego County area? Not even the Santee City Office’s City Planner Kevin Mallory, nor the resident on top of the hill, Jeff Hamann knows, nor The Santee and El Cajon Historical Societies, nor Ask a Librarian S.D. County libraries, nor Terry Flood nor, Greg Slaydon, (http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=26962)
Other than the common knowledge that all have that there are many rattlesnakes there, no one has an inking of its legal name. With your reputation as a keen researcher, can you help?
Julianna (80)
June 11, 2011 email to Richard Crawford http://www.sandiegoyesterday.com
Mr. Crawford
Because you are the absolute, no 1, researcher about our San Diego County, can you tell me why no one knows the real/legal/original name for Rattlesnake Mountain in the Santee/ East San Diego County area? Not even the Santee City Office’s City Planner Kevin Mallory, nor the resident on top of the hill, Jeff Hamann knows, nor The Santee and El Cajon Historical Societies, nor Ask a Librarian S.D. County libraries, nor Terry Flood nor, Greg Slaydon, (http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=26962)
Other than the common knowledge that all have that there are many rattlesnakes there, no one has an inking of its legal name. With your reputation as a keen researcher, can you help?
Julianna (80)
We’ve had the question before in the California Room at the downtown library. But sorry, no answer that we can find. It’s a fairly common place name. The key would be to find the first mention of the name–not necessarily the first official naming.