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First Football at San Diego State

15th December

2011

written by Richard

Student sports were in their infancy in 1900 at San Diego Normal School but the college we know today as San Diego State University was eager to launch competitive sports. From its campus on Park Blvd. in University Heights, the one-year-old school was ready for football.

The story of the First Football at San Diego State.

The Normal School champions of 1900. Courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access.

Tags: A. E. Graham, Arthur W. Greeley, Bay View Park, City Guard Band, Escondido High School, Football, Hotel Brewster, Roy Stover, Russ High School, Samuel T. Black, San Diego Normal School, USS Iowa

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Articles by Richard Crawford

A San Diego Banking Scandal

25th February

2011

written by Richard

As crowds gathered at the offices of one of Southern California’s leading financial institutions, the bank president, J. W. Collins emerged to reassure nervous depositors, explaining: “Owing to continued shrinkage in deposits and our inability to promptly realize on our notes and account, the bank is temporarily closed.” Merely a precaution, Collins soothed, “it is beyond question that depositors will be paid in full.”

Continue reading about the notorious 1891 San Diego Banking Scandal.