On March 16, 2024, George Farrar filmed and photographed at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park and presents a look inside a museum-La Casa de Machado y Silvas, an adobe home which was converted into a restaurant in the 1850s to accommodate the appetites of travelers back then. Enjoy photos of the place through […]
1846 was one of the most critical years in San Diego’s amazing history. It was the year that Mexican control of San Diego was ceded to the United States of America and for the first time the American flag flew from the plaza in what we know today as Old Town San Diego. George Farrar […]
It’s time again to broaden our focus from San Diego and study the issues, events, and innovations impacting North America- in the decade of the 1840s. Join George Farrar as he talks about the dynamics of Land & Slavery, Manifest Destiny, The Mexican American War, and the US takeover of “Alta California” and “Oregon Country” […]
George Farrar presents an epic show in the History San Diego series that follows how San Diego became El Pueblo de San Diego, how The Dons of San Diego built up the pueblo under Mexican rule by using political pressure, importing the Hijar colonists, and building homes, yet lost the official pueblo status to native […]
Welcome to our Fall, 2023 “Wild Card” show in the History San Diego series. In celebration & commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the dedication of The Pacific Milestone in San Diego’s Horton Plaza Park on November 17, 1923 , which recognized the near completion of the southern transcontinental highway, let’s reflect on how automobile […]
History San Diego is back with Season #3. We’ll focus on the 1830s and 1840s-turbulent times that will greatly affect the Native Americans and the early settlers, while creating unique opportunities for the new power elite-made up of people at the right place at the right time. In our Season 3 Premiere , we look […]
On our 2nd annual History San Diego Summer Show, I’m pleased to present a photographic tribute to the San Diego Naval Training Center. From 1923 until 1997, recruits toiled in Boot Camp in San Diego. One of these recruits was my father. Join me as I show you what he experienced in the mid 1960s. […]
The History San Diego Show returns to the 1820s – After conquering the area in 1769-The Spanish Empire had imposed “The Mission System” on The Native Americans Join George as he talks with you about 1820s San Diego just before the mission system was ending in the 1830s. In 1821, The Spanish Empire collapsed amidst […]
History San Diego returns to the timeline of the 1820s by starting to focus on historical landmarks beginning with Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego. Learn about one of the oldest places in California and a powerful early settler family over 3 generations: The Estudillos. George presents you the best of the museum […]
Welcome to another History San Diego special presentation in the series. George Farrar presents a musical retrospective with photographs and media coverage of President John F. Kennedy’s June 6, 1963 epic visit to San Diego, including the motorcade, Commencement Address at San Diego State College (now SDSU), his visits to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot […]