Encinitas History
If you like history you will continue to come back to this web site. The Historical Society will be posting
many in-house research papers, history of the past newspaper articles, and special history features for
students for local history reports. To name a few history topics; Cottonwood Creek, trains, Boathouses,
Ida Truax, Spanish California, histories of our four Districts, Leucadia, Encinitas, Olivenhain, and Cardiff.
All history topics can be downloaded and will be available soon. All of our 105+ history files are
maintained in the 1883 Schoolhouse. All are welcome to research on our web site, or Schoolhouse. We are
open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM.
390 West F Street
Encinitas, CA 92024
760.942.9066
Encinitas Historical Society
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The following have been created from Ida Lou Coley oral transcriptions