From the Archives: A view of La Mesa 125 years ago
Amid advertisements for California Fig Syrup and Hood's Sarsaparilla, a glowing 1898 profile of the community of La Mesa by a writer using the init...
February 5, 2023
2:38 PM
Amid advertisements for California Fig Syrup and Hood's Sarsaparilla, a glowing 1898 profile of the community of La Mesa by a writer using the initials, 'J.W.' The City of La Mesa was incorporated in February 1912, with a population of 700.From The Evening Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 5, 1898: This beautiful colony is situated on the line of San Diego, Cuyamaca and Eastern Railway, about eight miles northeast from the bay and city of San Diego, with which city it has communication by four daily trains.
Merrie Monteagudo