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Tunneling into the Mammoth Caves of La Jolla
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Tunneling into the Mammoth Caves of La Jolla
    Dates: 1902-1903
    Collection Number: Tunneling into the Mammoth Caves of La Jolla
    Creator/Collector: City Clerk Archives, City of San Diego Thomas Diamond Gustav Schultz F. T. Scripps Adeline S. Wing Scripps Wing Mills Dearborn Chase Diamond Schultz Garrettson Sprigg Henking City Clerk Archive, City of San Diego San Diego Union Tribune
    Extent: Seven archive documents totalng 17 pages, including maps, a watercolor sketch, list of signatures, petitions to the City of San Diego, procedural action cover sheets, and news clippings
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    Repository: San Diego City Clerk’s Archives
    San Diego, California 92101
    Abstract: Petitions and protests with supporting documentation submitted to the City of San Diego during the years 1902 and 1903 regarding the tunneling through coastal land in La Jolla to access from land the popular sea caves of La Jolla, then known as the Mammoth Caves of La Jolla, creating a tourist and visitor attraction and experience for a small fee. Two La Jollan property owners on Cave Street were interested in the endeavor, Thomas Diamond and Prof. Gustav Schultz
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Public records from the City Clerk's Office Archives, the City of San Diego

    Preferred Citation

    Tunneling into the Mammoth Caves of La Jolla. San Diego City Clerk’s Archives

    Scope and Content of Collection

    La Jolla Cave Street property owners' petitions for permission to tunnel into the La Jolla Caves for the purposes of creating a tourist attraction for a fee. Opposition to these petitions from other La Jolla residents and community members concerned about destabilization of the sea caves and the ocean bluffs. Included are many signatures of historical figures from La Jolla and San Diego in the early 1900s.

    Indexing Terms

    La Jolla Caves
    Mammoth Caves of La Jolla
    La Jolla Sea Caves
    La Jolla Cave Store
    Sunny Jim Cave
    Cave Access Tunnel
    Access to La Jolla Caves
    Tunnel to La Jolla Cave
    Tunneling into the Seven La Jolla Caves
    Smuggler's Cave
    Emma E. Derby
    N. J. Davis
    F. A. Stephens
    D. F. Garrettson
    J. P. Polhemus
    James Cleary
    C. H. Baldwin
    E. E. Shaffer
    J. B. Dooley
    John T. Hobbs
    E. M. Burbeck
    George M. Hawley
    Elizabeth M. Comforte
    Hettie F. Casey
    J. A. Young
    A. L. Balsford
    G. Collier
    C. T. Murray
    Samuel G. Ingle
    Mrs. A. E. Loring
    Auguste E. Gilbert
    J. T. Rutherford
    J. L. Pearson
    Myron C. Close
    John McCormack
    Anthony Arnett
    F. W. Barnes
    Joseph A. Flint
    J. Mills Boal
    Paul E. B. Chase
    John Work
    C. S. Dearborn
    Arthur Cosgrove
    Patterson Sprigg
    Olivia Mudgett
    Anson P. Mills
    W. A. Sloane
    W. S. Hebbard
    Ellen Browning Scripps
    State Senator Leroy A.Wright
    Common Council, City of San Diego
    San Diego Evening Tribune
    San Diego Union
    F. T. Scripps
    Adeline S. Wing
    Gustav Schultz
    Thomas Diamond
    Henking
    Sprigg
    Garrettson
    Schultz
    Diamond
    Chase
    Dearborn
    Mills
    Scripps
    Wing
    City Clerk's Office,, City of San Diego
    City of San Diego
    Common Council, CIty of San Diego
    Board of Delegates, City of San Diego
    Board of Alderman, City of San Diego
    San Diego Union Tribune
    La Jolla, California
    La Jolla Caves
    Mammoth Caves of La Jolla
    Sunny Jim Cave
    La Jolla Cove
    Petitions
    map
    sketch
    signatures
    documents
    La Jolla Caves La Jolla Sea Caves Mammoth Caves of La Jolla Sunny Jim Cave La Jolla Cave and Shell Shop Sea Cave Access visitor access to La Jolla caves La Jolla Sea Cave access La Jolla Cave Store Tunneling into the La Jolla Caves La Jolla Cave Tunnel Access to the La Jolla Caves
    Petition for permission
    Opposition to request for permission
    tourist attraction
    developer
    landowner
    property owner
    engineer
    mining engineer
    artist
    tourist
    tourist attraction owner or manager

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