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  1. ^ Pourade, Richard F. (1964). The Glory Years.
  2. ^ Fetzer, Leland (2005). San Diego County Place Names A to Z. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. p. 52. A name coined in the 1970s to encapsulate the district on 4th, 5th, and 6th Streets from Broadway to Pacific Highway. This redevelopment has been a roaring success. The name Gaslamp (sometimes Gaslamp Quarter) nicely captures the nostalgic spirit of a past era.
  3. ^ need copy of: Higgins, Shelley J. (1955). This Fantastic City.
  4. ^ need copy of: Gero, Anthony; Milligan, Edward (Fall 2006). "United States War Dogs and Their Handlers, 1944-1945". Military Collector & Historian. Vol. 58, no. 3. pp. 166–167.
  5. ^ SDSU need copy of (cited by ): Golz, D. J.; Lillegraven, J. (April 1977). "Summary of known occurrences of terrestrial vertebrates from Eocene strata of southern California". Contributions to Geology. 15 (1). University of Wyoming: 43–65. ISSN 1555-7332.
  6. ^ Linder, Bruce (2001). San Diego's Navy: An Illustrated History. Naval Institute Press. p. 3–6, 9–10. ISBN 978-1-55750-531-6.
  7. ^ Fetzer, Leland (2005). San Diego County Place Names A to Z. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. p. 35. Derby, Camp. Temporary army camp in 1935 in Balboa Park for the California-Pacific International Exposition. Named for Lieutenant George H. Derby, army officer and humorist stationed in early San Diego ... In 1853 the same Lieutenant George H. Derby supervised the building of a dike to divert the San Diego River from the bay, where it was depositing unwanted silt, into False Bay, now Mission Bay. His dike washed out in 1855.
  8. ^ Fetzer, Leland (2005). San Diego County Place Names A to Z. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. p. 66. In 1906 E. W. Peterson, manager of the South San Diego Investment Company, invented this name to attract visitors from the Imerial Valley. The place was originally called South San Diego ... Judge George Puterbaugh developed South San Diego on 2,000 acres in 1887.
  9. ^ Fetzer, Leland (2005). San Diego County Place Names A to Z. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. p. 64. Originally the place was called Carroll Dam and Reservoir for the brothers James and Thomas Carroll, who had adjoining ranches at the site that are now under water. However, after the dam was completed, it and the lake were renamed for W. E. Hodges, vice president of the Santa Fe Railroad. The water in the lake, from the San Dieguito River, was stored for communities along the coast developed by the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, a subsidiary of the railroad ... Before the dam was built the place was called Crescent Valley.
  10. ^ Fetzer, Leland (2005). San Diego County Place Names A to Z. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. p. 95. This field was originally called Gibbs Airport, for William H. Gibbs, owner of Gibbs Flying Service. He opened this private field in 1937. The city took over the field in 1947 and in 1949 changed its name to Montgomery Field.
  11. ^ Fickewirth, Alvin A. (1992). California Railroads. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p. 99. Purchased 1875 - Horse Power - Narrow-gauge ... Purchased the trackage of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Located foot of Firth Avenue. Distance .33 miles. Rebuilt to standard gauge and employed steam dummy operations between end of wharf and shore. Service discontinued about 1917.
  12. ^ Fickewirth, Alvin A. (1992). California Railroads. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. p. 100. Incorporated in the 1850's - Horse Power - Narrow-Gauge ... Built a narrow-gauge horse-powered line from end of wharf to shore at the foot of Fifth Avenue. Distance .33 miles. Sold to the Pacific Coast Steamship Company in 1875. Rebuilt to standard gauge and began steam dummy operation in 1882. Service discontinued about 1917.
  13. ^ SDSU? need copy of: "The Role of the Long Range Interceptor". American Aviation. Vol. 17. 1953. p. 22–25.
  • Timken Museum of Art: European works of art, American paintings, and Russian icons in the Putnam Foundation collection. San Diego: Putnam Foundation. 1996. ISBN 1-879067-01-3.

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