Legendary locals of Encinitas, California / Alison Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Alison, 1950- Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Legendary locals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celebrities--California--Encinitas--Biography.

Celebrities.

Encinitas (Calif.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Encinitas (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.

Other Title:

Legendary locals of Encinitas

Encinitas, California

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Legendary Locals, an imprint of Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Drawn by extravagant promises of "a beautiful village of 500 inhabitants, studded with orange trees and grapevines," the Hammond family arrived in Encinitas in 1883 only to find that advertisements had rather overstated the case. Undeterred, these 11 English settlers remained and, in doing so, doubled the town's population overnight. Subsequent pioneers brought wide-ranging talents to this fledgling California coastal town--none more so than the Ecke dynasty, whose flower fields established Encinitas as the poinsettia capital of the world. Today, the city encompasses five distinct communities, and while it boasts many famous celebrities, it is the ordinary folk whose passion and daring have made Encinitas the place their forebears long ago envisaged.

Contents:

The legend begins

We built this city

Carrying the torch

The board culture

Arts alive.

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC:

885208290