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Senior Vacation & Retirement Choice
El Cajon, California is a beautiful senior retirement and vacation area.
El Cajon CA History
In the early 1800’s, Spanish priests came to El Cajon Valley and built Mission San Diego de Alcala. After gaining independence from Spain, the Mexican Dons began to cast envious eyes on the vast holdings of the Roman Catholic Missions. California Governor Pio Pico confiscated the lands of Mission San Diego de Alcala in 1845 and granted the eleven square leagues of El Cajon Valley to Dona Maria A. Estudillo, wife of Don Miguel de Pedrorena, to repay a $500 government obligation.
The Pedrorenas lived in San Diego and were absentee proprietors of their El Cajon Valley land. Following the Civil War, migrations of settlers sought homesteads on the public lands in the West and “squatted” on this land. Isaac Lankershim, a San Francisco entrepreneur, bought the bulk of the Pedrorena's Rancho Cajon holdings in 1868. After seven years of legal disputes, he was finally able to reach an accord with the settlers living on his land.
Lankershim subdivided the land, selling large tracts for wheat ranching. However, it was soon discovered that the soil and climate would support almost any crop. Within a few years, the Big Box Valley was a flourishing produce center for citrus, avocados, grapes, and raisins.
El Cajon California – Popular Retirement & Senior Vacation Area &
Today, El Cajon California is a very popular retirement and senior vacation area because of its sunny, mild climate.
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