Palomar from tepee to telescope
Catherine M. Wood with Peter Brueggeman. Palomar Mountain history including Native American history, Joseph Smith, George Doane, Mendenhalls, Frazier sisters, Louis Salmons, Birch Hill, Bailey hotel, schools, lumbering, Esther Hewlett, post offices, mountain lions, bears.
Palomar Mountain, Past and Present
Marion F. Beckler with Peter Brueggeman. Palomar Mountain history including Palomar schools and Palomar residents Joseph Smith, Nathan Harrison,
Enos Mendenhall, Nellie McQueen, Theodore Bailey, George Doane, William Bougher.
Palomar and the Stars
Edward H. Davis with Peter Brueggeman. Palomar Mountain history including Indian sites, Joseph Smith, Nate Harrison, George Dyche and his son Will Dyche, the Mendenhalls, George Doane, Theodore Bailey, Nellie McQueen, Harry Birch, Ben Lockhart, Clark Cleaver, Alice Lonnon Perkins Hill, Winbert Fink, Frazier sisters, Bill Nelson, Louis Salmons, Hodgie Salmons, George Cook, French Valley.
History of Palomar Mountain, as remembered by Hank and Florance Saddler
Hank and Florance Saddler. Henry William Saddler (1909-1987) and Florance Abby Butts (1898-1990). Married 1920. Hank and Florance Saddler were the first permanent or year-round park employees at Palomar Mountain State Park, from July 1, 1940 to April 24, 1948 (with a gap for military service from January 16, 1943 to November 30, 1945). Saddler writes about his first trips to Palomar Mountain, starting and running the Palomar Mountain State Park, constructing a prison honor camp, building a reservoir in upper Doane Valley, the Park's apple trees and varieties, Robert Asher, Alice Hill, native American acorn gathering, and other topics. Undated typescript.
Armchair Tour of Palomar
Students of Palomar Mountain School. Palomar Mountain history written by the students of Palomar Mountain School in 1965. Chapters cover the Observatory, schools, Gus Weber, French Valley, Mendenhalls, post offices, Skyline Lodge, valleys of eastern Palomar Mountain, Baileys, William Bougher, High Point, Nathan Harrison, George Doane. Includes maps.
INDIVIDUALS
Esther Parnell Hewlett
Esther Parnell Hewlett, Butterfly Queen of Palomar Mountain
Esther Hewlett's family moved to Palomar Mountain outside the east entrance to the State Park in 1913, and Esther started capturing and raising local butterflies and moths for sale to collectors as specimens or in frames, trays, etc. She was known as the "Butterfly Girl" on Palomar Mountain. This grew to become a family business and continued in much greater scale after the family relocated to Upland in 1919. This was the only butterfly farm in the United States, and Esther became known as the "Butterfly Woman," "Butterfly Lady," and "Butterfly Queen." Esther Hewlett was very creative in crochet design, and while she was on Palomar Mountain started selling crochet designs to magazines. Crochet design grew into her main business and though Esther Hewlett died in 1975, she is well known for crochet design to this day.
Butterflies for a Hobby
The Hewlett family left Palomar Mountain and moved to Upland, California, where Esther Parnell Hewlett's butterfly collecting and sales became a family enterprise. Esther Hewlett published this booklet on it. Upland, California: Butterfly Art Shop, 1945
George V. Dyche of Palomar Mountain
The east road up Palomar Mountain from Lake Henshaw passes through a large grassy valley, ... Dyche Valley, which is named after George
Dyche who lived there from 1869 to 1892. Previously Dyche had lived at the rincon of Warners Ranch, working for John Rains of Rancho Cucamonga, who
ran cattle at Warners Ranch. After Rains' murder, Dyche purchased Joseph Smith's land on Palomar after Smith's murder (and participated in the lynching
of Smith's murderer). Dyche homesteaded and purchased more land on Palomar to add to his holdings. George and his wife Mary had four children, and were
well known locally. In 1892, Dyche and family moved off Palomar to nearby Mesa Grande.
Nathan Harrison
Nathan Harrison: in the words of those who spent some time with him
From the late 1880s to 1919, Nathan Harrison lived on the west side of Palomar Mountain, on the west road up the mountain now named after him, Nate
Harrison Grade. Harrison lived at a Pauma Indian summer camp site called To-ko-ma where there was a spring, located well up their trail up the west side of Palomar
Mountain. Harrison became an attraction and celebrity for Palomar Mountain visitors, appearing in many photos. The outline of his life is well sorted out in several
publications including Seth Mallios' book Born a Slave, Died a Pioneer: Nathan Harrison and the Historical Archaeology of Legend. The focus of this work
is substantial remembrances of and conversations with him. Excluded are brief mentions of him, or interviews that mostly tell Harrison's history.
Nate Harrison's "Cabin Collection"
From the late 1880s to 1919, Nate Harrison lived on the west side of Palomar Mountain, high up on the west road up the mountain now named after
him, Nate Harrison Grade. After he died, these materials were found in his cabin by neighbor(s). Subsequently they have been called the "cabin collection" in the
book Born a Slave, Died a Pioneer: Nathan Harrison and the Historical Archaeology of Legend. Seth Mallios. New York: Berghahn Books, 2019.
The Fraziers Of Palomar Mountain
The Fraziers of Palomar Mountain, James Frazier and his sisters Maria and Elizabeth, lived on Palomar Mountain from about 1891 when James arrived by himself, to 1918 when Maria died and Elizabeth left. They were well known, and active locally. Frazier Point on Palomar Mountain is named after them. The Frazier sisters and Maria in particular became known for their hard work, and the death of Maria Frazier became part of Palomar Mountain legend.
George Edwin Doane
George Edwin Doane of Palomar Mountain
Biography of George Edwin Doane who homesteaded in 1880 in Doane Valley in what is now Palomar Mountain State Park. On Palomar Mountain, Doane
was a well known and colorful person, and became especially known for marrying a very young wife.
The Hermit
Ethel Griffith Bailey. Ethel Griffith Bailey published an essay on George Doane, who was a colorful homesteader on Palomar Mountain, located in what is now the State Park. With photographs by Robert Asher. Published in The Overland Monthly 52:363-368, July-December 1908.
My Palomar
Memoir by Robert Haley Asher who settled on Palomar Mountain in 1903, and ultimately had 160 acres, living in the Pauma Creek / State Park
area. Robert Asher also lived off Palomar Mountain part of the year working as a nurseryman. On Palomar, Asher took and sold photographs of summer
campers, trapped animals for pelts, collected and sold wild plants, picked apples, and worked odd jobs. Asher moved off Palomar Mountain in 1946 to El Cajon, and
continued to visit Palomar Mountain until 1951.
Clark Cleaver, Apple King of Palomar Mountain
Clark Cleaver came west in the gold rush & moved onto Palomar Mountain in the late 1880s, living at the road bend outside the State Park. Cleaver farmed & had apple orchards and was prominent in the community. Newspapers at the time of his death in 1912, called him the "apple king" of the Escondido country which encompassed Palomar Mountain.
Nellie McQueen, Harriet Jessee, and the early history of the post offices of Palomar Mountain
The first post office on Palomar Mountain, as well as its postmark, was "Nellie" from 1883 to 1920. Angus McQueen and his daughter Ellen"Nellie" McQueen moved to Palomar Mountain by 1882. It was a long ride to Warner's Station for supplies and mail, and whoever happened to be going, got the mail for everyone. Nellie McQueen wrote to the U.S. Post Master General, asking for a post office on Palomar, offering herself as postmaster. She suggested the name "Fern Glen" for the post office, and got her postal contract on April 2, 1883. However the U.S. Postal Service turned down the name "Fern Glen" and to her chagrin, gave the post office her name: "Nellie." The Nellie post office on Palomar Mountain was first located in Dyche Valley on the eastern side of Palomar. After it relocated to Bailey's, a second postoffice on Palomar Mountain was established, named Jessee after William W. Jessee, a minister homesteading land on the east side of Palomar Mountain whose wife Harriet was its first postmaster.
The Murder of Joseph Smith of Palomar Mountain
Joseph Smith was a very early settler on Palomar Mountain, living there from 1859 to 1868, when he was murdered. Smith was well known in San Diego, and his murder outraged people, leading to a lynching of his murderer before he was brought to justice. Palomar Mountain was also known as Smith Mountain after his death particularly in the 1890s.
Reid Wallace and the Campsites subdivision on Palomar Mountain
History of the Birch Hill / Crestline development on Palomar Mountain, which was known as Campsites. Includes history of the clubhouse and lodge whose earlier names were Edgewood Tavern and Skyline Lodge.
Thompson's Summit Grove
Thompson's Summit Grove of Palomar Mountain
In 1947, Wayne Thompson and his brother Russell Thompson along with Russell's wife Noreen started Thompson's Summit Grove on Palomar Mountain, located at the intersection of Highway S6 and State Park Road. The business grew to encompass a gas station, store, snack bar, and then a restaurant. Russell and Noreen Thompson's share of the business was sold to Carl Henry 'Wog' Bergman. Wayne Thompson met his future wife Shirley there and she became part of the business. Wayne and Shirley Thompson along with then co-owners Ralph and Lelia Kulk sold the business in 1977.
Shirley Thompson speaking on Thompson's Summit Grove on Palomar Mountain
Audio of 2006 interview of Shirley Thompson about Thompson's Summit Grove on Palomar Mountain, a service station and snack bar started by her husband Wayne Thompson and his brother Russell Thompson and his wife Noreen, that was located at the intersection of Highway S6 and State Park Road. Wayne Thompson and his wife Shirley and other later co-owners ran Thompson's Summit Grove from 1947 to 1977. 2006 interview by Peter Brueggeman
Louis Salmons of Palomar Mountain
Louis Salmons farmed and ranched in Pauma Valley and then on Palomar Mountain in Dyche Valley and on leased land in Doane Valley. Salmons was a pioneering cattle rancher and active in local affairs.
Marion Beckler's Palomar Mountain Memoir
Edited by Peter Brueggeman from Marion Beckler's handwritten notes for a talk she gave to local San Diego teachers. Undated, but probably 1961 due to her reference to holding school ten years ago in the Observatory construction mess hall. Marion Beckler taught in the Palomar Mountain school from 1951 to 1955. She and her husband owned a cabin in the Crestline area of Palomar Mountain. Marion Beckler wrote the second book on Palomar Mountain history, entitled "Palomar Mountain: Past and Present, " which was published in Palm Desert, California, by Desert Magazine in 1958.
Pedley Valley and Darby's Palomar Mountain Resort
Robin Howell and Peter Brueggeman. Charles Darby was a home builder living in La Jolla and wanted mountain property that had snowfalls to enjoy; he bought the upper 40 acres of Pedley Valley in 1951 or 1952 (that area was called Old Bull Pasture). Darby built four cabins and opened Darby's Palomar Mountain Resort. The Darbys continued living in La Jolla, and spent most weekends and holidays at their property, renting cabins to visitors; the property was purchased for their enjoyment and not intended as a business endeavor. The Darbys sold the property in 1967 to three doctors from San Diego, and the pond there is now known as Doctors Pond.
Winbert Fink of Palomar Mountain
Winbert Clarence Fink lived in the Will Valley area on the east side of Palomar Mountain for thirty-seven years -- a long stretch compared to other early residents of Palomar Mountain. About him, Robert Asher said ""Little Fink" was a fixture on the mountain when I first arrived [in 1903]. His place was on the extreme easterly end of the mountain, a short distance from Will Cook Valley. He had a several-roomed cabin and a good sized barn. Winbert Fink ... had lost his health and reports had it that he was just about on his last legs when he landed on Palomar and took up his homestead. However that may be, Fink was with us for many years and was able to accomplish much more than most of the men who took up lands on Palomar about that time. ... Then, too, he built a fairly good road all the way up from Warner's Ranch all by himself. Anyone having knowledge of the cost of the county-built road up from Henshaw Dam would know that this one thing would mark Fink as a remarkable man."
Birch Hill on Palomar Mountain
Birch Hill on Palomar Mountain is named after Englishmen Henry Clarkson Birch and his younger brother Arthur Clarkson Birch, who lived there from 1891 to 1893. The Englishmen made such an impression on local residents that the hill where they lived became known as Birch Hill.
Gordon Stuart on Palomar Mountain
In 1904, Gordon Stuart stayed for a month at Samuel Striplin's place in Pedley Valley on Palomar Mountain. Stuart writes about Samuel Striplin, camping there, and the people he met, including George Doane, Clark Cleaver, and Bill Nelson.
Ed Fletcher and Palomar Mountain
Palomar Mountain mentions in Ed Fletcher's memoir, and in other sources. Colonel Ed Fletcher (1872-1955) was a developer in San Diego, including real estate, water projects, and roads.
Palomar Mountain residential chronology
This Palomar Mountain residential chronology compiles names from U.S. and California census records, San Diego County voter registers, San Diego city/county directories, etc. Determining Palomar Mountain residence is imprecise in earlier years for reasons explained in this chronology.
TOPICS
Palomar Mountain logging and lumbering
History of logging and lumbering on Palomar Mountain, starting with the Striplin and Wilhite sawmill in Pedley Valley in the 1890s. Later, Everett
Clyde Linthicum ran a sawmill nearby in the Crestline area.
Apples on Palomar Mountain
After apple trees were planted on Palomar Mountain aka Smith Mountain, the first harvest was in 1890. Many varieties were subsequently
planted & harvested over the years; production was considerable though not up to the level of Julian & Wynola in San Diego County. Before the advent
of motor transport, transport of apples to sale in Escondido was arduous given steep and rough roads.
Hotel Palomar on Palomar Mountain
Hotel Palomar was located at what is now the Silvercrest picnic area in Palomar Mountain State Park, with a spectacular view overlooking San Diego County. In 1902, Bertrand R. Douglass and his wife Lillie May Johnston Douglass purchased 160 acres there, and the Douglass' opened a summer resort known as Hotel Palomar. They ran the resort along with Marion Smith, who ran a four horse stage two trips a week to Escondido, which would bring customers to the resort. The Douglass' sold the hotel and land in 1907 to the Ed Fletcher and Frank A. Salmons syndicate, and the Hotel Palomar was then run by the Bailey brothers in conjunction with their hotel and campground located nearby at Baileys. In 1913, it was reopened as Camp Silvercrest, and then in 1920 it was reopened as Planwydd run by Jack and Elsie Roberts, later aiming to become the membership-based National Forest Country Club in 1924, which failed.
Fire on Palomar Mountain
Due to wind, hot weather and topography, Palomar Mountain fires can be voracious and challenging to fight.
Fire maps on the Internet show Palomar fire history back to 1910, and newspaper accounts go farther back to 1861.
Undoubtedly all of Palomar has burned reaching farther back in time.
Racing Up Palomar Mountain
The first automobile hill climb competition up Palomar Mountain's Nate Harrison Grade from the gate off Pauma Road to Baileys was in 1912, with a time of 35 minutes. Successive hill climb runs through 1923 lowered that time to 28 minutes and 39 seconds. After 1924, there are no further newspaper reports on hill climb runs up Nate Harrison Grade.
Ski Palomar Mountain
A ski resort on Palomar Mountain opened in the winter of 1966/1967, and closed the following 1967/1968 winter. In May 1966, a San Diego County special use permit was granted to Charles Darby for a ski resort on an eighty acre site owned by Carl 'Wog' Bergman, on the west side of the S6 road at the 5,200 foot level about a mile and a quarter north of the post office, and four miles from the Observatory. The temperatures were often too high for making snow, and snow falls were not numerous.
Palomar Mountain and the Crater Lake Monster
Palomar Mountain was one of several locations for shooting The Crater Lake Monster film, released in 1977. The film's Palomar Mountain locations include: the Sasway cabin, on the west side of lower Crestline Road just up the road beyond the fire station; along Road S6; and the Summit Grove gas station and restaurant). Joseph Sasway's Palomar cabin was used in film scenes, and Sasway played Ferguson in the film. Joseph Sasway taught theater at Mira Costa College in Oceanside, and led in establishing its theater department, and getting a theater built on campus. Cast/crew stayed at Skyline Lodge at the end of Crestline Road. In film publicity, special thanks were given to several people including Oliver Brown of Skyline Lodge, Bev and Ralph Kulk of Summit Grove, and Carl Bergman. Directed by William R. Stromberg. Written by Richard Cardella and William R. Stromberg. Produced by William R. Stromberg.
Palomar Mountain's Morgan Hill and Laqalqa
Eleanor Beemer wrote 'My Luiseno Neighbors, Excerpts from a Journal Kept in Pauma Valley Northern San Diego County, 1934 to 1974' [Ramona, California: Acoma Books, 1980] about her extensive experiences with the Luiseno people. Beemer writes of Laqalqa in the Morgan Hill area of Palomar Mountain, an exposed rock face about five miles beyond upper French Valley, and overlooking Frey and Aqua Tibia canyons. Young Luisenos would come to Laqalqa for a test of manhood and bravery, by trail from Pauma.
Palomar Mountain's High Point and Taakwish Pu'shappila
Eleanor Beemer wrote 'My Luiseno Neighbors, Excerpts from a Journal Kept in Pauma Valley Northern San Diego County, 1934 to 1974' [Ramona, California: Acoma Books, 1980] about her extensive experiences with the Luiseno people. High Point is the highest peak in the Palomar Mountain range, and the Luiseno knew High Point as a Taakwish Pu'shappila. Taakwish is a devil and a Pu'shappila is a 'pounding up place' where Taakwish ground up his victim's bones.
Palomar Mountain Stereographs
Stereographs or stereo cards of Palomar Mountain. Stereographs aka stereo cards are two photographic prints mounted on card stock to be viewed through a stereoscope, producing a three dimensional view. Stereographs were a popular photographic medium, reaching a peak in the years 1902-1935. Stereoscopic pictures are almost identical, taken from slightly different angles.
Palomar Mountain Land Patents, 1871 to 1984
Land patents are deeds from the U.S. government conveying title, and recorded by the government. The U.S. Public Land Survey System divides land into 24-mile tracts that are subdivided into 16 townships that are 6 miles by 6 miles, or 36 square miles. Each township is divided into 36 one-square-mile sections. Each section is 640 acres, and then sections would be halved and quartered, etc. For example, a Robert Asher land patent dated January 16, 1911, specified Township 9 South, Range 1 East, Section 31. Some patentees bought their land for cash, others homesteaded a claim, and others came into ownership via a donation act passed by Congress.
ROBERT HALEY ASHER PAPERS
Robert Haley Asher was born 28 March 1868, to Josephus Marion Asher, who was the first commercial nurseryman in the San Diego area, providing buyers with
fruit trees, shrubs, and vines from his Fruit Vale ranch in Paradise Valley, National City. Robert Asher settled on Palomar Mountain in 1903, and ultimately
had 160 acres, living in the Pauma Creek / State Park area. Robert Asher also lived off Palomar Mountain part of the year working as a nurseryman. On Palomar,
Asher took and sold photographs of summer campers, trapped animals for pelts, collected and sold wild plants, picked apples, and worked odd jobs. Asher moved
off Palomar Mountain in 1946 to his sister Mrs. Josephine A. Vacher's place on Fuerte Drive in El Cajon, and continued to visit Palomar Mountain until 1951.
Asher donated land to the Baptist Church in 1933, more land came along later from him, and this was the beginning of the present day Palomar Christian Conference
Center. Asher passed away on 25 April 1953 at age 85.
MEMOIRS
My Palomar
Memoir by Robert Haley Asher with corrections, clarifications, and additions by Peter Brueggeman.
1901 memoir
This memoir was written in June 1938, according to Asher's text. Its initial pages are missing.
1903 memoir
Asher's 1903 memoir is missing pages, and starts in April 1903. Covers Asher's move to Palomar Mountain. Covers Asher's trip to Idyllwild
to attend the School of Forestry and a trip to the San Jacinto Mountains with Willis Jepson and Arnold Stubenrauch. Covers Asher's native plant collecting
for Carl Purdy. "When, in 1903, an influential group of Los Angeles citizens, concerned about forests and watershed protection, approached the University
of California, President Benjamin Wheeler called upon Jepson and Professor Arnold Stubenrauch of the agriculture department(?) to conduct what turned out
to be a very successful forestry summer camp at Idyllwild in the San Jacinto Mountains. The 10 lectures which Jepson delivered dealt with 'Life-history
of a Tree,' 'Classification of Forest Trees,' and 'Forests of California.' " FROM Willis Linn Jepson -- "The Botany Man." Richard G. Beidleman, 2000.
1905 memoir
This memoir was written November 30, 1946. Pages are missing.
1903 Trip To San Jacinto Peak
Asher's trip to San Jacinto Peak is dated June 1903 in the synopsis at end. "When, in 1903, an influential group of Los Angeles citizens,
concerned about forests and watershed protection, approached the University of California, President Benjamin Wheeler called upon Jepson and Professor
Arnold Stubenrauch of the agriculture department(?) to conduct what turned out to be a very successful forestry summer camp at Idyllwild in the San
Jacinto Mountains. The 10 lectures which Jepson delivered dealt with 'Life-history of a Tree,' 'Classification of Forest Trees,' and 'Forests of California.' "
FROM: Willis Linn Jepson -- "The Botany Man" Richard G. Beidleman, 2000. Also included is plant collecting for Carl Purdy.
Plant Collecting Stories
Asher's Plant Collecting Stories pages are undated, & seem to be circa 1914. Pages are duplicated, with each page enhanced to improve readability.
The Lady Reporter Loses Out
Robert Asher's encounter with a newspaper reporter while plant collecting for Carl Purdy near Idyllwild with Donaldson, August-September 1903.
Friend Donaldson, Yellow Jackets!
Robert Asher's yellow jacket wasp encounter while plant collecting for Carl Purdy near Idyllwild with Donaldson, August-September 1903.
Associated Campers Of California
Robert Asher's June 24, 1902 speech proposing an organization for owning/operating camping areas. Asher gave this speech to an assembled group of
summer campers on Palomar Mountain.
Tree Top Troubles
Robert H. Asher's incomplete story about collecting seeds from large cone Douglas spruce Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, also known as the bigcone
spruce or bigcone Douglas-fir, and getting stranded high up in a tree. Asher submitted fictional stories to magazines so this story is perhaps fiction.
A San Diego Mystery (A Ballade)
Robert H. Asher. Excerpted From: Exposition Memories, Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1916. George Wharton James. Pasadena, California:
Radiant Life Press, 1917
Deep Sea Ocean Trenches And Their Fauna [Translation]
G.M. Beliaev. Peter Brueggeman, editor. 2004 English translation of the 1989 Russian language book. This book combines the information regarding biological research conducted in deep-sea trenches by the expeditions of various countries and compiles complete lists of the currently defined animal species that populate the trench depths, with an indication of the vertical and geographical dissemination of each species and the published sources upon which this information was based. Includes a correlation of all these data and detection of the features inherent to both the ultra-abyssal fauna as a whole, and the fauna of individual trenches, as well as the laws governing the distribution of the trench fauna.
La Jolla Canyon and Scripps Canyon Bibliography
This bibliography is intended to be comprehensive for published research on the La Jolla Submarine Canyon and the Scripps Submarine Canyon, including selected non-scientific
publications, through 2007. Annotations are included for many publications so that the reader can learn a lot about the Canyons without chasing down individual publications. The bibliography is arranged from the most recent to the oldest. To assist in reading this bibliography, some background information on the canyons is first provided.
Song Of The Sea Skaters
Ralph Lewin & Lanna Cheng with Voice of America. Audio of 1976 Voice of America public radio program on the "Song of the Sea Skaters," which was written by Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor Ralph Lewin about the Halobates seaskater insect collected and studied by SIO researcher Lanna Cheng, while both were onboard the R/V Thomas Washington. Lewin's lyrics were set to a madrigal tune of Thomas Campian (c1600) called "Never Weatherbeaten Soul." The recorder accompaniment was played by Lewin and Cheng. From SIO Archives collection 83-14
Beneath the Five Oceans: Thirty Years of SCUBA Experience
Mikhail Vladimirovich Propp. A memoir by Mikhail V. Propp, one of the pioneers of underwater research in the USSR. Propp writes about his experiences scuba diving in the Arctic and Antarctic, Socotra Island and the Indian Ocean, the Kuril Islands and the Great Barrier Reef.
Unedited Transcript of the Bathyscaph Conference
U.S. Office of Naval Research. Transcript of the morning session on January 20, 1958, of a conference on the bathyscaph Trieste, including operational issues and capabilities, as well as past and future research. U.S. Office of Naval Research, 1958.
Pre Deployment SEALAB III Briefing
Pre-deployment briefing on Sealab 3 by someone unknown on Feb 14, 1969. Digitized from cassette tape held by Master Diver Fernando Lugo.
Scientific Diving at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
History of scientific diving / scuba diving at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego. FROM: Mains'l Haul, a Journal of Pacific Maritime History 32(1&2):8-21 2016
Scripps Institution Of Oceanography In Fiction
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is a fictitious setting in several novels. Genres in which SIO appears include murder mysteries, romances, and science fiction. SIO appears under its own name or other names like Scripps Institute, University of San Geronimo Department of Oceanography, Oceanography Institute, Pacific Institute, Seaside Laboratory, Marine Research Institute, Brayton Institute of Oceanography, Dawson Oceanographic Institute, and Torrey Institution of Oceanography. Excluded are works where SIO is mentioned by name in passing in order to establish a character's credentials.
Cumulative Bibliography on the History of Oceanography, 1987-2001
Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre & Deborah Day. The Cumulative Bibliography on the History of Oceanography (CBHO) trives to list all works
on the history of oceanography. CBHO was published annually in the History of Oceanography Newsletter beginning in 1987 and through 1997, by Jacqueline
Carpine-Lancre, Librarian of the Musee Oceanographique in Monaco and Secretary of the Commission of Oceanography of the International Union of the
History and Philosophy of Science, Division of History of Science. 1998 to 2001 were compiled by Deborah Day, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archivist, and are listed at the end of this bibliography (not interspersed throughout the initial alphabetical arrangement.) CBHO includes all works on the history of oceanography, except biographical items like biographies and obituaries. There is no comprehensive bibliography on the history of oceanography before 1987.
Cumulated Bibliography of Biographies of Ocean Scientists
Deborah Day. This bibliography lists substantial autobiographies, biographies, festschrifts and obituaries of prominent oceanographers, marine biologists, fisheries scientists, and other scientists who worked in the marine environment published in journals and books after 1922 (the publication date of Herdman's Founders of Oceanography), and through 2001. The bibliography does not include newspaper obituaries, government documents, or citations to brief entries in general biographical sources.
A Handlist of Source Books on the History of Oceanography
Eric L. Mills. The reference books and monographs following have been selected to aid teachers and beginning students of the history of oceanography. The list is based on two principles, either that the publications are readily available in major libraries, or that they have not been superseded as sources of information. The periodical literature is not included because of its extent. This is an updated version of a paper first published in Earth Science History 12 (1993), 2-4.
Bibliography on the History of Arctic Marine Science of the 20th Century
Deborah Day. Bibliography on the history of marine science in the Arctic of the 20th century, with citations through 2005. This bibliography includes material by scientists, historians, biographers, and other scholars, and focuses on oceanography, with exclusions noted in the preference.
San Diego Bay Bibliography
The San Diego Bay Bibliography references the scientific & gray literature on the Bay up through 1994. Compiled from numerous resources (including Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, Regional Water Quality Control Board, & local library catalogs), it is not comprehensive since so the Bay literature is elusive. In addition, there can be duplicate references varying in completeness.
Books on the ocean illustrating cloth bookbinding development and design
Several factors influence book binding: how much the publisher wishes to spend on binding; the publisher's judgment on the type of binding likely to appeal to a book's readership; the state of binding technology; and, the contemporary climate of design. The Victorian influence on design dramatically shaped bookbinding in the 1800s, going so far that quantity of ornament was intended to imply beauty, sometimes verging into aesthetic excess, with decorations irrelevant to book content.
Golfo de California : bibliografia de las ciencias marinas = Gulf of California : bibliography of marine sciences
Richard A. Schwartzlose, Dantenoc Alvarez-Millan, Peter Brueggeman. The Gulf of California Bibliography was developed for those interested
in marine sciences, with references covering a geographic area from Cabo Corrientes to Cabo San Lucas, northward to the head of the Gulf, at the
mouth of the Colorado River. The East Pacific Rise at 21 deg N has been included, since it is important to Gulf researchers. Most
references to the terrestrial flora and fauna of the Gulf Islands have been excluded. References were obtained through June 1991 in compiling
this Bibliography.
Deep Diving in Submarine Canyons
In 1995, 1996, and 1998, Peter Brueggeman participated in three research cruises led by Dr. Eric Vetter of Scripps Institution of Oceanography studying the ecology in Southern California submarine canyons using the Delta submersible. Brueggeman writes on his dives in Scripps and La Jolla submarine canyons, Dume submarine canyon, Carlsbad submarine canyon, Redondo submarine canyon and various Southern California non-canyon seafloor sites used for comparison.
Tonnara Diving
Diving trip to see a shore-based tuna trap net fishery in the Mediterranean in May 2001. Called a tonnara or madrague, there were large bluefin tuna (6 feet plus, 600-700 pounds) in schooling groups, swimming within the net traps, staged for harvesting.
Scuba diving on the 11th Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Russian scientists Mikhail V Propp, Eugene N Gruzov, and Alexander F Pushkin were diving under the ice from December 6, 1965 to March 30, 1966 in the vicinity of Mirnyy Station in the Davis Sea of Antarctica, along the mainland and in the adjacent Haswell Islands. Conducted during the 11th Soviet Antarctic Expedition, many of their 144 dives were made under the ice at depths down to fifty meters, for dive durations up to 70 minutes.
Diving Under Antarctic Ice
A team led by Norbert Wu, an underwater photographer/cinematographer, travelled to McMurdo Station, Antarctica in 1997, 1999, and 2000, to photographically document its environment, conducting over 150 scuba dives under the ice. Norbert Wu and his team did its diving in the Antarctic spring season (largely October and November) before the Antarctic summer when plankton blooms reduce underwater visibility. Outcomes from Wu's efforts included a book entitled "Under Antarctic Ice," a PBS Nature documentary with same title, and articles in National Geographic and other magazines.
Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Unorthodox Frame Designs and Road Racing Council (RRC) / Road Time Trials Council (RTTC) Rules
At the inaugural meeting of the British Road Time Trials Council in February 1938 a new rule concerning bicycle decals/transfers was enacted. It stated that 'neither shall he have the name of his machine or maker so prominently displayed that it appears in photographs in the press'. Unorthodox bicycle frames such as the Hetchins Vibrant rear triangle, Moorson Twin Tube, Grubb Twinlite, Bates Cantiflex/Diadrant frames had all appeared prior to this ban, and such designs were not produced to identify or 'advertise' riders' bicycles.
Benelux Super 60
Cyclo Gear Company. Parts diagrams and fitting / adjustment instructions for the Cyclo Benelux Super 60 rear derailleur, circa 1960
Cyclo Benelux new Sport P2
Cyclo Gear Company. Parts diagrams and fitting / adjustment instructions for the Cyclo Benelux Sport P2 rear derailleur, circa 1963
Bike-Riders 'Aids', 1962
Holdsworth's Cycles and Frames. Guide to the latest and best bicycling equipment for 1962, including clothing, bags, brakes, chains, derailleurs, cranksets, freewheels, handlebars, stems, hubs, pedals, rims, saddles, tires, etc.
Aids to Happy Cycling, 1955
Holdsworth's Cycles and Frames. Guide to the latest and best bicycling equipment for 1955, including clothing, bags, brakes, chains, derailleurs, cranksets, freewheels, handlebars, stems, hubs, pedals, rims, saddles, tires, etc.
GENEOLOGY
Cathryn Mary Casey Genealogy
Robin S. Casey. Genealogy of the Cathryn Mary Casey family, including names of Casey, Holt, Dawson, Burns. Includes photographs.
The Wire / Weyer Family
Dorothy Wire Creely. History and geneaology of the Weyer / Wire family dating back to 1660 in Germany. Family name variants include Weyer, Weyerer, Weyrer, Wire. Ludwig Weyer immigrated to American around 1746, settling in Pennsylvania. Descendants moved to Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, and California.
Family Of Franz Brueggemann
Mary C Scheideman. Genealogy of descendents of Franz Brueggemann, who was born 24 May 1846 and died 22 April 1905. In 1881, Franz and his wife Catherine Vollmers emigrated from Germany to America, and settled in Zell, South Dakota. Includes family history back to the 1600s.
OTHER
Nature Printing
NATURE PRINTING noun: a method of producing a print of a natural object (such as a leaf) or a textile (such as lace) by making an impression
of it directly onto a soft metal printing plate under great pressure and then taking an inked impression on paper.
Luckiest Man Alive
Lee Shippey. Autobiography of Lee Shippey. Shippey was a partially blind writer who was a war journalist and foreign
correspondent during World War I. Afterward, he came to California and earned fame with a daily column for the Los Angeles Times called 'The Lee Side 'o L.A.'
The Great American Family
Lee Shippey. They planned to produce the great American novel, but the stork came flying low. They had to turn to potboilers to pay for the baby, and hung out the white flag. But the stork couldn't understand signals and kept bringing them more babies, until they realized that instead of the great American novel they had produced the great American family. Published: Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1938
Sockeye Salmon, Adams River
Photos from the 2006 sockeye salmon spawning run on the Adams River in British Columbia, Canada.
Galapagos Islands
Descriptions and photos from a 1997 trip to the Galapagos Islands.
B.I.K.E.
In the early 1980s, a group bicycle ride started in Venice, California, and proceeded south along the beach bikepath to and around the Palos Verdes Peninsula and back. At an overlook of the Long Beach harbor, with discussion led by Christopher Michael Hassett (1952-2003), B.I.K.E. free-associated its way into being. Definitions of the B.I.K.E. acronym vary, but B.I.K.E. is not well served in the expenditure of time on definition.