JOURNEY TO OUR HISTORICAL PAST
SPEAKER SERIES
DOWNTOWN EL CAJON LIBRARY
Community Room
1ST & 3RD THURSDAYS OF THE MONTH
6:30 TO 7:30 PM
AUGUST 2: ELDONNA LAY, KNOX HOUSE MUSEUM CURATOR
“The Exciting Homestead Act of 1862 and the Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Post-Civil War Settlement of El Cajon”
AUGUST 16: CARROLL RICE, WRITER
CAROL CLARK CUNNINGHAM, RESIDENT
“The Lively Arts in El Cajon” and
“The Arrival of the Clark Family in 1911”
SEPTEMBER 6: JIM DANIELS, OLAF WIEGHORST WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM
TOM HIATT, COWBOY BALLADEER
“The Life of Olaf Wieghorst and his Impact on El Cajon”
Musical Entertainment
SEPTEMBER 20: G. GAGE SKINNER, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST
“Grizzly Bear Tales and Beaver Hats; Daring Mountain Men
and Their Wanderings to Rural San Diego and East County”
OCTOBER 4: JEANETTE ALESSIO-WAY, “THE HISTORY LADY”
“The Life of a Kumeyaay Woman – Then and Now”
OCTOBER 18: BRUCE SEMELSBERGER, PACIFIC SOUTHWEST
RAILWAY MUSEUM
“To El Cajon and Beyond – The History of the San Diego
and Cuyamaca Eastern Railway”
NOVEMBER 1: LYNN CARUSO, CHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER
“A Child’s Eye-View” of El Cajon
Downtown El Cajon Library • 201 East Douglas Avenue • El Cajon, CA 92020 • (619) 588-3718
Questions about the Speaker Series contact Librarian Nancy Saint John at (619) 588-3708
El Cajon Centennial Information
www.elcajon100.com • (619) 441-5549
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