Ramona & Round About: A History of San Diego County's Little Known Back Country. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Ramona & Round About: A History of San Diego County's Little Known Back Country

Book by Le Menager Charles

RAMONA AND ROUND ABOUT — SECOND EDITION — was first written in 1989 when the area was less populated and somewhat different. The book won the Institute of History Award from the San Diego Historical Society in 1990 for its professional account of the history up until that time. The new second edition contains all the original material, but goes on to tell about important changes that have happened since. For example, it describes how the avocado industry has drastically declined, while grapes and winemaking have recently established Ramona Valley as a new AVA (American Viticultural Area).     All the background of Ramona’s roots are told, from early Indian occupation into the Mission era. The town was born out of the Californio rancho period, when a merchant sea captain married the daughter of a Mexican Don and was granted a large land grant that later became the town of Ramona.         The book chronicles the early American period, with its water and boundary disputes and land speculators, as Ramona was established during the California land boom of the 1880s. Several chapters examine specific aspects of Ramona’s heritage, such as the one-room schoolhouse, early routes and transportation, law and order, gemstone and gold mining, and the small town press. Eagle Peak Publishing Company’s original book was described by one reviewer as “Fascinating reading — this book is the definitive work on Ramona,” and the second edition promises this and more. It is one of the books in the author’s ‘Backcountry Historical Trilogy,’ which also includes “OFF THE MAIN ROAD — REVISITED” and “JULIAN CITY AND CUYAMACA COUNTRY.”