Gold in the Sun, 1900-1919
HISTORICAL STATISTICS
POPULATION
| 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | |
| CALIFORNIA | 2,485,053 | 2,377,549 | 3,426,861 | 5,677,251 | 6,907,387 |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 304,211 | 751,310 | 1,347,050 | 2,932,795 | 3,572,363 |
| LOS ANGELES | 102,479 | 319,198 | 576,673 | 1,238,048 | 1,504,277 |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 342,782 | 416,912 | 506,676 | 634,394 | 634,536 |
| SAN DIEGO | 17,700 | 39,578 | 74,683 | 147,897 | 203,341 |
| SAN DIEGO COUNTY | 35,090 | 61,655 | 112,248 | 209,659 | 289,348 |
| IMPERIAL COUNTY | 13,591 | 43,453 | 60,903 | 59,740 |
| San Diego County Incorporated Towns: | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 |
| CHULA VISTA | 1,718 | 3,869 | 5,138 |
| CORONADO | 3,289 | 5,424 | 6,932 |
| EL CAJON | 469 | 1,050 | 1,471 |
| ESCONDIDO | 1,789 | 3,421 | 4,560 |
| LA MESA | 1,008 | 2,513 | 3,925 |
| NATIONAL CITY | 3,116 | 7,301 | 10,344 |
| OCEANSIDE | 1,161 | 3,508 | 4,651 |
MAYORS OF SAN DIEGO
1899-1901 Edwin M. Capps
1901-1905 Frank P. Frary
1905-1907 John L. Sehon
1907-1909 John F. Forward, Sr.
1909-1911 Grant Conard
1911-1913 James E. Wadham
1913-1915 Charles F. O’Neall
1915-1917 Edwin M. Capps
1917-1921 Louis J. Wilde
GOVERNORS OF CALIFORNIA
1899-1903 Henry T. Gage (Rep.)
1903-1907 George C. Pardee (Rep.)
1907-1911 James N. Gillett (Rep.)
1911-1915 Hiram W. Johnson (Prog.)
1915-1917 Hiram W. Johnson (Rep.)
1917-1919 William D. Stephens (Rep.)
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GOLD IN THE SUN
Introduction
Ch. 1 The Town That Wanted to Grow Up and Be Something
Ch. 2 Here Come the Cultists and the Health Seekers
Ch. 3 Who Could Have Guessed These Stones Were Gems
Ch. 4 The River That Proved It Was Lord of the Desert
Ch. 5 The Auto Challenges the Train and Shapes the City
Ch. 6 It Was Not Yet Too Late to Design a City – Or Was It?
Ch. 7 Beauty Wins A Round in Parks and the Exposition
Ch. 8 The Wobblies and A Story No One Likes to Remember
Ch. 9 San Francisco Shows How Politics Should Be Played
Ch. 10 A ‘Magic City’ Surprises Even Those Who Built It
Ch. 11 The Rainmaker – And Who Caused the Big Flood?
Ch. 12 The Military Appreciated What the Natives Did Not
Ch.13 Southern California and the Gold Nobody Noticed
