Mission Hills Heritage Events

Upcoming Events

September 27, 2008
Walking Tour of Presidio Park. Beginning at 1 PM.
Walk Plymouth Rock of the West, 1769 to the 21st Century. Presidio Hill and Park abuts the western end of present-day Mission Hills and is the site of the first permanent European settlement in the western Americas in July 1769. Mission Hills was named for the first of 21 missions in the 18th century in “Alta California”. People have lived at Presidio Hill since about 1,000 AD, the Tipai-Kymeyaay peoples lived in small groups around the San Diego river and around Presidio Hill. The influence of the first Native American people and later, the Spanish, Mexican, early California and American settlers as well as the modern revisionist period of George Marston, John Nolan, Roland S. Hoyt and others will be discussed. The 90 minute walking tour will explore the original sites of the first mission and presidio (fort) as well as the modern (1929) Serra Museum by William Templeton Johnson and present landscaping.

Docents will lead walking tours of Presidio Hill and Park, starting at 1 PM and departing from the Presidio Park Arbor every 15 minutes (1.00, 1.15, 1.30, 1.45 and 2 PM). Please wear comfortable walking shoes. Rain or shine.

Tickets: $10 for Mission Hills Heritage Members, $15 for non-members. Ticket sales may be ordered in advance by mailing a check to Mission Hills Heritage 325 W. Washington Street, #221 San Diego, CA 92103 by May 1, 2008. Day of the event tickets will be sold, starting at 12.30 PM at the corner of Presidio Drive and Consoy (Presidio Park by the arbor).

FOR ALL EVENTS: For more information, please call Mission Hills Heritage at (619) 497-1193 or visit our website at www.MissionHillsHeritage.org. Proceeds from all events will benefit preservation efforts in Mission Hills.

Oral History Program
Mission Hills Heritage is pleased to announce the unveiling of its oral history program for its new and renewing members 

Members are eligible to nominate their family and friends for recording an oral history. Interview subjects will have a chance to polishing their memories during an interview including scanning old photographs and resulting in a transcript.  Often these histories relate to the neighborhood development or happenings, to friends, families, and the broader context of times gone by.  Oral histories often create a record of the everyday events that shaped San Diego history, Conducting oral histories of residents is an enjoyable way for members, residents or former residents to pass along these stories and traditions to future generations. 

The oral histories will be posted here and original records will be donated to the San Diego Historical Society.   Special thanks for Celeste Dunn of Tristany Realty for her generous donation and for sponsoring this program in its inaugural year through April 2007.  Click here for a nomination form.