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Encinitas: Our History and People

Encinitas: Our History and People By the Encinitas Historical Society Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021 Visit www.ledgemedia.net/encinitas to order printed copies And visit www.HPNBooks.com for info on how to publish your own book as a fundraiser for your community

Encinitas: Our History and People
By the Encinitas Historical Society
Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy
Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson
Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021

Visit www.ledgemedia.net/encinitas to order printed copies

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Top: Moonlight Beach looking north.<br />

Note the playground equipment <strong>and</strong><br />

picnic pavilion at left.<br />

Right: Moonlight Beach, c. the 1960s<br />

looking south. Note the Lifeguard<br />

Tower along the Boardwalk. Local<br />

surfing legend Rusty Miller served as<br />

a lifeguard here in the mid-1960s.<br />

OPPOSITE PAGE PHOTOS COURTESY OF<br />

LEROY GRANNIS.<br />

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1979 ä<br />

• La Asociacion de Charros de <strong>Encinitas</strong> is formally chartered. The event<br />

celebrated life on the great l<strong>and</strong> ranchos before California became a state.<br />

• Mira Costa Community College (3333 Manchester Ave.) purchases 42 acres<br />

for the Cardiff-by-the-Sea campus that was dedicated in 1988.<br />

• La Especial Norte (664 N. Highway 101) is opened by Angel & Matilde Salazar.<br />

• Greek Orthodox Church (3459 Manchester Ave.) is built but not consecrated<br />

until June 2001. Known as “the Church with the Shining Cross” as the sun<br />

adds a serendipitous cross that shines a reflection on the gilded dome.<br />

• Wavecrest Woodie Meet has their first gathering in the parking lot at<br />

Moonlight Beach. San Diego Woodies continue to meet in September every<br />

year at 4th <strong>and</strong> “B” Streets. September 2019 celebrates their 40th year.<br />

7 0 F E N C I N I T A S : O u r H i s t o r y a n d P e o p l e

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