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America’s
finest City
During the 1920s and ’30s, pioneering aviators like Charles Lindbergh and Claude Ryan helped create and secure San Diego’s future as a military and defense center.
Following the Second World War, the city saw its geography and climate as a magnet for growth. A bond issue to develop Mission Bay was approved. Two years later, the San Diego Aquaduct opened, bringing Colorado River water here. By 1950, population stood at 555,000 persons.
The Fifties saw a doubling of the population and the growth of new communities. In 1958, Interstate 8 opened the Mission Valley to development. In quick order, shopping centers, hotels and a stadium were built. SeaWorld opened near Mission Bay in 1964.
San Diego County
is the southern most county in California, encompassing
an area about the size of the state of Connecticut.
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