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Old San Juan

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San Juan Haunts: Ghost & Legends Tours Highlight Folklore, Historic Preservation

  “San Juan Capistrano is an old community with time-honored traditions. It has its swallows, its mission, its bandits and its heroes. It has buried…

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Old San Juan: Tales of Our Depot

Our humble train station has been the site of many interesting events By Don Tryon Our train depot has been an integral part of San…

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Old San Juan: Our Drought is Not New

For nearly three years during the 1860s, California experienced one of its most devastating droughts By Don Tryon A vast majority of scientists say the…

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Letter: Urban Village Project Unlike Hotels of Old

By Shelley Bachelder, San Juan Capistrano I’ve been enjoying Don Tryon’s articles about the history of San Juan, including the two he’s written recently about…

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Old San Juan: Hotels of Our Past and Future

San Juan has been home to several hotels in the past. Could another be on the way? By Don Tryon There’s a lot of news…

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Old San Juan: A Street That’s Not a Street

A small discrete downtown street bears the name of one of San Juan’s earliest and controversial leaders By Don Tryon Tightly nestled between two buildings…

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Old San Juan: The Hide House Adobe

The old adobe was an important trading post for merchants, rancheros and the Mission By Don Tryon Along Camino Capistrano, between a mobile home park…

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