I'm born and raised here in SD. I live directly on top of what was wonderland.I've always had so many questions. My family bought an old stone cabin up in the local mountains back in the 60s. We've been told it was built around 1905 but it seems like everything old was built around that time, pretty much to "go to" dates to hide history. I've always wondered why the architects of the cabin would build this beautiful granite building and then bury the top half. We did a bunch of renovating recently which Involved digging up tons of mud only to exposed this wonderful stone building. Now I'm convinced this survived the mud flood. Love to share pics if I could

San Diego has been my home since 1978 when my parents moved me from Connecticut when I was 9 years old. This video is fantastic! I consider myself a historian of San Diego and I didn't see half of these pictures ever in my life! I'm a nightclub DJ for 25 plus years in the Gaslamp were all those old photos from 5th Street which is down Fifth Avenue! There's three buildings that still exists that I that were turned into nightclubs! That photo of the San Diego Hardware store became a nightclub where I worked. Fantastic my friend!

Did you know that Del Coronado Hotel had been constructed by men & families, that walked thru the mud? Living in white tents & the Hotel was built without any nails! All construction pieces are wooden nails! Mom’s & children had to play, cook, eat in muddy waters! Interesting video thanks so very much for sharing it! Cynthia Engle:)🇺🇸🙏🙋‍♀️

I was born in Tijuana Baja California and San Diego was part of my growing up since it was not so difficult to cross and come back, when I was little there wasn't much things for children over here mostly places for adults, so we used to go to the zoo and to the beach and many things over there shopping and some of those buildings that I saw were there still when I was growing up I was born in 58. Those buildings are beautiful so thank you for sharing it was very interesting to watch and have some memories with some of the buildings like the hotel Coronado which I loved so much, I was mesmerized from the first time I saw it.😍🥰😍❤️🌹❤️

I live in La Mesa and take my daughter to Mt Helix. I'm perplexed by the amphitheater. I'm constantly looking around San Diego for old world architecture. The history in San Diego is absolutely suspect

Thank you so much for this video! I was born and raised in San Diego. As the years go by I have always had questions about Hotel Del Coronado, and Balboa Park, etc. I really appreciate these pictures and you taking the time to make this video!

I have never been to California but I bet it was amazing and peaceful during the times of these photos! If time travel is ever possible I’d love to go back to these times!

Another great video. I appreciate that you let the photos speak for themselves. Thank you

fantastic collection once again 😁 really appreciate all you share jarid!!

I was Stationed in San Diego 1994-2002 in the USN, I met my wife there and brought her back to the PacificNorthwest in 2004 and I’m so glad I did, woods, seasons, farms, endless artesian well water flowing… Cheers

One thing that I thought of that might be interesting is the history of the military in San Diego. When I saw your picture of Bishop's School it reminded me of MCRD where I went to boot camp. I'm not sure if the Marine Corps took over that area but it would be interesting to fine out. Also the history of the Corps of Engineers project of redirecting the San Diego river from draining into the Bay to it's current path so the navy can dredge and maintain a path through the bay for the ships. The abended piers off of North Island where the navy used to tie ships side to side a few deep - just like the did when Pearl Harbor was attacked. And so much more.

The best proof I've seen of a mud flood city in California. Great find.

Very nice collection of photographs. Thank you.

No mention of TARTARIA ……. San Diego was filled with Tartaria structures. There’s even one pic where there are people on latters acting like they’re building that structure. Totally fake. A structure that grand built with horse and buggy. I don’t think so. It’s the same in every city around the world. Our past was abolished to keep the elites game going.

@6:46 There are no flatlands in La Jolla except south of the "city" - I was a long-distance runner living there - I was also a long-distance bicyclist there ... We have a lot of "mansions" from the early 1900's ... in and around the La Jolla downtown area. @8:10 If anyone wonders why "attractions" for children, teens and young adults were constructed out in the middle of nowhere - it's because military bases were there - with thousands of teen boys bringing the local teen girls for fun - I know this because my mom and dad were living there in the 1950's because the Rothschilds' secret society criminal cartels had an endless supply of money to invest in money-making schemes which they were highly skilled at while gaining access to children and pretty girls was a top priority.

there's always rendered photos then again there's never photos of actual construction it's either already complete with scaffolding all around or some empty field (cropped in rendered photo aka photo shop of the old times) yet usually when it comes to before photos it's somebody's artwork drawing of the area without the buildings and then all of the sudden there's all these massive buildings in which most get torn down

I might’ve missed it in the video, but there used to be a gargantuan school building off Washington Street and Park Boulevard, called the Norma School; hands down, what used to be one of the finest examples of Greco-Roman revival and neoclassicism anywhere in SoCal, perhaps even all of California.

Hey Jared, once again you go above and beyond anyone's expectations with everything that you do. In the past I have enjoyed all the vids that you have done in bringing the past to life. I am born and raised San Diagan and also a huge history buff that once discovering the truth of the lies taught to us in school has really put what really matters into focus for me. From looking at the earliest pics of San Diego that you have found really puts an exclamation point on the realness of the mud flood that has been erased from almost every possible timeline. Keep up the great work and I look forward to every video you put out. Thank you.

We visited San Diego ten years ago for our 20th anniversary. We fell in love with the city (and the tacos) I wish I was awake back then. It would have been nice to explore. We live in Canada and every town we visit there are mudflooders. I drive my wife nuts pointing them out :) Jarid I think you are my favourite youtuber on this subject. The music is great too.

Been going to San Diego for 25 years! Heaven on earth ❤❤❤

Outstanding views, narration, and photographic breakdown of the historic significance of SD. I really like the private photos of these. Your mind is stretched as to and how San Diegans went out of their way to improve their cities. If you are able, I would like someone to do the mass projects of the Army Corps of Engineers as it relates to protecting the coastline in the events of large to giant surf 🌊

I grew up there from 1957 to 1979. Swam in the pool at hotel Coronado on Saturdays, Johnny Downs was always there and very friendly. He ran a afternoon kid show on local tv. Saw Sea World being built, the freeways were new and half empty , mission valley went from farms to the first mall, and hotel circle. Climed up the light house in Point Loma, lots of things to do but not super crowed. Thought it beat out LA any day to live.

I am a San Diego native for over 6 decades and the “story” of Balboa Park, (as well as the history of the University of San Diego, where I went to law school) is a complete fabrication. The buildings were already here. Otherwise, why would George Marston, one of San Diego’s “founding fathers,” have referred to them in a letter to the industrialists, as “these old buildings,” when advocating for the preservation thereof?

Thank you for the collection! Loved it.

Was suprised to see La Mesa..old stomping ground as a kid.

That type of building was made to keep cool. Adobe homes with 2~4 ft walls are cooler an more comfortable to live in. Even in subzero temperature of winter they stay comfortable.

Wow! This is a great collection!!

La Jolla and San Diego were my favourite places in California when I went there on vacations.

I don't believe these horses and buggy people built any of this!! Leftovers after the reset!!!

Ok man , those photos where amzing . To note for me at 5:36 beach scene with horses in mud not sand at the shore . As well as people on looking and exploring the new shore . Collecting relics and resources perhaps . Does look like very great vacationing quite yet ...lol And then at 14:20 cliff with bridge it appears at the far right someone landing or taking off with a hang glider ?? Doesnt make much sense for a pathetic tree to be there and not any other vegation in the scape . Final at 14:55 - 15:05 - First there is a vehicle leading a wagontrain ? then there is a vehicle train with no horses . And seemingly desolate , where do you gas up all those vehicles much less at once ?? Lots of insights of a new people in a new setting

Thanks for sharing!

Fourth generation san diego native here " Born raised and will die , great grandparents bought property in the 40's paid off by the late 50's.....Amazing how much they are worth today .

The old photos had street cars with no wires and no horses and the later ones had street cars with over head wires or some were horse drawn

I learned a lot about San Diego from these photos. One in particular that stuck out to me was the lions den in the zoo. It looks like a buried building from another time, that was dug up and repurposed.

I went to college in San Diego from 1988-1993, at that time you could not get a cruise ship (other than a sunset booze cruise) from downtown. If you wanted to cruise to Mexico, you had to drive to LA. When I went to visit friends there, we were downtown and there were HUGE cruise ships that went all over the place. When I asked, they said it had always been like that. But friends, there is no way.

wonderful ty you have great content

The proportions of many of the buildings is way off kilter. The photo at 4:33 is particularly interesting, just what on earth could that extraordinarily tall structure be for just left of centre, all the other telegraph/electricity poles are equally spaced on both sides of the street but that tall one reminds me more of an aerial for CB radio use, or is that just me and my imagination? The family portrait at 5:14 is rather odd, they appear to be sat on a large mud or sand deposit, just looks odd. I find that many old photos appear to throw up more questions than answers, some appearing as if they are a photo of a cropped out image in front of a blank background, many with whitewashed skies, some looking for all the world as if they've been cropped and some with hand drawn parts. The amphitheatre at 6:28 is very strange (I find I'm using words like odd and strange quite a bit, apologies), but it appears sat in the landscape and looks very old, ever overgrown, is this a later photo or does it not have a date? Intrigued by the photos of the Hotel Del Coronado, I looked up some history and am always slightly suspicious when, once again, there's a story of men who have no experience with hotels or in the hotel industry, but who are willing to throw all caution to the wind and, I imagine, a large amount of money, after just seeing the place once not only decide to build an hotel but also buy the island on which said hotel sits, bit fishy smelling and nothing to do with proximity to the sea! Not content with just setting up the Coronado Beach Company for their rather ambitious project, but they also went about enriching the Coronado community by supporting other local enterprises which included a ferry company, water company, railroad company and an electricity power plant. As if not busy enough the 2 men, yes, just 2 men, a Mr Babcock and a Mr Story (why do I get the feeling of a cock and bull story here?) then continued to lay out the whole town plan, parks, shopping streets, residential avenues, the whole works and it all started because they liked the look of the place?!? However, they had to rush the drawings for the hotel for some reason, perhaps this can explain some of the ground level windows (nothing to do with any mudflood), the website just says they were running out of time, but running out time, why? Apologies for the length of this comment, was only going to write a line but I've no self-discipline! hoteldel.com/history/

At 6:53 you have a picture of the La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas. The oldest theater in San Diego since 1928. If you drove by it today it would look very similar to the picture. I had my Senior Prom at the Hotel Del in 1976.

Frank L Baum wrote the wizard of oz here at the hotel Del Coronado. Also the first multi storied building wired with electrty in the U.S was the Del. Of course Marilyn Monroe made her movie here Some like it hot.

Great video ,, 👍🏽 ,. Throw some sand on that ego ,, say whaaaa ,, Sandy Ego

As always, your pictures and commentary are inspiring. 🙏

Thanks for your awesome videos. These images and your narrative are expanding my mind.

I went to the Belmont version of Wonderland when I was a child in the 1950s. Dad grew up in San Diego and he went to Wonderland on occasion with his family. When I went there was a large swimming pool, and a roller coaster.

Can't say enough good words about your videos bud! I get excited every time I get a notification that you released something new.

Just noticed the hotel Del Coronado looks mud flooded from a distance. Just saying 🤷🏻‍♂️

My goodness the electric bill must of been through the roof...lol tee heehee

Amazing! I love San Diego because it feels like Mediterranean USA, especially in the East! ⛪ It is nothing like LA! San Diego has always had a mystical feeling to it, maybe it's in it's hills or the architecture... And some crazy indigenous and Spaniard history no one talks about as well!

the music is so beautiful

Yo This is just the tip. Long before this the Spanish were in San Diego for a long time. Being a Californios from the original settlement of San Diego the history is far different then what is told. Try going back to mid to late 1600s and see what was really going on. Complete independent country existing with both the Indians and Spanish living, loving and working together. Biggest land theft from a independent healthy country when the USA showed up.. The names established in Ca. are Spanish From Del Norte to San Diego. CALIFORNIOS

I am a 2nd generation San Diegan. (My son was 3rd.) My Grandfather was a Chief Signalman in the U.S. Navy back in the late 1910s. He married and lived there when my Uncle was born in 1922, and my Mother was born in 1924. As to what drove San Diego's expansion. Both tourism and the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps pretty much did it. Then WW2 and it's base for the 11th Naval District and Recruit Training Depots for Navy and Marine corps introduced it to multiple thousands that decided to resettle there along with additional bases that housed troops and Naval Air. It was also a location that built aircraft. (Remember Charles A. Lindbergh? His plane was built there.) The Gold Rush, well that built San Francisco.

Being our home, we really enjoyed your photos of early San Diego. Especially fun was the Hilcrest and City Heights... no, never mind, just loved them all!

Awesome work!. Born and raised like many of the commenters. If it hasn’t been said, at 6:18 that flatland is actually undeveloped El Cajon. The city of san diego is special to many, but not any more-so than myself!.

It never occurred to me that the Coronado Hotel could be antiquitech but here we are. I must visit with that in mind. Very amazing!

I'm a 3rd generation San Diegan. My grandmother told me many stories of this lovely city

I was just in San Diego taking photos of all the architecture. It’s pretty clear Balboa Park is a timeline cluster. The natural history Museum says 1710 on it

My sister got married there on the beach in front of the Coronado. We all had dinner there afterwards. Later we walked up to point loma lighthouse and took a little tour of it. Very beautiful place.

Good show . again .also like the piano track. Reminds me of lyle mays.

Good Job ✌️ Thank you

I had my honeymoon at Point Loma, San Diego, one of my favorite cities.

Your pictures were totally great. Please try to do another video. Like national City where all the orchards were

San Diego local since 1965 !!! Very few of us. I love my city. Good and bad.

Another amazing video thanks jarid 🙌

Wow I just can’t believe the town I grew up in has history since the 1800s that’s crazy

Born and raised in San Diego and never knew we had cable cars like San Francisco

Great video! Great job unearthing the truth about mudfloods in San Diego 🙏😍

Wow Belmont Park hasn’t changed much!

I was born and raised here in San Diego. Lived in 35th Street by Ocean View Blvd not far by 32nd Naval Base.

san diego has perfect weather and people have been living here for thousands ot years with large structures and cities

6:51 I just watched " Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez " at the La Paloma in Encintas

I'm a native of San Diego nice video!💙

18:32 was pretty cool.

Thanks for the memories

4:51 that’s looking north toward what is now Balboa Park, the long street is 6th Ave

It's kind of sad to see these old pictures. San Diego seemed so peaceful before the overpopulation and congestion and urban sprawl.

Another excellent video. I really enjoy them, multiple times usually. The personal comment at the end, was a pleasant surprise. Keep up the great work. Please.

Imagine how nice it must of been to walk down the streets and not see so much litter and trash. San Diego is still the only major city I'd ever consider moving back to.

Born and raised there. Love the video. My favorite part is S.D. is Coronado beach.

Your work is amazing. I would love to see you cover Salt Lake City Utah architecture. So much there. Saltair, the capitol, temple etc

thanks jarid...you do a great job...and are appreciated...i sent this vid to my nephew who lived in san diego....take care...mike

Coronado. They just love corona worship.

Wow my grandfather worked on the hotel del as a carpenter he told how they would take a big bate and cast out in the bay side and at lunch time they would check it out and catch gint black sea bass 500 600 pounds

Are you familiar with the Mud Flood era? Buildings Worldwide were covered with mud on their ground floor, the unearthing of them is amazing I enjoyed your SD tour very much, love SD and LOVE the del

No mention of one of the most famous areas in San Diego in the late 19th early 20th century. Mission Cliff Gardens. Sprekels built it. The organ in balboa park was meant for mission cliff gardens but was changed to balboa park. Research it. My wife’s family are the descendants of John Davidson, the gardner who was in charge of the gardens. He also worked designing the gardens at the hotel del. Also built by Spreckels.

16:45 ... Theosophical society HQ, built 1875. Everything about that building is odd.

7:10 who’s the rich guy importing palm trees before everyone else?

The guy with the mustache seems to be everywhere.

My beautiful hometown! 😍

I love San Diego it’s my place of choice when going to a quick weekend trip! I thoroughly enjoyed this video!! I’d love it if you could do a video on Sacramento Ca.! Sacramento has so many hidden gems and I really think it would make a interesting video

Would love to see photos of how and when the naval base developed there

Great video. When did the Navy move to San Diego really?

The military sure did build out the land around Hotel Del. I wonder how long the ride used to be before the bridge got built, going around the San Diego Bay

Just subscribed and excited by the titles of your past two years.

AMAZING !

Thanks Jarid

Wow! What a great presentation. As a born and raised San Diegan, I really appreciate what you did here. You absolutely did us justice. Hope you don’t mind if I screenshot the shit out of this. They really were fantastic photographs. Thanks and I look forward to your future endeavors

Didn’t people partially build homes underground to have root cellars to avoid environmental temperature fluctuations?

This was so beautiful. It would be great to see Park Blvd. when it was getting ready for the world's fair in Balboa park. A lot of Egyptian style buildings, really exquisite that whole area.

4:55 large bamboo pole awning

Wasn't the wonderland where Belmont park is today??

Great photos of San Diego!! Aside from the gold rush there was an oil rush in Southern California that helped initiate the building boom.At least there wasn’t any “great fire” that erased them from the map.