Journey Into Lesser Known Oceanside History

OCEANSIDE, CA — Did Al Capone offer to buy Rancho Santa Margarita? What's the story behind the scandalous reputation of Oceanside’s early boarding house?

Kristi Hawthorne from the Oceanside Historical Society presents some lesser-known historical facts and tidbits that she discovered in her 30+ years of research through the Oceanside Public Library's historic newspaper collection.

About the Oceanside Public Library's Historic Newspaper Collection
In their ongoing efforts to digitize Oceanside newspapers, the Oceanside Library recently added another 53,874 pages of the historic Blade Tribune to the California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC) based at the University of California at Riverside. The Oceanside newspaper collection is now digitized from the earliest copies of each paper through 1960. Free remote access is invaluable to historical researchers.

“I am thrilled that our historic newspapers from 1888 to 1960 have been digitized and are now online." said Hawthorne, "The Oceanside Public Library's collection of microfilmed newspapers is an exciting research tool for researchers, genealogists, historians and anyone interested in the history of our wonderful city! This is an amazing resource that is searchable and accessible to the general public without cost.”

Visit https://cdnc.ucr.edu/ to access the newspaper collection.

The Oceanside Historical Society serves the community through their museum, website, publications and walking tours. Most services, including the museum and history walks, are completely free. Containing one of the largest historic photo collections in the county, the OHS also has a vast database to aid researchers on nearly every subject concerning Oceanside History.

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