Timeline

Year	Event
1798	Mission San Luis Rey Founded
1815	Present day church building completed
1834	Secularization of Mission property
1860s	Mission San Luis Rey falls into ruins
1870s	Township of San Luis Rey – early pioneer families move into valley
1882	Railroad construction begins from Riverside to San Diego
1883	Andrew Jackson Myers applies for Homestead Grant on what is now downtown Oceanside
1886	First church built, the Congregational Church on First (Seagaze) and Ditmar
1887	Bank of Oceanside is built along with the South Pacific Hotel
1888	City of Oceanside incorporates July 3, 1888 First pier is built on the end of Couts street, now Wisconsin First train depot is built
1891	First pier destroyed by storm
1894	Second pier built at the end of Third Street, now Pier View Way.
1896	South Pacific Hotel burns down
1903	Third pier built, using railroad steel as pilings
1904	El San Luis Rey Hotel built Oceanside Electric built below the bluff, provides electricity to downtown Oceanside and houses the Plunge Dr. Robert S. Reid moves his family to Oceanside, longtime doctor who delivered most babies in North County for over three decades
1904	Oceanside Library is established
1906	Present day Oceanside High School established
1908	Great fleet passes through Oceanside
1909	First graduating class of Oceanside High School
1911	Rosicrucian Fellowship headquartered in Oceanside
1913	Racing on beach from Oceanside to Del Mar
1916	Flood hits San Diego County
1917	First annual Bean Day Hill Street is paved by Highway Commission
1918	Influenza outbreak affects San Diego County, quarantine called
1919	Prohibition begins, traffic from LA to TJ
1924	Palomar Theater Opens
1925	Old bank building torn down, new Bank of Oceanside built
1927	4th pier built
1928	Bank of Italy built Strand gets paved
1929	First Fire Station built, designed by Irving J. Gill
1930	The Cottage Hospital opened on Second Street (Mission Ave) by Lillian Henman.
1931	The Americanization School is built by Irving J. Gill
1933	Oceanside Hospital is opened by Golda Lester Zahniser at 615 North Freeman Street
1934	New City Hall built by Irving J. Gill
1938	New Oceanside Hospital is built at Fourth (Civic Center Drive) and Summit
1942	Navy takes over Rancho Santa Margarita, Camp Joseph H. Pendleton
1946	War ends, troops return Old Depot torn down, new Train Depot dedicated in December
1947	5th pier built
1953	New Highway 101 opening
1950s	South Oceanside neighborhoods built and development goes eastward
1960	Population 21,000 Mission Square Shopping Center – first shopping center in North County
1961	Groundbreaking for Oceanside Harbor Feb. 6 Tri City Hospital opened Shopping center construction on Mission Avenue and Canyon Drive Erwin Sklar is mayor
1962	Oceanside Fire Station No. 3 at Oceanside Blvd. open
1963	Oceanside Small Craft Harbor opened in June Retirement community of Oceana developed
1964	Cornerstone laid for new Junior College, to become Mira Costa College Groundbreaking for Cape Cod Village at Harbor
1966	Colonial Inn (formerly El San Luis Rey Hotel) torn down
1968	Howard Richardson is first elected mayor
1969	Vietnam War protests The City population increased to 38,000 Newly-created Convention and Visitors Bureau Ground-breaking ceremonies for A.C.D.C. for their new electronics plant Construction of Garrison Elementary beings and San Rafael opens Plaza Camino Real Mall opens in March – businesses from downtown move
1970	Joe Balderrama Park opened
1971	Fire Station No. 4 on Thunder Drive
1973	Fire Station No. 5 on North River Road
1976	Heritage Park opened Paul Graham Mayor Pier damaged in storm, later fire destroys Pier Café
1978	Heavy rains bring flooding to San Luis Rey Valley
1987	6th Pier Opens, dedicated September 9th Train Depot torn down, switching yards moved to Camp Pendleton
1988	Centennial Celebration
1990	New Oceanside Civic Center built