Poway

The area that would become Poway was once the roaming grounds of the Diegueno and Luiseno Indians, several hundred years before the appearance of the Spaniards. It was also a pasturing place for mission stock, a ranch area for adventurous white settlers, a potential railroad stop that never materialized, and today is a diversified, thriving "city in the country" located within San Diego County. The story of Poway is one of many cultures, of many changes, and of many triumphs. Today it is a very desirable city in which to live, raise families, and send children to school; it is home to about 57,000 residents glad to have found the pleasures of living in Poway.

Author, newspaper columnist, collector, and former chairman of the board of the Poway Chamber of Commerce, Jeff Figler has been a resident of Poway for nearly 20 years. A trustee of the State of California Historical Society and a member of several local and national boards, Figler also writes a column "Collecting with Jeff," which is read across the United States. Special thanks goes to the Poway Historical Society for allowing the photographs for this book to be used, as well as to the Poway Chamber of Commerce.