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THIS MONTH IN CORONADO HISTORY
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Fashionable bathing suit styles at the turn of the century.
June 1, 1918 The Army-Navy causeway was completed across the Spanish Bight between Coronado and North Island. The causeway was 3,050 feet long, stretching from the west end of 4th Street to one block south of the Army-Navy dividing line on North Island. The causeway was designed for cars, wagons and utility trucks and included a spur for the San Diego and Arizona Railway.
June 3, 1890 An election was held to decide whether Coronado should separate from San Diego. A majority of voters in both
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Coronado and San Diego favored the proposal. On Dec. 9, 1890, Coronado was officially incorporated with a governing board of trustees.
June 4, 1887 Coronado held its first election for the trustees of the three-man school board. The board was elected unanimously with a grand total of five voters.
June 11, 1869 The claim to Coronado, North Island and the Silver Strand, known as the Peninsula of San Diego, was approved for Archibald Peachy and William Aspinwall.
