The History of Oceanside
A new book highlighting our city's past
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF THE OCEANSIDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
I’m so excited for the Oceanside Historical Society’s newest book, simply titled The History of Oceanside to make its debut. With so many changes in Oceanside over the last few years, it felt like an opportunity to take another look back at our history. With approval and support of our Board of Directors, I met with The Osider crew to collaborate on a new book project. With their talents of design and layout, and historic images from our collection mixed with current ones—this history comes alive. Few may know or realize that when Oceanside was established in 1883, our founder dreamed of and advertised it as a “seaside resort.” Today, that dream is realized! We went from a small beach town of less than 4,000 residents to a military town seemingly overnight in the 1940s, but that’s not even half of the story. While this is our third published history in 34 years, there’s always a different perspective from which to tell our story—another opportunity to include more accounts of our residents, of yesterday and today. This new history book includes in depth accounts of some of our iconic landmarks and historic buildings, as well as a concerted effort to share the diversity of peoples that make Oceanside what it is today. —Kristi Hawthorne Author & Oceanside Historian
