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SUMMARY:Old Spanish Trail Centennial Celebration
DESCRIPTION:In the fall of 1945\, Olaf Wieghorst drove with his wife and 14 year old son from St. Augustine\, Florida to El Cajon following a route known earlier as the Old Spanish Trail Highway. The highway was first conceived in 1915 and built out by the late 1920’s. By 1945\, the route was known as US Highway 90 between St. Augustine and San Antonio\, Texas\, and US Highway 80 between Texas and San Diego. \n  \n \n  \nIt is therefore our pleasure to host the opening reception of the Old Spanish Trail Centennial Association (OST100) Convention on Thursday\, November 2\, 2023 at the Wieghorst Museum. \nIf you would like to attend the convention\, become an exhibitor or event sponsor\, or just learn more about the event\, please see the Information and Registration Packet or contact the Centennial Association at:   OST100Kahl@aol.com \n# # # \nThe Old Spanish Trail (the OST) was an auto trail that once spanned the United States with almost 2\,750 miles (4\,430 km) of roadway from ocean to ocean. It crossed eight states and 67 counties along the southern border of the United States. Work on the auto highway began in 1915 at a meeting held at the Battle House Hotel in Mobile\, Alabama; and\, by the 1920s\, the trail linked St. Augustine\, Florida\, to San Diego\, California\, with its center and headquarters in San Antonio\, Texas. \nCalifornia involvement was spearheaded by real estate developer Colonel Ed Fletcher and supported by San Diego County Supervisors Joseph Foster (Lakeside) and Charles Good (of Lemon Grove). \nThis event is part of a decade-long centennial celebration which began in 2019 and will end with a 2029 motorcade from St. Augustine\, Florida to San Diego. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://wieghorstmuseum.org/event/old-spanish-trail/
LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott San Diego El Cajon\, 141 N Magnolia Ave\, El Cajon\, CA\, 92020
ORGANIZER;CN="Charlotte Kahl":MAILTO:OST100Kahl@aol.com
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SUMMARY:Building Old Highway 80
DESCRIPTION:Building Old Highway 80 is the 100 year old story of Col. Ed Fletcher and the people who brought a transcontinental highway to San Diego. \nJoin us for a morning presentation by an outstanding lineup of historians and writers. \nThe Speakers\n\nBonnie Fletcher\, San Diego native\, descendant of Col. Ed Fletcher\, Trustee of the San Diego History Center and Co-chair of the Ed & Mary Fletcher Foundation\,\nRobert M. Harding\, Jr\, writer\, lecturer and VP of the Lakeside Historical Society\,\nJohn W. Murphey\, architectural historian and research consultant now based in Santa Fe\, New Mexico\,\nConnie Sue Low\, Travel and Texas history writer\, and\nCharlotte Kahl\, President of the Old Spanish Trail Centennial Association.\n\nThe Topics\n\nBuilding Old Highway 80\,  \nEd Fletcher: Bringing Highways to San Diego\,  \nRemembering Harry Locke – Prolific US Early Highway Designer\,\nand more….\n\nBefore Interstate 8 there was US Highway 80. Before US Highway 80 there was an auto trail that stretched from San Diego to Florida. \nTelling the story is the theme of the morning session of the Old Spanish Trail Centennial Conference and Celebration scheduled for November 3rd\, 2023 at the Marriott Hotel in El Cajon. After the morning session you are invited to browse the exhibits in the adjacent exhibit hall. Meet the speakers and relive this exciting period in San Diego history when the automobile was young. \nAttending the Event\nAttending the event is free\, however\, registration is required to attend the complimentary lunch on Friday\, November 3rd. For information\, please see the Information and Registration Packet or contact the Centennial Association at: OST100Kahl@aol.com \nAbout Us  \nThe Old Spanish Trail Centennial Celebration Association (OST100) was organized to locate\, revitalize and preserve the roadway\, businesses and historic sites of the original 1920s OLD SPANISH TRAIL (OST) auto highway and to create a decade long Centennial Celebration reenacting annual conferences held by the original Old Spanish Trail Association of the early 1900s. \nPlans began in 2002 for a decade-long OST Centennial Celebration with the first reenactment set for 2015 in Mobile\, Alabama. Annual conference reenactments have been held in various cities and will culminate in a grand historic transcontinental motorcade in 2029.  \nAbout the History \nThe first San Diego OST conference was held in 1923 hosted by Col. Ed Fletcher\, then vice president of the Old Spanish Trail Association.  \nThe San Antonio\, Texas OST Headquarters Executive Director brought together California highway engineers and commissioners\, chambers of commerce and Good Roads Club members. They discussed how best to pave the OST into and across southern California. El Cajon Boulevard and the El Cajon to Alpine\, Pine Valley and Boulevard corridors were chosen as the OST route.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://wieghorstmuseum.org/event/building-old-highway-80/
LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott San Diego El Cajon\, 141 N Magnolia Ave\, El Cajon\, CA\, 92020
ORGANIZER;CN="Charlotte Kahl":MAILTO:OST100Kahl@aol.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231104T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231104T150000
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SUMMARY:It is a Back Country Drive on Olde Highway 80
DESCRIPTION:Please Join Us for a Back Country Drive on Olde Highway 80 \n \nThis event is part of the Old Spanish Trail Centennial Conference and Celebration to be held at the Marriott Hotel in El Cajon\, California on November 2-5\, 2023. \n\nBefore Interstate 8 there was US Highway 80. Before US Highway 80 there was an auto trail that stretched from San Diego to Florida. It was called the Old Spanish Trail Auto Highway and it is 100 years old! \n\nDownload the information and registration packet \nOther conference events include the seminar speakers on Friday morning: \n\nBonnie Fletcher\, San Diego native\, descendant of Col. Ed Fletcher\, Trustee of the San Diego History Center and Co-chair of the Ed & Mary Fletcher Foundation\,\nRobert M. Harding\, Jr\, writer\, lecturer and VP of the Lakeside Historical Society\,\nJohn W. Murphey\, architectural historian and research consultant now based in Santa Fe\, New Mexico\,\nConnie Sue Low\, Travel and Texas history writer\, and\nCharlotte Kahl\, President of the Old Spanish Trail Centennial Association.\n\nTopics include: \n\nBuilding Olde US 80\,  \nEd Fletcher: Bringing Highways to San Diego\, \nRemembering Harry Locke – Prolific US Early Highway Designer\,\nand more….\n\nAbout Us\nThe Old Spanish Trail Centennial Celebration Association (OST100) was organized to locate\, revitalize and preserve the roadway\, businesses and historic sites of the original 1920s OLD SPANISH TRAIL (OST) auto highway and to create a decade long Centennial Celebration reenacting annual conferences held by the original Old Spanish Trail Association of the early 1900s. \nPlans began in 2002 for a decade-long OST Centennial Celebration with the first reenactment set for 2015 in Mobile\, Alabama. Annual conference reenactments have been held in various cities and will culminate in a grand historic transcontinental motorcade in 2029.  \nAbout the History\nCol. Ed Fletcher\, then vice president of the Old Spanish Trail Association\, hosted the first San Diego OST conference in 1923.   \nThe San Antonio\, Texas OST Headquarters Executive Director brought together California highway engineers and commissioners\, chambers of commerce and Good Roads Club members. They discussed how best to pave the OST into and across southern California. El Cajon Boulevard and the El Cajon to Alpine\, Pine Valley and Boulevard corridors were chosen as the OST route.  \n 
URL:https://wieghorstmuseum.org/event/it-is-a-back-country-drive-on-olde-highway-80/
LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott San Diego El Cajon\, 141 N Magnolia Ave\, El Cajon\, CA\, 92020
ORGANIZER;CN="Newell Booth":MAILTO:newellbooth@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231111T120000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Day
DESCRIPTION:The Olaf Wieghorst Museum proudly invites American Legion\, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)\, Elks (BPOE) and Veterans East County Alliance (VECA) members and their families to honor and celebrate our Veterans on Veterans Day. \n \n 
URL:https://wieghorstmuseum.org/event/veterans-day/
LOCATION:Olaf Wieghorst Museum\, 131 Rea Ave\, El Cajon\, CA\, 92020\, United States
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