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Q1 When was the Fallbrook Historical Society founded?
Answer is B) 1976 The Fallbrook Historical Soci8ety was founded to commemorate the nation’s Bicentennial. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/founding-of-the-fallbrook-historical-society/
Q2 Who was James E. Potter?
Answer is C) 1st Superintendent of Schools.
Potter Junior High is named for him. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/james-e-potter/
Q3 Who was the First settler of European descent in Fallbrook?
Answer is A) Ysidro Alvarado.
The Spanish were the 1st European colonizers of Southern California. Ysidro Alvarado, the son of a Spanish soldier, built and resided at his 13,322 acre Rancho Monserate in 1846 when Reche still lived in New York. Per the U.S. Census, Reche didn’t arrive until 1869.
https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/spring_2020_The_Historian.pdf
Q4 Where was the first Fallbrook Railroad station located?
Answer is A) By the Santa Margarita River.
The 1st station was along the Santa Margarita in 1882. After it flooded out a new station was built on Alvarado St. in 1917. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-T-Winte-Historian.pdf
Q5 Whose violin is displayed in museum?
Answer is B) Eric Hindorff.
Eric played at many community dances and other social events in Live Oak Park in the 1920s & 1930s.
Q6 Who was the last Mexican Governor of California?
Answer is C) Pio Pico.
Q7 Who was the 1st paid Fire Chief in Fallbrook?
Answer is D) William Thurber. Bill Thurber led the Fallbrook Volunteer firemen starting in 1947from his welding shop that is the Brew & Que today. He became the 1st Chief of the professional Fire district in 1954. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Winter_2020_The-Historian.pdf
Q8 What Kind of business did the Watkins Brothers have in Fallbrook?
Answer is C) A livery stable.
This was a landmark on Alvarado St. in old West Fallbrook in the 1890s. A mural of the Watkins livery stable can be seen at this location today.https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/watkins-livery-stable/
Q9 Who is credited for naming our town Fallbrook?
Answer is A) Vital Reche. Reche raised bees. He canned and sold his Honey as Fall Brook Honey, in the 1870s, making the Fall Brook name well known.
Q10 What year did SDG&E first bring Electricity to Fallbrook?
Answer is C) 1917. Answer is discussed in the history of Fallbrook’s first theater which needed electricity to arrive in order to open. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Summer_2022_Historian-.pdf
Q11 What is Fallbrook’s oldest commercial building?
Answer is D) Odd Fellows Hall. Built in 1882. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/history-of-odd-fellows-hall/
Q12 What was the first crop of Fallbrook’s farmers?
Answer is A) Honey. Aviaries were popular with early settlers in San Diego County in 1870. The new bee box was available. Honey does not spoil. Farmers could store it, transport it and sell it for cash money when opportunity allowed. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/honey-fallbrooks-earliest-crop/
Q13 What annual festival did Fallbrook celebrate before the Avocado Festival? Answer is D) Pioneer Days. From 1945 to 1962 Fallbrook had the Pioneer Days Festival over the Memorial Day weekend. It was replaced by The Avocado Festival in 1963.
https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Spring-2023-Historian.pdf
Q14 What used to be where Camp Pendleton is today?
Answer is D) Rancho Santa Margarita. Pio Pico received the huge land grant for 133,440 acres in 1844. Almost one hundred years later, when World War II began, the Marine Corps took over the huge Rancho as a training base in 1942. https://www.oceansidechamber.com/oceanside-blog/history-of-camp-pendleton
Q15 [TF1] What was the subject of the movie ‘The Fallbrook Story’?
Answer is B) Water Rights.
Movie producer Frank Capra helped make this movie about water rights.
Q16 The Fallbrook VFW Post is named for Charles E. Swisher. Who was he? Answer is B) 1st Fallbrook Serviceman killed in WWII. Several Fallbrook boys were killed in WWII. Charles Swisher, who grew up in Fallbrook was on the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941 which was sank at Pearl Harbor in the 1st moments of the war. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/fallbrooks-perl-harbor-veterans/
Q17 What was the historic Fallbrook building pictured here?
Answer is A) West Fallbrook School. Built in 1893 the high school was on the 2nd floor and elementary school on the ground floor. Maie Ellis school is at this location today. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Spring-2019-The-Historian-Short-v..pdf
Q18 What wasthe biggest money crop during WWI (1915-1918)
Answer is C) Olives.
During WWI & again in WWII, olive exports stopped from Greece, Italy, and Spain. Fallbrook had the olive groves, processing facilities, and the train to send olive oil around the country.
https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/the-illustrated-history-of-the-olive-industry-of-fallbrook/
Q19 How many Civil War veterans are buried in Fallbrook’s Odd Fellows.
Answer is D) More than 10. This article says 14. Research has since added two more. names. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/civil-war-veterans-in-early-fallbrook/
Q20 Who is the famous Fallbrook woman pictured here?
Answer is B) Maie Ellis. Maie Ellis was an early Fallbrook teacher, school principal and 1st superintendent of Fallbrook Elementary District. https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/the-mae-ellis-story/
