History of Del Mar
Aug 1, 2008

Old Del Mar
On August 14, 1882, the first California Southern Railroad train went over the tracks on its new route from San Diego to San Bernardino. Theodore M. Loop - the contractor and engineer who worked on the project - had taken acreage and built a home on a mesa just North of San Diego, a setting he described as "the most attractive place on the entire coast."

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