CBN San Diego

The Southern California Railroad began a new route from San Diego to San Bernardino in 1882.  A man by the name of Theodore Loop, who worked for the railroad, instantly fell in love with what he called the most attractive place on the entire coast.  He and his wife built a tent city on the beach, which his wife Ella called Del Mar after a popular poem titled, The Fight on Paseo Del Mar.  That same year a man named Colonel Jacob Taylor also found Del Mar.  In 1883, he decided to take advantage of the land boom and bought 338 acres of land for $1,000.  Colonel Taylor designed and built a re