Oceanside : Gateway of All San Diego County - 1888

from the Oct. 24, 1891 issue of the South Oceanside Diamond

W. D. Frazee had a great many talents, mostly for promotion.  He had a couple of farms in Indiana, a couple of stores in Indianapolis as well as a publishing house, came west to California in the Gold Rush, and attempted to win one of the first state senate seats after statehood on the Republican ticket.  He worked as a circuit minister for the Christian Church, and he wrote several books in his lifetime. 

Every place he moved to, he seemed to believe was the best place in the world.  Oceanside, California should make a strong case, but although four family members owned property there, and his fourth son's family remain in the Oceanside area to this day, by measure of his length of stay in any town, Oceanside ranks well down the list. Still, he has a convincing way with words in his book Oceanside: Gateway to All San Diego County. 

If you'd like to read his glowing words, please click on the link and, thanks to the good works of the Oceanside Historical Society , you'll have the chance.  Also, consider supporting the society with a cash donation.