Chronology: San Diego-Tijuana border region

[Riggerdan 147]

A brief chronological look at the border of Baja, Mexico

1821

Mexico wins independence from Spain

1825

Old Town settled in San Diego

1826

Santiago Arguello wins land grant to Rancho Tía Juana

1833

Mission lands secularized

1834

San Diego wins pueblo or town status

1846

Mexican-American War begins

1848

Postwar Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo sets international boundary line 3 miles south of San Diego Bay

1850

California joins the Union

1851

Marble monument (No. 258) erected to mark U.S.-Mexico boundary (above)

1867

Alonzo Horton begins development of new San Diego in present-day downtown

1871

First U.S. customs inspectors assigned to border

1874

Mexican customs house established at Tijuana

1884

U.S. and Mexico treaty signed to maintain boundary line

1885

Transcontinental railroad arrives in San Diego; Tijuana Hot Spa and Hotel opened by P.L. Carle in response to Southern California real estate boom

1887

Baja California peninsula divided into two Mexican federal territories

1889

Settlement founded on Rancho Tía Juana

1904

Mounted guards patrol southwest border

1909

San Ysidro founded

1910

Mexican Revolution begins; U.S. erects barbed wire cattle fence at San Ysidro; San Diego and Arizona Railway reaches Tijuana

1911

“Magonista Revolution” occupies Tijuana, threatening to bring about Baja’s annexation to the U.S.

1915-16

Start of the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park; Tijuana Fair and horse racing track opens

1917

U.S. enters World War I

1920

Prohibition creates a boom for Tijuana

1921

Emergency Quota Act excludes Mexican workers

1924

U.S. Border Patrol established

1925

SDAR's KUG makes history with a solo motorbike journey through the vast Baja peninsular

1926

Border curfew enacted at San Ysidro, lasts until 1933

1928

Agua Caliente resort and casino opens; closed in 1935

1929

Tijuana officially named

1930

Great Depression triggers Mexican repatriation

1935

Start of California-Pacific International Exposition in Balboa Park

1937

Free-trade zone declared in Baja

1938

Joint International Outfall sewer pipe built

1942

Bracero program established, 219,000 Mexicans employed as agricultural workers through 1947

1947

Colorado River water imported to San Diego; jai-alai palace opened in Tijuana

1952

Baja California (North) granted Mexican statehood

1954

U.S. rounds up and deports more than 1 million immigrants to Mexico

1955

Chain-link fence separates San Ysidro from Tijuana

1957

San Ysidro annexed by San Diego

1964

Bracero program ends

1965

San Diego agrees to treat Tijuana sewage on emergency basis; maquiladora program initiated in Tijuana

1969

Operation Intercept mounted to deter crime, disrupts border traffic; San Diego celebrates 200th anniversary

1972

Tijuana River channelization project begins; squatters forced to relocate

1978

“Torilla Curtain” border fence erected

1981

San Diego Trolley south line opens service from downtown San Diego to San Ysidro

1982

Mexican peso devaluation

1984

Centro Cultural opens in Tijuana

1985

Truck starting the entry and clearance process to the United States at the Otay Mesa Commercial Port of Entry.

Otay Mesa border crossing opens

1986

Immigration reforms grant amnesty to resident immigrants, impose penalties on employers of undocumented workers

1989

Tijuana celebrates 100th anniversary; “Light up the Border” citizens group protests illegal immigration

1990

U.S., California and Mexico sign agreement for construction of new Tijuana sewage treatment plant; Border Patrol erects 14-mile solid steel barrier near San Diego

1992

First InSITE binational visual art project

1993

Caltrans erects a fence on I-5 median at San Ysidro to discourage migrants from running across the freeway

1994

Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio assassinated in Tijuana; NAFTA takes effect; Operation Gatekeeper launched

1995

SENTRI trusted-traveler verification program begins

1996

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act authorizes construction of a 14-mile, triple-layered fence near San Diego

1997

South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant opens

2001

Sept. 11 terrorist attacks; C-TPAT secure-cargo shipping program launched

2006

Secure Fence Act calls for 700 miles of border fencing

2008

Anti-crime Mérida Initiative signed

2009

Work begins on San Ysidro border crossing expansion

2012

Mexico launches NEEC cargo certification; El Chaparral border crossing opened

2014

San Ysidro Port of Entry opens 25 northbound lanes and 46 inspection booths, cutting border wait times

[Dan Diego 40]

Very cool, RD.

But I'd be remiss f I didn't mention this: The last picture is not from 1985. The plates on the truck are new and that CBP uniform didn't come around until say 2006-2007ish.

[Dress4Less 162]

A brief chronological look at the border of Baja, Mexico

1925

SDAR's KUG makes history with a solo motorbike journey through the vast Baja peninsular

Ha! Nice Rigger...

What bike were you on Kug?

[Covered in Dust 163]

Don't think this is from 1925,but Kug back in the day.

[kkug 147]

[Dress4Less 162]

Straight out of the archives of the San Felipe Sun, Rosarito Register and Tijuana Tribune...

[Riggerdan 147]

Heres a few pictures of cruising the malecón for some Señoritas

[paulmbowers 236]

Playing guitar as a yoot:

[Oracle 195]

[Dan Diego 40]

Cruising down to San Felipe from Diego used to be one of The Kug's favorite pastimes.

He was/is one cool mo-fo...

[Bagstr 288]

The Californio Story is interesting, Spanish and English speakers from 1769 to 1848. Basically Spanish Colonization not to be confused with Mexican immigration.