The Younghusband Family

The Younghusband family roots in Crest go back to 1938 when Art and Irene Younghusband purchased three lots with a cabin in Suncrest at 1915 Suncrest Blvd. Because of Art’s…

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The LaFrance Clan

In 1926, Caroline and A.L. LaFrance built a one room house on La Cresta Blvd. (located south of the present day fire station). They moved west from Massachusetts and this is where…

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Riding the Monkey Cage to School

Many old timers had fond recollections of their experience riding the school bus down the Suncrest grade to school in El Cajon in the late '20s and early '30s. Bud…

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