Stores of Crest and LaCresta

The communities of Crest and La Cresta relied on the small businesses due to the challenging road to town. Many stores came and went. Here are a few: Stores of…

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The Plunge Swimming Pool

The Suncrest Plunge Swimming Pool - 1928 -1938 The Plunge – the Suncrest Pool 1928 A meeting of Suncrest, Inc. was held March 1928, where the possibility of a pool…

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Donovan/Miller Family

Donovan/Miller Family Mr Donovan at the Plunge Dot Miller – One of Suncrest’s First Newspaper girls Dorothy Donovan Miller-Crest Historian “One afternoon in 1936, my parents Ralph and Bea Donovan…

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Jenkins Family

 The Jenkins HomesteadIn 1924, William Jenkins Sr., took advantage of the San Diego Sun offer and purchased several parcels on Eucalyptus Drive. He built the first cabin in the new…

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