WHAT’S NEW -- & OLD! HISTORIC WALKING TOUR STARTS IN LA MESA THIS WEEKEND

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By Miriam Raftery

 

August 13, 2009 (La Mesa) – This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, join a historical free walking tour through downtown La Mesa and learn about our region’s colorful past. The tour will include a professional impersonator portraying Mary Porter, a famous La Mesa resident of the era, as well as music and costumed tour guides.

 

“We will reveal La Mesa's hidden past of being involved in movie making and many forms of entertainment along with discussing how La Mesa developed and what it was like to live here in the early 1900s,” said Karissa Valencia, a Helix Charter High school graduate this year and incoming freshman at the University of San Diego. Valencia, who will lead the tour, designed the program as part of her effort to achieve a Gold Award in Girl Scouts (the equivalent of an Eagle Scout Award for Boy Scouts).

 

Tours begin a the Railroad Museum on Nebo Drive and continue up to 4th street and back, for a total of under half a mile.

 

Tour dates and times are:

 

Friday, August 14, 5-8pm
 

Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and 16: 10am
 


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