El Cajon

Gold mining brought people through the El Cajon Valley as they hauled equipment and supplies between San Diego and Julian . In 1876, New Englander Amaziah Knox, nothing that many stopped overnight, opened a seven-room hotel.

Knox's Corner was the first commercial building and the hub for business for 70 years. The city incorporated in 1912. 

In the 1950s, the population exploded and today, the city has one of the largest Iraqi-American populations in the country.

📌Check it out

1. Knox House Museum

2. Magnolia Performing Arts Center

3. Olaf Wieghorst Museum and Western heritage center

4. Parkway Bowl

5. Taylor Guitars

6. Unarius Academy of Science

📍Shops and Eats

1. Ali Baba Family Restaurant

2. Beef'n Bun

3. Burning Beard Brewing Co.

4. Crafted Greens 

5. Creative Creature Brewing Company

6. Finest Thai

7. Main Tap Tavern 

8. Parkway Plaza 

9. Po Favor El Cajon

The Olaf Wieghorst Museum and Western Heritage Center celebrates the Old West painter who lived in El Cajon for 40 years. Visit The Water Conservation Garden's 6 acres of themed displays and butterfly pavilion or take a hike at Crestridge ecological Reserve or Flinn Springs Park.