Ever wonder about the people behind some Palomar Mountain placenames? With many thanks to our Mountain Historian, Peter Brueggeman, he provided this interesting info.
Just in time, as I listed and opened escrow today for 20 Acres of Adventure through the Fry Creek Campground. We found this peek-a-boo view with Mount San Jacinto in the background. Guessing Andrew and family might have also enjoyed looking out to this mountain range that looks pretty much the same as it did for them, Enos T. Mendenhall and other pioneers a century ago.
From Peter’s notes: “Fry Creek is named after Andrew Fry, who homesteaded in that area. He was married to Frances Elizabeth Moore, who was Lucinda Cook’s daughter from her first marriage. Lucinda Cook’s second marriage was to Jefferson Madison Cook, of whom Jeff Valley on Palomar Mountain is named. Anna “Annie” Lucinda Fry married Ulric Thomas Cook, the son of George Washington Cook of Palomar Mountain. Andrew Fry sold his Palomar land to Enos Mendenhall in 1886, and moved his family to Bear Valley (Valley Center).”
Fry Creek is named after Andrew Fry
https://archive.org/details/fry_20250704
Colb Valley is named after William Jasper Kolb
https://archive.org/details/kolb_20240530
Dyche Valley is named after George V. Dyche
https://archive.org/details/dyche_20240220
Frazier Point is named after the Fraziers
https://archive.org/details/fraziers-of-palomar-mountain_202310
Boucher Hill is named after William E. Bougher
https://archive.org/details/bougher
Pedley Valley is named after Nathan Chaffin Pedley
https://archive.org/details/pedley
Love Valley is named after John A. Love
https://archive.org/details/love_20241123
Parayne Hill is named after the Peyregne twins, Jean Bertrand and Jean Louis
https://archive.org/details/peyregne
Jeff Valley and Will Valley are named after Cook family members
https://archive.org/details/cook_20240608
Gordon Point is named after Donald Gordon
https://archive.org/details/gordon_20241217
Morgan Hill is named after William Henry Morgan
https://archive.org/details/morgan_202506
Birch Hill is named after Henry Birth and his brother Arthur
https://archive.org/details/birch_202301
French Valley is named after the Foussat brothers, Hubert Alberto and Jean Baptiste
https://archive.org/details/foussat
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Peter Brueggeman
Mount Helix, California, USA
peterbman(at)gmail.com
Palomar Mountain News 
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