Oceanside, CA news and local guide

After Mexico secularized the missions in 1833, soldiers removed Padre Antonio Peyri, who had led San Luis Rey for 34 years, and Captain Pablo de la Portilla was made administrator. Relations with the Luiseno broke down, and in 1835 they famously refused to work for Portilla. Andrew Jackson Myers, an emigrant from Illinois, settled in 1882 on the land that became the original Oceanside townsite, and the federal government issued the patent in 1883. Oceanside was incorporated on July 3, 1888, and City Hall now stands on the old Myers homestead. The post office holds Air Mail, an oil-on-canvas mural painted in 1937 by Elsie Seeds under a federal art program. Sources Wikipedia: Oceanside, California