A glimpse into history by Jack Story

Every now and then I enjoy looking through the pages of early Fallbrook history. The earliest homesteaders, the Reches, Fox's, and Whites, like many of the early settlers in other parts of the land, seemed to be very adventurous and fearless people, willing to meet and overcome whatever obstacles they encountered in an unknown environment.

Some of the pioneers had health problems. They did, however, establish a community around the beautiful area that we know as Live Oak Park and created what they needed to support themselves. This was all happening during the last half of the 1800s.

In the ea...