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The Real Ramona

29th May

2019

written by Richard

Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 classic novel Ramona is based in part on tragic, true events that occurred in northern San Diego County. In a chapter from my book Stranger Than Fiction, I relate the story of the murder of Juan Diego, a Cahuilla Indian, by Sam Temple, a local rancher. ClickÂ below for the story:

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