{"id":1297,"date":"2019-05-29T17:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T00:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2024-03-10T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T00:14:50","slug":"the-real-ramona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"The Real Ramona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-783b8fad-7326-4bd6-853d-3c06f06cfd0d\">Helen Hunt Jackson&#8217;s 1884 classic novel <em>Ramona<\/em> is based in part on tragic, true events that occurred in northern San Diego County.  In a chapter from my book <em>Stranger Than Fiction<\/em>, I relate the story of the murder of Juan Diego, a Cahuilla Indian, by Sam Temple, a local rancher. 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