Area description and history - This area of La Jolla contains the Mt Soledad Memorial Cross within the Soledad Natural Park and on the western edge is the La Jolla Country Club. The many winding streets include La Jolla Mesa Drive, Nautilus Street and Soledad Mt Road.

The architectural variety of homes is tremendous, and there are many neighborhoods.La Jolla was one of the earliest colonies in the San Diego area in the early 1800's. In 1886, Frank Terrill Botsford, referred to as the "father" of La Jolla, purchased the chaparral and sage covered land, without realizing it would be very difficult to find a good, reliable source of drinking water. He decided to sell, and a great auction was held. The La Jolla land sold for what amounted to $1.25 an acre- land which would be more than $1.25 million an acre today.

Ellen Browning Scripps, newspaper heiress, was one of the most outstanding citizens, and the woman who began la Jolla's "herstory". Her gifts to La Jolla include: The Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the Women's Club, the Children's Pool, the Recreation Center, and endowments used to create Scripp's Hospital and Clinic. The La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art is located in her home.