OFF THE MAIN ROAD, Revisited is the story of those who occupied and shaped events in the backcountry of San Diego County: Ramona, San Diego Country Estates and the Barona Indian Reservation. It covers the land area defined by the early Mexican Rancho Canada de San Vicente y Mesa del Padre Barona. It is the first major revision since the book was initially published in 1983. It retains all the previous history of San Vicente and Barona from prehistoric Indians, through the Mission Period and the Mexican regime that defined the rancho. It chronicles early Anglo land speculators, gold seekers,...