From North County Times 11 January 1906
As a boy in the San Pasqual Valley, Melvin H. Peet would miss class at the one-room school when heavy rains swelled the San Dieguito River.
When he was older,he rescued a man once from the swift waters that separated his home from the school.
A trip to Escondido from his family's Willow Wind Farm was an all-day endeavor and a horse-and-buggy voyage to San Diego required three days, with an overnight stop in Bernardo (today's Rancho Bernardo).
Peet, a descendant of two of Escondido's pioneer families died Sunday at 97, said his son, Wesley Peet of Gilbert, AZ.
Melvin was born and raised on his family's dairy farm and was the second of four generations of Peets to graduate from Escondido High School, the first being his mother, Mary Rockwood Peet who graduated in 1898. Melvin received his diploma in 1928
He played football during his senior year, the first year he had access to an automobile, which he needed to return home from practice.
The 1882 home belonging to his mother's parents, B. B. and Rachel Rockwood remains standing today (2023) at the mouth of Rockwood Canyon in San Pasqual Valley. Melvin and his three brothers were all born in the house.
His father's parents, Rodolphus and Martha Peet arrived in Escondido from Nebraska in 1888 to establish a 10 acre ranch on Hill Avenue now known as El Norte Parkway.
In 1931, the year he was married, he and his new wife, Florence Jensen, weathered the Great Depression working on his brother's cotton farm in the the San Joaquin Valley near Los Banos. Melvin and Florence were married for 74 years before his death.
Melvin is buried, with his wife Florence, in San Pasqual Cemetery which overlooks the house where he was born and which sets on property donated by his grandfather B. B. Rockwood
As a boy in the San Pasqual Valley, Melvin H. Peet would miss class at the one-room school when heavy rains swelled the San Dieguito River.
When he was older,he rescued a man once from the swift waters that separated his home from the school.
A trip to Escondido from his family's Willow Wind Farm was an all-day endeavor and a horse-and-buggy voyage to San Diego required three days, with an overnight stop in Bernardo (today's Rancho Bernardo).
Peet, a descendant of two of Escondido's pioneer families died Sunday at 97, said his son, Wesley Peet of Gilbert, AZ.
Melvin was born and raised on his family's dairy farm and was the second of four generations of Peets to graduate from Escondido High School, the first being his mother, Mary Rockwood Peet who graduated in 1898. Melvin received his diploma in 1928
He played football during his senior year, the first year he had access to an automobile, which he needed to return home from practice.
The 1882 home belonging to his mother's parents, B. B. and Rachel Rockwood remains standing today (2023) at the mouth of Rockwood Canyon in San Pasqual Valley. Melvin and his three brothers were all born in the house.
His father's parents, Rodolphus and Martha Peet arrived in Escondido from Nebraska in 1888 to establish a 10 acre ranch on Hill Avenue now known as El Norte Parkway.
In 1931, the year he was married, he and his new wife, Florence Jensen, weathered the Great Depression working on his brother's cotton farm in the the San Joaquin Valley near Los Banos. Melvin and Florence were married for 74 years before his death.
Melvin is buried, with his wife Florence, in San Pasqual Cemetery which overlooks the house where he was born and which sets on property donated by his grandfather B. B. Rockwood
From North County Times 11 January 1906
As a boy in the San Pasqual Valley, Melvin H. Peet would miss class at the one-room school when heavy rains swelled the San Dieguito River.
When he was older,he rescued a man once from the swift waters that separated his home from the school.
A trip to Escondido from his family's Willow Wind Farm was an all-day endeavor and a horse-and-buggy voyage to San Diego required three days, with an overnight stop in Bernardo (today's Rancho Bernardo).
Peet, a descendant of two of Escondido's pioneer families died Sunday at 97, said his son, Wesley Peet of Gilbert, AZ.
Melvin was born and raised on his family's dairy farm and was the second of four generations of Peets to graduate from Escondido High School, the first being his mother, Mary Rockwood Peet who graduated in 1898. Melvin received his diploma in 1928
He played football during his senior year, the first year he had access to an automobile, which he needed to return home from practice.
The 1882 home belonging to his mother's parents, B. B. and Rachel Rockwood remains standing today (2023) at the mouth of Rockwood Canyon in San Pasqual Valley. Melvin and his three brothers were all born in the house.
His father's parents, Rodolphus and Martha Peet arrived in Escondido from Nebraska in 1888 to establish a 10 acre ranch on Hill Avenue now known as El Norte Parkway.
In 1931, the year he was married, he and his new wife, Florence Jensen, weathered the Great Depression working on his brother's cotton farm in the the San Joaquin Valley near Los Banos. Melvin and Florence were married for 74 years before his death.
Melvin is buried, with his wife Florence, in San Pasqual Cemetery which overlooks the house where he was born and which sets on property donated by his grandfather B. B. Rockwood
As a boy in the San Pasqual Valley, Melvin H. Peet would miss class at the one-room school when heavy rains swelled the San Dieguito River.
When he was older,he rescued a man once from the swift waters that separated his home from the school.
A trip to Escondido from his family's Willow Wind Farm was an all-day endeavor and a horse-and-buggy voyage to San Diego required three days, with an overnight stop in Bernardo (today's Rancho Bernardo).
Peet, a descendant of two of Escondido's pioneer families died Sunday at 97, said his son, Wesley Peet of Gilbert, AZ.
Melvin was born and raised on his family's dairy farm and was the second of four generations of Peets to graduate from Escondido High School, the first being his mother, Mary Rockwood Peet who graduated in 1898. Melvin received his diploma in 1928
He played football during his senior year, the first year he had access to an automobile, which he needed to return home from practice.
The 1882 home belonging to his mother's parents, B. B. and Rachel Rockwood remains standing today (2023) at the mouth of Rockwood Canyon in San Pasqual Valley. Melvin and his three brothers were all born in the house.
His father's parents, Rodolphus and Martha Peet arrived in Escondido from Nebraska in 1888 to establish a 10 acre ranch on Hill Avenue now known as El Norte Parkway.
In 1931, the year he was married, he and his new wife, Florence Jensen, weathered the Great Depression working on his brother's cotton farm in the the San Joaquin Valley near Los Banos. Melvin and Florence were married for 74 years before his death.
Melvin is buried, with his wife Florence, in San Pasqual Cemetery which overlooks the house where he was born and which sets on property donated by his grandfather B. B. Rockwood
