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The largest Grizzly Bear captured in California was nabbed in Valley Center. Weighing over a ton, it was famously killed in 1866. These days, the only California Grizzly you'll see is on a state flag -- the subspecies was hunted to extinction less than 75 years after the Gold Rush drew people to California.
Located inland in north San Diego county, Valley Center is a community in transition. First known as Bear Valley thanks to it's famous 2,200-pound dead Grizzly, the area was first settled by Europeans in 1845 and was homesteaded in 1862 shortly after President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. They dropped the Bear part in 1874 and tried a few spellings of "centre" before settling on Valley Center in 1887. These days, it remains an agricultural community with some modern amenities. With the installation of the Palomar observatory, once the world's largest telescope, in 1947 Valley Center Road earned the nickname "Highway to the Stars." View Valley Center City Guide