Its operator backed out in 2018 and the tribe operates the facility on its own. Since the 1990s, the community has fought the Jamul Indian Village’s plans for a $360 million casino that ultimately opened on 6 acres on Campo Road.
Residents have raised cattle, horses, ostriches and other animals, and Indians gathered acorns and traded seashells with tribes to the east. Homesteaders included workers for a cement plant operated by an early road builder, contractor and land baron George Daley. History: The 9,000-acre Mexican Rancho Jamul land grant of 1829, like many others, was bogged down in disputed land claims that weren’t resolved until 1891.
