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Several visionaries shaped the character that defines present-day Mission Hills. First; there was Sarah Miller; stepdaughter of Captain Johnston of the SS Orizaba. She inherited land from him and built a dream home overlooking Old Town and the Pacific Ocean. There was also Kate Sessions; the mother of Balboa Park; whose nursery growing grounds just outside the original Mission Hills subdivision proved difficult for her clientele to traverse; leading her to convince transportation mogul John D. Spreckles to expand the streetcar route to accommodate her business. In 1905; George Marston; a San Diego civic leader; commissioned landscape architect and urban planner John Nolan to implement a development plan for the city. Nolanrsquo;s plan; however; was never adopted. In 1908; as if to prove what was possible; Marstonrsquo;s syndicate formed the restricted subdivision of Mission Hills. Then; in 1909; the city announced plans to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. The fuse was lit; and the boom that followed brought builders and skilled artisans to San Diego. As a result; Mission Hills became architecturally magnificent.