In 1926, the 250th Coast Artillery Regiment[1] moved from Santa Cruz, California, to an area just east of the town of Capitola.

Its camp was named for Major Joseph P. McQuaide, who was born in 1867 and graduated from Santa Clara University.

By 1938, noise from target practice annoyed Capitola residents, so a more remote place was found.

[5] After the end of the war, in 1948, it was converted to the private boarding school Monterey Bay Academy.

Most of the planes moved to the Santa Cruz Sky Park (SRU), in Scotts Valley, California, that closed in January 1983.