Anaheim LandingSoon after the founding of the Mother Colony at Anaheim in 1857, the Anaheim Landing Company established Anaheim Landing as a port for the Santa Ana V... [click for more]
Balboa PavilionThis is one of California's last surviving examples of the great waterfront recreational pavilions from the turn of the century. Built in 1905 by the ... [click for more]
Barton MoundJuan Flores, who had escaped from San Quentin, was being sought by James Barton with a posse of five men. Near this mound, Flores surprised Barton and... [click for more]
Black Star Canyon Indian Village SiteThe Indians who lived on the village located here had stolen some horses, and the whites followed them back to their camp. After a skirmish, the white... [click for more]
CarbondaleThis is the site of the 1878 coal discovery. The mine, called the Santa Clara, was operated by the Southern Pacific. The village of Carbondale was bui... [click for more]
Dana PointNamed for Richard Henry Dana, author of Two Years Before the Mast, who visited here in 1835. El Embarcadero, the cove below, was used by hide... [click for more]
Flores PeakIn 1857, Juan Flores and a band of outlaws murdered Sheriff James Barton and part of his posse at Barton Mound. Pursued by a posse led by General Andr... [click for more]
McFadden WharfThe original wharf on this site was completed in the summer of 1888 by the McFadden brothers. As the seaward terminus of their Santa Ana and Newport R... [click for more]
North Gate of the City of AnaheimA wall or fence of willow poles that took root and grew was planted around the Anaheim Colony to keep out the herds of wild cattle that roamed the sur... [click for more]
Old LandingOn September 10, 1870, Captain Samuel S. Dunnells and William A. Abbott opened Newport Bay to commerce when they entered it for the first time on the ... [click for more]
Old Santa AnaPortolá camped on the bank of Santa Ana River in 1769, and José Antonio Yorba, a member of the expedition, later returned to Rancho Sant... [click for more]
Old Town IrvineOld Town Irvine stands today as a testament to the rich agricultural past of what has become one of California's most heavily urban counties. Founded ... [click for more]
OlindaFrom 1897, when oil pioneer Edward L. Doheny brought in the first well, to the 1940s, the boom town of Olinda sprawled over the surrounding hills. To ... [click for more]
Red HillIn early descriptions it was known as Cerrito de las Ranas, meaning the Hill of the Frogs. In the 1890s this hill became the scene of mining excitemen... [click for more]
Richard Nixon BirthplaceIn 1912 Frank and Hannah Nixon built this modest farmhouse on their small citrus ranch. Here Richard Nixon was born, January 9, 1913, and spent his fi... [click for more]
SilveradoLocated in Caņada de la Madera (Timber Canyon) was a mining boomtown founded in 1878 when silver was discovered nearby. During the colorful life of it... [click for more]
Site of First Water-to-Water FlightOn May 10, 1912, Glenn L. Martin flew his own plane, built in Santa Ana, from the waters of the Pacific Ocean at Balboa to Catalina Island. This was t... [click for more]
The Serrano AdobeCaņada de los Alisos, also called El Toro, was granted to José Serrano in 1842 by Governor Alvarado. Senor Serrano and his relatives erected a ... [click for more]
