Yorba Linda in Orange County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Roland E. Bigonger

1926-1997

Photographed by Adam Margolis, April 14, 2022

1. Roland E. Bigonger Marker

Inscription. Roland Bigonger will always be remembered as one of the founding fathers of Yorba Linda. A resident of the City for 36 years, he was elected to the first City Council in 1967 and served as the City's first Mayor. He went on to serve over eight years on the Council.

Roland Bigonger was a man of great warmth, loyalty and dedication. As a lawyer, he challenged others in his profession to adopt his own high standards of ethics and fairness. He applied these same standards to his personal life as well and let a legacy to his family end community of always giving more them he received.

His greatest community accomplishment was founding the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation in 1988 and helping to secure a national treasure for the people of Yorba Linda.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1967.

Location. 33° 52.323′ N, 117° 47.694′ W. Marker is in Yorba Linda, California, in Orange County. It is on Parkside Dr., on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorba Linda CA 92886, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles

and in the Peninsular Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Yorba Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); History Speaks Softly (approx.

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0.8 miles away); Site of Don Bernardo Yorba Hacienda (approx. one mile away); Space Shuttle Accident (approx. 1.2 miles away); This Boulder (approx. 1.4 miles away); Peralta Adobe (approx. 1.7 miles away); Yorba Linda (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum Vietnam Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorba Linda.

Photographed by Adam Margolis, April 14, 2022

2. Roland E. Bigonger Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 707 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 24, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.