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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Orange County, California
Adjacent to Orange County, California
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| On Moss Street west of Coast Highway, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Brimming with history, Moss Point was the home
that Colonel Edward House built as a summer
residence for his family in 1917 where it has
been virtually unknown to Laguna residents. Located on one of the most beautiful
promontories in the area, . . . — — Map (db m148258) HM |
| Near Laguna Canyon Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Home of the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters. The originator was Laguman John Hinchman. The first living pictures were presented in 1933 as The Spirit of the Masters Pageant. The Festival of Arts Association was formed in September, 1934 . . . — — Map (db m121908) HM |
| On Cliff Drive at Coast Highway (California Route 1), on the left when traveling west on Cliff Drive. Reported missing. |
| | The Laguna Beach Art Association, started by Edgar Payne, was a natural development of the art colony established about 1900. The first gallery was in Old Town Hall. The permanent gallery, constructed on this site in 1929, houses a collection of . . . — — Map (db m146972) HM |
| On Via Lomas, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Before you are the white limestone remains of an 18,000,000 year old tropical shell reef. Formed in a shallow bay, it contains fossils of scallops, clams, and tube worms. Mudstones of the same age, found nearby, held fossil whales and shark teeth. . . . — — Map (db m101952) HM |
| On Aliso Creek Bikeway north of Christina Court, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The land that today includes the cities of Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods, and a portion of Laguna Niguel, was once called Rancho Niguel. This 13,000 acre rancho, named after a Native American village located along Aliso Creek, was once owned by Don . . . — — Map (db m149732) HM |
| On Serrano Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Vivid reminders of El Toro's past are preserved in Orange County's first historic park. The Serrano Adobe (circa 1883), El Toro Grammar School (1890), St. George's Episcopal Mission (1891), and Harvey Bennett Ranch House (1908) reflect the history . . . — — Map (db m50016) HM |
| | State of California
Historic Landmark No. 199
La Casa de Adobe de Jose Serrano
Home of Jose Serrano, original grantee
of
Rancho Canada de los Alisos
Restored A.D. 1932 — — Map (db m50117) HM |
| On Serrano Road north of Lake Forrest Drive. |
| | The building and artifacts on this site are significant remnants of the history of Saddleback Valley. They serve as reminders that the efforts and accomplishments of those who lived here before us, are the basis of our communities today. — — Map (db m76718) HM |
| On Sausalito Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The first sugar beet processing plant in Orange County was built here in 1897 on land donated by the Bixby Land Company. The industry brought jobs and development that created the new town of Los Alamitos. Although nematode infestation of the sugar . . . — — Map (db m50041) HM |
| On Reagan Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The St. Isidore Catholic Parish was established in 1921. Parishioners met for services at the local Felts Market or the Harmona Hotel, whichever could accommodate them. In 1922, the parishioners asked the Bixby Land Company for a piece of the land . . . — — Map (db m89835) HM |
| On Los Alamitos Boulevard at Catalina Street, on the right when traveling south on Los Alamitos Boulevard. |
| | This nine-foot band saw is among the largest log saws ever used in the sawmill industry. It weighs over 38,000 pounds and has a blade that stretches over 56 feet in length. This saw was used to cut Douglas Fir and Ponderosa Pine logs up to ten feet . . . — — Map (db m66262) HM |
| | This spring and the sycamore trees mark the area of an adobe house and outbuilding built in the 1840s by José Serrano, whose Rancho Cañada de los Alisos stretched to the north. Within a short distance were the two adobes of Juan Avila's Rancho . . . — — Map (db m154351) HM |
| On Christiana Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The main exhibit displays a fossil right whale skull in profile. It was recovered from the marine siltstone member of the Capistrano Formation (3.5 to 5 million years old) in the 1970's right here in Mission Viejo. It is a fossil skull from the . . . — — Map (db m72036) HM |
| | Dedicated to the valiant members of the historic Mormon Battalion who stopped here on March 20, 1847, as they marched from San Diego to Los Angeles. A division of the U.S. Army of the West, these brave soldiers, trusting in God, overcame incredible . . . — — Map (db m50351) HM |
| Near Camino Largo north of Barcelona Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This park is dedicated in loving memory to Sergeant Matthew Ray Davis. A son, husband, father and hero to those he served in this community. He unselfishly gave his all to help those in need and was a dear friend to all who had the privilege of . . . — — Map (db m148344) HM |
| On Christiana Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Originally dedicated on June 4, 1977 by the Mission Viejo Cultural and Heritage Association.
The Fossil was unearthed in the southern part of the city in 1976, and is a partial skull of a Baleen whale belonging to the Bowhead or right whale . . . — — Map (db m72035) HM |
| On Modjeska Canyon Road at Olive Hill Road, on the right when traveling east on Modjeska Canyon Road. |
| | Famous as the home of Madame Modjeska, one of the world's great actresses, it was designed by Stanford White in 1888 on property called the Forest of Arden. Sold soon after her retirement, it remains a monument to the woman who contributed . . . — — Map (db m143499) HM |
| Near Modjeska Canyon Road 2 miles east of Santiago Canyon Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The peak before you is named for the outlaw Juan Flores.
Flores led a gang of bandits that terrorized this area in the
late 1850's. In January 1857, the gang murdered a shopkeeper
in San Juan Capistrano. While in pursuit of the gang, LA County . . . — — Map (db m148311) HM |
| On Main Street at East Balboa Boulevard on Main Street. |
| | This 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 Newport Bay Investment Company, it played a prominent role in the development of Newport Beach as a . . . — — Map (db m50338) HM |
| On Agate Ave at South Bay Front, on the right when traveling south on Agate Ave. |
| | First ferry service between
Balboa and Balboa Island
1909 — — Map (db m112983) HM |
| | On May 10, 1912, Glen L. Martin flew his hydroplane, built in Orange County, from the sea near the Balboa Pier to Catalina Island. This was the fastest and longest flight over water at that time.
[Original Marker, Removed in 2010:]
Glen L. . . . — — Map (db m119321) HM |
| Near San Miguel Drive 0.3 miles north of Port Sutton Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On this site, May 23, 1971, with a gathering of enthusiasts for personal human flight, began the Worldwide sport of Hang Gliding. — — Map (db m125332) HM |
| On Pacific Coast Highway 0.3 miles north of Tustin Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Santa Ana River once made an estuary along Mariner's Mile. The 1916 flood prompted efforts since to confine the river to its concrete bed on the border with Huntington Beach. A 1920 county bond issue enhanced the dredging of the bay to establish . . . — — Map (db m81924) HM |
| | The original wharf at this site was completed in the winter of 1888-89 and was connected by railroad with the hinterland in the winter of 1890-91. It served as a shipping and distributing point for Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties . . . — — Map (db m146157) HM |
| On Pacific Coast Highway (California Route 1) at Bayshore Drive, on the right when traveling east on Pacific Coast Highway. |
| | On 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 Sternwheel steamer Vaquero. The landing was designated "Newport" - a new port - by James . . . — — Map (db m157267) HM |
| On Washington Street at Palm Street on Washington Street. |
| | Built near this site in 1928, the Rendezvous became a showcase for Big Bands, especially during "Bal Week." For 38 years, the sounds of dance music echoed from this block-long ballroom, which was destroyed by fire in 1966. The music and dancing have . . . — — Map (db m50019) HM |
| On Jamboree Ave at Santa Barbara Dr, on the right when traveling north on Jamboree Ave. |
| | The site of the 3rd
National Boy Scout Jamboree
held on the Irvine Ranch
July 17-23, 1953 — — Map (db m112984) HM |
| Near University Drive. Reported permanently removed. |
| |
Over 500 tons of salt produced per season! The upper end of Newport Bay was developed into a commercial Salt Works by the Irvine Company in 1934 to produce water softener salt. The plant was leased by the Western Salt Company in 1950.
. . . — — Map (db m148658) HM |
| Near University Drive east of Irvine Avenue. |
| | Lured to California by gold, Irish immigrant James Irvine instead made a fortune in real estate. Near the end of the Civil War, he and his partners bought two failing ranchos — one included the Upper Newport Bay estuary totaling 96,000 acres. . . . — — Map (db m148657) HM |
| On Crystal Cove near Pacific Coast Highway. |
| | The early to mid-twentieth century cottages in this last self-contained Southern California beachfront recreational community reflect a unique vernacular architectural design emblematic of "architecture without architects." — — Map (db m131231) HM |
| On Red Hill Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 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 excitement. Its soil composition, very red in color, had caused early American settlers to name it Red Hill. . . . — — Map (db m51966) HM |
| On Red Hill Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A promontory which served as a landmark for early travelers. It was called "Katuktu" by the Indians. — — Map (db m52087) HM |
| On South Rancho Santiago Boulevard south of North Hewes Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Juan Pablo Grijalva, a Spanish soldier, came to California with the Anza Expedition in 1776. On this hill he built one of the first adobes in what is now Orange County. In 1801 he petitioned for use of the land that became the Rancho Santiago de . . . — — Map (db m50040) HM |
| | Indians gathered acorns here long before Columbus' time. In 1897, James Irvine, Jr. gave the people their long-time favorite "picnic grounds." The original 160-acre grove was known as Orange County Park until 1928. — — Map (db m94658) HM |
| On North Orange Olive Road at East Lincoln Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Orange Olive Road. |
| | Portola camped on bank of Santa Ana River in 1769. Jose Antonio Yorba, member of expedition, later returned to Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. El Camino Real crossed river in this vicinity. Place was designated Santa Ana by travelers, and known by . . . — — Map (db m50302) HM |
| | This pioneering water project, a model of efficiency and economy, was first built of clay in 1879. After flood damage, it was rebuilt with rock and concrete in 1892. Each dam reached down to bedrock, forcing ground water to the surface where it was . . . — — Map (db m50028) HM |
| On East Palm Circle, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This is the home of Albert Sumner Bradford, built in 1902 on his Tesoro Rancho. Bradford founded the town of Placentia, helped to bring the railroad, and was president of the Chamber of Commerce from its beginning to his death in 1933. He organized . . . — — Map (db m50005) HM |
| On Macadamia Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
| | These Australian nut-producing trees are the oldest Macadamia tetraphylla in California. They were planted prior to 1890 by a local spiritualist health colony, the Societas Fraternia. Members experimented with many varieties of fruits and nuts to . . . — — Map (db m50018) HM |
| Near Avenida Granada west of Avenida Del Mar. |
| | Two miles inland from this point, in Los Cristianitos Valley, the first Christian baptism in Alta California was performed by Padre Francisco Gómez, a member of the Portolá Expedition, in 1769. — — Map (db m145307) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano, on the right when traveling north. |
| | An historic landmark uniting the "Miguel Yorba Adobe" 1778 "Juzgado" (Court and Jail) 1812 — — Map (db m51945) HM |
| On Los Rios Street at River Street, on the right when traveling south on Los Rios Street. |
| | Circa 1890-1900
Restoration 1980
In memory of
Delfina Olivares
Matriarch of the San Juan
Capistrano Historical Society — — Map (db m148346) HM |
| On El Camino Real, on the right when traveling north. |
| | May date back to 1794. It was part of two buildings known as Hacienda Aguilar. This adobe is associated with Don Blas Aguilar, the last Alcalde (Mayor) of the Mexican period. — — Map (db m51943) HM |
| On Verdugo Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1894, renovated in 1974-75 as a restaurant. The original Mission style, one of the first stations to use it, was retained. The interior is so small freight and passenger cars were added, and the exterior of the platform enclosed in glass to . . . — — Map (db m149785) HM |
| On Verdugo Street north of Los Rios Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Built in 1878 in Forester City (near San Onofre). Moved to San Juan Capistrano in 1882, it has served as a general store, post office and residence. — — Map (db m148409) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This 1830 structure is typical of San Juan Capistrano adobes of this period; thick walls and a wood shingle roof. The house was purchased by Domingo Oyharzabal in 1880 and occupied by his family for over 100 years. — — Map (db m51939) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Neo-Victorian, built in 1883 by Richard Egan, surveyor, school trustee and justice of the peace. Rebuilt in 1898 after a fire. Known as "Harmony Hall", it served as Judge Egan's home, office and courtroom until his death in 1923. — — Map (db m51940) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano at Forster Street, on the right when traveling north on Camino Capistrano. |
| | Esslinger building was constructed in 1939 by Dr. Paul Esslinger after he was inspired by a 1937 trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The medical building was constructed using poured-in-place concrete and is one of the best examples of Streamline . . . — — Map (db m159729) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Built in the 1840's by Manuel Garcia, it originally had a second story over only half of the ground floor. In 1880 the remaining space was covered by a second floor and a balcony was added. It was a post office in the 1870's, a hotel from 1880 to . . . — — Map (db m149789) HM |
| On El Camino Real, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
[Eastern Side]
Historic Town Center Park
Today the San Juan Capistrano down town and Mission San Juan Capistrano are situated on the site of the Juaneño village of Acjachema. History explains that in 1769 the first Spanish . . . — — Map (db m51947) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano 0.2 miles south of Ortega Highway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Egan House was constructed in 1883 by Judge Richard Egan. Also known as “Harmony Hall”, the story-and-a-half Renaissance Revival building served as the town courthouse, as well as Judge Egan’s private residence on the upper story. The . . . — — Map (db m159731) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in the 1840's by Manuel Garcia, a Portuguese merchant, this is the only surviving Monterey style adobe in Orange County. Owned by the Oyharzabal family since 1880, its uses have included: French Hotel, a general store and the town's first . . . — — Map (db m50007) HM |
| On Ortega Highway at Camino Capistrano, on the left when traveling east on Ortega Highway. |
| | Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in 1776 by Saint
Serra. As the seventh of the 21 California missions, and the
only mission in Orange County, it hosts the State's most
historically significant chapel, Serra Chapel (1782) and the
ruins of . . . — — Map (db m148351) HM |
| Near Ortega Highway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | "Jewel of the Missions" founded on November 1, 1776 by father Junipero Serra, most renown and most beautiful of the California Missions, Quaint little Serra Chapel is California's oldest building still in use. The magnificent ruins of the Great . . . — — Map (db m149788) HM |
| On Los Rios Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Constructed in 1794 as one of forty adobes built to house mission Indians. Named for Polonia Montanez, a nineteenth century resident. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Dunivin. Preserved by San Juan Capistrano Historical Society. Restored in 1981 by . . . — — Map (db m148348) HM |
| On Los Rios Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in the 1880's, this Victorian house was one of the town's first wooden buildings. It was moved from its original location across the tracks and about a block south. The building was restored in 1979. — — Map (db m149786) HM |
| Near Stonehill Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Situated below this hill, directly below the hotel, is the Pablo Pryor Adobe-Hide House. Built perhaps as early as 1790, it is possibly the oldest standing adobe in California. During the Rancho period, it was used for storing cattle hide from the . . . — — Map (db m125441) HM |
| On Los Rios Street at Verdugo Crossing, on the left when traveling north on Los Rios Street. |
| | Built in 1794 for Feliciano Rios, a
Spanish soldier based at the San Juan
Capistrano Mission, it is the oldest
home continuously occupied by one
family in the state of California. — — Map (db m148345) HM |
| On Los Rios Street south of River Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This jail cell was built in 1896 to serve as a holding cell for miscreants on their way to County jail. Originally located on the west side of Camino Capistrano at the intersection with Ortega Highway, it was the scene of several jailbreaks and one . . . — — Map (db m137613) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano (State Highway 74) at Ortega Highway on Camino Capistrano. |
| | Founded in 1776 by Padre Junipero Serra. The seventeenth in the chain of twenty-one missions established in Alta California to Christianize and civilize the Indians. Stone church destroyed in 1812 earthquake. Expropriated during Mexican rule. . . . — — Map (db m50226) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Antonio Valenzuela, early pioneer of the town of San Juan Capistrano, built the adobe in the early 1840s, probably on the ruins of a mission Indian adobe dating to the 1790s. Later Valenzuela family members worked as local cowboys or vaqueros. The . . . — — Map (db m149787) HM |
| On Ortega Highway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Va. Jhs Ma. Jph
The Mission of San Juan Capistrano which is about to be established in the valley of the same name or in its vicinity between the Missions of San Diego & San Gabriel of the Earthquakes, about twenty leagues from both & too . . . — — Map (db m148353) HM |
| On Verdugo Street at Los Rios Street, on the left when traveling west on Verdugo Street. |
| | The Los Rios Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places April 4, 1983. This District includes 31 historic structures which line both sides of the street from Del Obispo to Mission Street. The District's registered . . . — — Map (db m149784) HM |
| On West Santa Ana Boulevard at North Broadway, on the right when traveling west on West Santa Ana Boulevard. |
| | Built in 1900 of Arizona red sandstone, this is the oldest existing county courthouse in Southern California. Significant and far-reaching court decisions were handed down here, including the "Whipstock" case which dealt with slant oil drilling, . . . — — Map (db m50526) HM |
| On West 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Here on October 10, 1869, his 40th birthday, William H. Spurgeon climbed a sycamore tree to inspect this mustard covered valley. Impressed, he bought 74.9 acres of the Santiago de Santa Ana, and laid out a townsite between First and Seventh, . . . — — Map (db m49991) HM |
| On North Bush Street. Reported missing. |
| | Santa Ana's oldest assembly on its original site was completed on 1888 and dedicated Easter 1889. Consecrated by Bishop Joseph Johnson October 31, 1887, with Rev. W.B. Burrows, Rector. The building was designed of redwood by Ernest Coxhead with . . . — — Map (db m49983) HM |
| On Ocean Avenue at Electric Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Ocean Avenue. |
| | Soon after the founding of the Mother Colony at Anaheim in 1857, Anaheim Landing was established as a port of entry for the Santa Ana Valley by the Anaheim Landing Co. Despite the treacherous entrance conditions which caused several disasters, . . . — — Map (db m50304) HM |
| On Electric Avenue, in the median. |
| | The Pacific Electric Southern District was completed in 1902. In 1903 Philip A. Stanton organized the Bay City Land Co. which developed the townsite of Bay City. "Red Car" service began in 1904 transporting tourists and early residents. The town was . . . — — Map (db m49989) HM |
| On Seal Beach Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | U.S. Submarine Veterans W.W. II
National Memorial West — — Map (db m50404) HM |
| On Silverado Canyon Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Santa Ana Mountains, which encompass the canyons of Silverado, Modjeska and Trabuco, provided one of the last refuges for the state symbol, the Grizzly Bear.
At the turn of the century, beekeeping was an important local industry, providing . . . — — Map (db m78516) HM |
| On Silverado Canyon Road. |
| | Located in Canada de la Madera (Timber Canyon), Silverado was a mining boom town founded in 1787 when silver was discovered nearby. During the colorful life of the boom, 1878-1881, miners, flocking to the area, established a thriving community, . . . — — Map (db m50344) HM |
| On Silverado Canyon Road 1.2 miles east of Santiago Canyon Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1881, after the Southern Pacific took over the Santa Clara Coal Mine northeast of here, a bustling mining camp complete with hotel, saloons, shacks, store, and post office sprang up on these flats. Three years later the mine played out and . . . — — Map (db m154585) HM |
| On West Cerritos Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101473) HM |
| On El Camino Real at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on El Camino Real. |
| | Born in Philadelphia in 1826, Columbus Tustin was the City's founder
and namesake. He met his wife Mary in Sonoma County, California
and moved to Southern California with their children. He worked as a
carriage maker, miner, farmer, postmaster, . . . — — Map (db m148653) HM |
| On West Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This church is the oldest in Tustin, having been in continuous service since 1881. The original sanctuary contains pews which came around the Horn from the East Coast by sailing ship. — — Map (db m50010) HM |
| | Under this tree General Andres Pico hung two banditos of the Flores Gang in 1857. — — Map (db m155232) HM |
| On South B Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South B Street. |
| | This 14-room Victorian mansion was built by prominent California pioneer David Hewes (1822-1915). Known as the "Maker of San Francisco," he donated golden spike at Promontory Point and contributed greatly to local civic, church, and agricultural . . . — — Map (db m148782) HM |
| On Westminster Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This board and batten house, built in 1874 as a drugstore by Dr. James McCoy, first physician of Westminster Colony (founded 1870 by Rev. L.P. Webber), was the home of Marie Larter Hare, local educator, from 1912 to 1984. Restored in 1976 by . . . — — Map (db m59556) HM |
| On Westminster Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (Circa 1929) Bolsa Avenue and Monroe
Midway City, California
Midway City Women's Club
Organized 1928 - Federated 1935 - Incorporated 1935
Primary purpose: To promote moral, educational, welfare and civic measures.
Donated to Westminster . . . — — Map (db m59907) HM |
| On Brookhurst Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built by Charles R. Post in 1937 to reclaim farmlands ruined by floods, the Post Brothers' Plow is considered to be the world's largest plow. Measuring 37 ft. long, 12 ft. high, and 11 ft. wide, with a blade of 86 in. it was pulled by five 100 . . . — — Map (db m50008) HM |
| On Westminster Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m59908) HM |
| On Westminster Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m59905) HM |
| | President of the United States of America. Inaugurated January 20, 1969. Inaugurated for second term January 20, 1973. We are proud of our native son, a man who has spared nothing of himself to help build a great nation. — — Map (db m82467) HM |
| Near Santa Ana Canyon Road. |
| | Water from the Santa Ana River was largely responsible for the transformation of this arid valley into productive agricultural land. Irrigation companies in Orange County were in operation as early as the 1860s. The two largest were the Santa Ana . . . — — Map (db m59529) HM |
| On Yorba Linda Boulevard at Eureka Avenue on Yorba Linda Boulevard. |
| | In 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 first nine years. He served his country as Congressman, U.S. Senator, Vice President, and 37th . . . — — Map (db m50342) HM |
| On Esperanza Road at Fairmont Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Esperanza Road. |
| | On this land, portion of Santa Ana grant awarded by King of Spain 1810 to Jose Antonio Yorba, and additional grants to his son by Governor Jose Figueroa 1834, was created Hacienda of Don Bernardo Yorba. Greatest ranchero of golden age, Bernardo . . . — — Map (db m50305) HM |
| On Parkwood Court, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1858, Don Bernardo Yorba, son of one of the first land grantees in Southern California and major landowner in his own right, set aside this land as a cemetery. For almost a century, members of many early California families were buried here. — — Map (db m50009) HM |
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