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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM281O_hang-gliding_Newport-Beach-CA.html
On this site, May 23, 1971, with a gathering of enthusiasts for personal human flight, began the worldwide sport of Hang Gliding.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24W1_first-ferry-service-between-balboa-and-balboa-island_Newport-Beach-CA.html
First ferry service between
Balboa and Balboa Island
1909
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24VZ_balboa-village_Newport-Beach-CA.html
The Pavilion, built in 1905, and this building were prominent features of Balboa Village in 1918. Henry Huntington's Red Car Trolleys ran regular schedules between the Balboa Terminus and points north to Los Angeles.
Today the Pavilion architec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24UI_site-of-3rd-national-boy-scout-jamboree_Newport-Beach-CA.html
The site of the 3rd
National Boy Scout Jamboree
held on the Irvine Ranch
July 17-23, 1953
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JTX_mariners-mile_Newport-Beach-CA.html
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 establi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JTW_the-salt-works_Newport-Beach-CA.html
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.
Seawater +…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZC_old-landing_Newport-Beach-CA.html
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 Irvine, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZ5_balboa-pavilion_Newport-Beach-CA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZ3_mcfadden-newport-wharf_Newport-Beach-CA.html
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 un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZ2_first-water-to-water-flight_Newport-Beach-CA.html
Glen L. Martin flew his own plane, built in Santa Ana, from the waters of the Pacific Ocean at Balboa to Catalina Island, May 10, 1912. This was the first water-to-water flight and the longest and fastest over-water flight to that date. Martin, on…