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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/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/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…