Dana Point Historical Society


Home	*We Welcome You to the Dana Point Historical Society!* *** * * * * Save the Date! 2008 Annual Home Tour "A Romantic Stroll through Historic Homes & Gardens on the Bluff above Dana Point Harbor" Sunday, October 5, 2008 Be a Sponsor...Promote Your Business & the Society! Click here! Walk along the historic streets of romantic Dana Point. Visit the historic and contemporary homes on charming Santa Clara and walk the historic tree-lined El Camino Capistrano with its bluff-top homes and lovely gardens. * * * * * Our Next Monthly Meeting Founders Day!** The Dana Point Historical Society will celebrate its Seventh Annual Founders Day on May 28, 2008. This event honors a Dana Point resident who has contributed to and been active in our community. Past honorees have been Harry Otsubo, Colene Schwandt, Terri & Roxie Lucarelli, Liz & Bill Bamattre, Robert Moore and Helen & Mel Pierce. This year’s honoree will be announced in our May newsletter, The News Drogher. The event will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Dana Point Tennis Center , 24911 Calle De Tennis, Dana Point. Phone 248-8121 for more information. *** * * * * Our New Meeting Place for 2008 The Dana Point Historical Society will meet regularly on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except March and June) at 7pm at: Dana Hills Tennis Center 24911 Calle De Tennis Dana Point, California Directions are here. * * * * * Our New Projects Page The Dana Point Historical Society has many diverse and exciting projects for your review and interest. These projects are described here. * * * * * Our Featured Founding Member** Doris Walker is a founding member of the Historical Society. Her books, including the newest shown above, are now available for sale at the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce, and sales of her books benefit the Historical Society! Doris Walker's current events and the cover and forward of her latest book, "Dana Point, Images of America", may be found here. A short biographical sketch and a list of her books may be found here. * * * * * Our Newsletters See our current "goings on" in our most recent Newsletters. *** * * * * Our New Member Profiles Read in Our Member Profiles about one of the Dana Point Historical Society's Own Members, Mitchell "Mitch" Higginbotham, who enters history himself and is jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the nation's highest honors, by President Bush and Congress in 2007 here. * * * * * Read Bruce Beal's History of Surfing & Oceanic History in Dana Point: Parts: I II III IV V VI * * * * * Read Terry Walsh's History of the Dramatic Lives of Edward & Ned Doheny and their Part in the History of Dana Point: Here * * * * * The Dana Point Historical Society Wins Best Local Entry & Celebrates the Surfing Heritage of Dana Point at the 2006 Whale Festival Parade: Here * * * * * Join us for our monthly General Meetings featuring various speakers on historical topics every 4th Monday of each month, 7 pm at Dana Hills Tennis Center, 24911 Calle De Tennis, Dana Point, California Directions are here. See you "Hysterical Buffs" at our monthly meetings! Please Note:** The Museum is presently being relocated, and will soon be resurrected as a reference library where vintage photographs, books, maps, exhibits, oral histories and other artifacts are collected and exhibited. Books, photos, along with other gift items, such as Dana Point Historical Society shirts, are for sale. The Museum is staffed by volunteers and all proceeds benefit the Dana Point Historical Society.
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