Bill Boyd – Cheers Bill
The Dana Point Historical Society has lost a dedicated member and volunteer. Niguel Shores resident Bill Boyd died of cancer on September 29 due to complications of a melanoma discovered in August of 2007. Bill was one of three children born to John and Martha Boyd on January 17, 1933, in Long Beach, California. He was a veteran, serving in the United States Navy after high school and subsequently attending Compton Community College and Chapman College before his lifelong career with the California Department of Motor Vehicles, from which he retired in 1996. Bill married his college...
read moreDoris Walker-Smith
Doris Walker is co-founder of the Dana Point Historical Society. Her books are now available for sale at the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce, and sales of her books benefit the Historical Society! Doris Walker is experiencing a year to remember! She was just named the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year. “She is our very own award-winning historian, our connection to the past and our bridge to our future,” Jim Miller said in summarizing her accomplishments at the awards banquet last month. Walker’s newest book, appropriately named Dana Point (cover shown below), has...
read moreMitch Higginbotham Tuskegee Airman
One of the Dana Point Historical Society’s Own Members, Mitchell “Mitch” Higginbotham, enters history and is jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the nation’s highest honors, by President Bush and Congress on March 29, 2007. Mitch Higginbotham is pictured 4th from the right To Lt. Joseph Wilson, Jr. From Lili Bernard Ferguson, © “Three Fronts” 9/16/96 Los Angeles Pictured Left to Right: Osborne Colbert (761st), Franklin Garrido (784th), Curtis James (Buffalo Soldier), William Melton (In Wheel Chair – Tuskegee Airman – 332nd), Bill Ellis...
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The Dana Point Historical Society advocates to formally acknowledge the collection of historic buildings that contribute to the eclectic visual character of the community and serve as reminders of Dana Point’s rich and colorful past, for the enrichment of current and future generations. Dana Point’s historic buildings give a sense continuity and security to the citizens of Dana Point.