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| Huntington Beach Pier, April 1906 |
This weekend marked the 100th anniversary of the first recorded instance of surfing in
Orange County. (There's reason to suspect that it may have happened earlier without anyone writing it down.) In 1914, to celebrate the opening of
Huntington Beach's new concrete pier (the old wood pier, shown above, had been damaged in storms), a whole weekend of festivities were planned. Among the assorted revelry was a demonstration of surf riding by
George Freeth. This story has already gotten a lot of coverage elsewhere, so I won't flog it to death again here.
Speaking of Huntington Beach,... There will be several interconnected events on Tues., June
24, related to the
Historic Wintersburg Preservation project. First there will
be a national press conference at
Huntington Beach City Hall with mayor
Matt
Harper and the
Wintersburg Preservation Task Force. Apparently, it's "big news,"
but it's all super secret right now! Then, from
11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., 10% of your bill at
The
Red Table Restaurant (16821 Algonquin, in H.B. ) will go toward the
preservation effort. At 6:30 there will be another big announcement at The Red
Table regarding Wintersburg. Keep an eye on
HistoricWintersburg.blogspot.com
for more information.
The big birthday party to kick off Orange County's 125th anniversary celebration was a big success! The ballroom at the historic
was packed with historians, longtime residents, descendants of pioneers, two County Supervisors (
) and all sorts of other nice folks who are proud to call Orange County home. My thanks to everyone at the
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