tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853702199123555252024-02-08T09:17:56.522-08:00Historic HighlightsThe Tustin Area Historical Society (TAHS)TAHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376576879113012129noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885370219912355525.post-81125760975301055552010-02-20T00:09:00.000-08:002010-05-22T11:29:32.158-07:00Tustin Time Line<span style="font-size:85%;">Tustin Time Line:<br /><br />1801 - The Spanish Empire granted 62,500 acres (253 km2) to<br />Jose Antonio Yorba, which he named Rancho San Antonio.<br />Yorba's great rancho included the lands where the cities of Orange,<br />Villa Park, Santa Ana, Tustin, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach stand today.<br /><br />1868 - Columbus Tustin and his partner, Nelson O. Stafford,<br />purchased 1300 acres of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana<br /><br />1868 through 1872 - Tustin set about establishing "Tustin City"<br />1872 - Tustin City Post Office<br />1877 - Tustin competes for <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/southern-pacific.htm">Southern-Pacific Railroad</a> southern terminus<br />1880's - Land boom helps expand "Tustin City"<br />1881 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/first-advent-church.htm">First Advent Christian Church of Tustin</a><br />1882 - The Tustin Prebyterian Church<br />1882 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/knights-of-pythias2.htm">Knights of Pythias</a> > <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/knights-of-pythias.htm">More</a><br />1883 - Columbus Tustin dies<br />1884 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/red-hill.htm">The Rattlesnake Hill Mercury Mine</a><br />1886 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/early-transport.htm">First street car pulled into Tustin</a> (Public Transportation)<br />1887 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/Water-Service.htm">Tustin Water Works</a><br />1887 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/bank-of-tustin.htm">Bank of Tustin</a><br />1888 - The Tustin Hotel - (Razed in 1914)<br />1890's - Tustin well established an agricultural community. Groves of<br />apricots and walnuts gradually were replaced by Valencia oranges.<br />1890 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/library-2009.htm">First Tustin Libray</a> (Reading Room in the Tustin Grammar School )<br />1890 - Constable William Jerome (One person - no Police Dept.)<br />1891 - 1894 (To be filled in)<br />1895 - Justice, Leander Sleeper *<br />1900 - Firts cement sidewalk (*Utts's Store / By William Jerome Sr.)<br />1905 - Telephones & Electricty (*The Rancho San Joaquin Gazette-Oct 1918)<br />1907 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/c-e-utt.htm">The Utt Juice company</a> (Razed in 2007)<br />1908 - Homes numbered<br />1912 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/blacksmith.htm">Tustin Blacksmith Shop</a> (245 South C. Street)<br />1914 - Tustin Grammer School<br />1915 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/fire-station.htm">Volunteer Fire Department</a><br />1915 - The Tustin Garage</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1915 - Asphalt on Main Street (*The Rancho San Joaquin Gazette -Oct 1918)<br />1916-1921 (To be filled in)<br />1922 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/tustin-high.htm">Tustin Union High School</a><br />1925 - The Knights of Pytias Building (On site of Ed Utts home)<br />1926 -<br />1927 - The population had topped 900 and the voters deemed<br />it was time to incorporate. The new City Council elected<br />Byron Crawford the first mayor and hired "Big John" Stanton as<br />the police force. The volunteer firemen continued to serve,<br />using Sam Tustin's converted 1912 Buick fire truck<br />(now on display in the Tustin Area Museum).<br />1928 to 1930 (To be filled in)<br />1931 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/fire-station.htm">The Fire Department Building</a> (145 West Third)<br />1933 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/earthquake.htm">Earthquake<br /></a>1934 to 1941 (To be filled in)<br />1942 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/photos-lta.htm">Santa Ana Naval Air Station </a><br />1955 - <a href="http://tustinhistory.com/articles/freeway.htm">5 freeway opened</a><br />1961 - Jamestown Village<br />1970 - Population 32,000<br />1971 - 1996 (This area to be filled in)<br />1997 - Closure of the Marine Corps Air Station<br />2009 - Approximate total population of 74,825<br /></span>TAHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376576879113012129noreply@blogger.com0