Fairview Register April 2019
Stanley Paher on Ghost Towns, Dave Gardner’s 90th, Willard T. Jordan’s Lost Landmarks, Craig MacDonald Recap and more !
Fairview Register March 2019
Adobe Plaque Dedication, Craig MacDonald on Trailblazing Women, Remembering Betty Jean Beecher and more!
Fairview Register February 2019
Adobe Plaque Dedication, Heroes Hall Anniversary, Mildred Fisher, Lucille Pinkley & More!
Fairview Register January 2019
Jim Kubalik on Richard Nixon, Mesa Verde Country Club: Year One, Remembering Patricia Miller, Call for Fashion Info, and More!
Tales of Roy E. June
Roy E. June was a city attorney for the city of Costa Mesa and a great storyteller. We've compiled a few tales from his 1979 oral history.
Detail from a 1938 photo of students and parents at the Japanese school in Costa Mesa. L-to-R: B. Omori, M. Inokuchi, S. Kanno, Kaz Kuirhara, S. Kurihara, K. Shigaki, Unknown.
Japanese Costa Mesans, 1920-1942
You may have heard of the postwar Japanese-Costa Mesans like the Sakiokas and the Iwamotos. But how much do you know about the Japanese who lived here before World War II – the Hiratas, Yamamis, Omoris, Ikedas, and Kuriharas?
Willard Jordan, AIA, called Nabers Cadillac at 2600 Harbor Boulevard “as good as I have ever designed.”
The Lost Landmarks of Mayor Willard T. Jordan
We look at the lost legacy of Mayor Willard T. Jordan's favorite architectural designs.
John Plumbley congratulates Lilah Curtis, Arlene Verfurth, and Ruby Spangler.
Mesa Verde Country Club: Year One
For its 60th birthday, we go back to 1959, the first year of the Costa Mesa institution.
Nixon Library and Gardens (via Wikimedia Commons)
Jim Kubalik on Richard Nixon
Join us for a delicious meal and a lively talk at 6 p.m. Friday, January 25, as docent Jim Kubalik of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum traces Nixon's Orange County roots, meteoric rise in politics, and presidency.
Nixon Library and Gardens (via Wikimedia Commons)
Fairview Register for December 2018
Take a look back at the past year, buy your tickets to the upcoming installation dinner, and learn about the society's archive and collection process in the December 2018 Fairview Register.