Fairview Register October 2021
Our October 2021 newsletter is now online! Topics include "Society Elections", "1966 Highlights", "Got Ghosts?", and more. Fairview Register October 2021
The Fairview Register
The Fairview Register is the monthly publication of the Costa Mesa Historical Society. Each newsletter contains news about the society, information about upcoming events, and articles about Costa Mesa history. It’s one of the best ways to stay up-to-date on Costa Mesa history.
Below you’ll find archives of the newsletter since 2012. If you’d like to receive a newsletter in your mailbox each month, consider joining the society.
Fairview Register September 2021
Our September 2021 newsletter is now online! Topics include "Peggy Gardner," "Down Memory Lane", and "The Gibson's and Their Jersey Dairy". Fairview Register September 2021
Fairview Register April 2020
Our April 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include "Preserving History in a Pandemic", " Our Historic Moment", "Full House for House Talk", "Now That We Have Time", and more!
Fairview Register March 2020
Our March 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include "A Very Special Event at OCC’s Planetarium", "Mildred Matthews: An Oral History", "Changing Harbor Boulevard", "Visiting Dick Church’s" and more!
Fairview Register February 2020
Our February 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include "Chris Lukather on Cinderella Homes", "Phil Brigandi's Memorial", "Putting History on the Map", new board installations and more!
Fairview Register January 2020
Our January 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include "Letty Rodella on Spanish Patriots in the Revolution", "Remembering Phil Brigandi", A4-M Dedication, adobe news and more!
Fairview Register December 2019
Our December 2019 newsletter is now online. Topics include "The Year in Review", "Spanish Patriots in the American Revolution", "Making Spirits Bright: Alvin 'Pink' Pinkley’s 1978 Oral History", news & more!
Fairview Register November 2019
In the November 2019 Fairview Register, we look at Thanksgivings before the Pilgrims, Costa Mesa's Civil War veterans, Captain Gary Barnhill on the Vietnam War’s “Rolling Thunder”, and more! Fairview Register November 2019
Halloween of Yesteryear. Photo courtesy Tess Bernstein.
Fairview Register October 2019
In the October 2019 Fairview Register, we look back on the life of Refugio Leon, tell some scary stories, preview the society elections, and look forward to theater legend Tom Titus's opening of this year's Speaker Series.
Fairview Register September 2019
In the September 2019 Fairview Register, Cory Smith remembers the Imoto family, and we focus on upcoming events, report on the Heroes' Hall groundbreaking, and say farewell to this year's Concerts in the Park. Fairview Register September 2019