| Tustin Through Time - Never Delivered Manuscript - Not Published Contributor(s): Ball, Guy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1635000556 ISBN-13: 9781635000559 Publisher: America Through Time OUR PRICE: $21.84 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Physical Information: 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: Tustin is said to be a bit of calm in the storm that is the robust Southern California lifestyle. Just 60 years ago, Tustin was still primarily a family-farming community known for growing citrus crops and hosting a military base with two of the world's largest wooden blimp hangars. Residents had to drive to neighboring towns to do serious shopping. Oh, how things have changed Those farms have been converted to residential tracts. The now-closed base is being redeveloped into a booming new community of residences, retail and industry and residents have no lack of local establishments for shopping and dining. Our downtown "Old Town" business district is a collection of late-eighteen hundred and early-nineteen hundred buildings with newer infill added here and there. On nearby streets, lovingly restored Victorian mansions sit beside carefully maintained bungalows, all framed with majestic oaks and sycamores. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ball, Guy: - GUY BALL has lived in Tustin for over 24 years with his wife and their children. A technical writer by trade, he volunteers his time with the Tustin Area Historical Society as their webmaster and publicity chairman. He is also on the board of directors of the Orange County Historical Society. He has written three local history books for Arcadia Publishing: Images of America: Tustin, Images of America: Early Santa Ana, and Santa Ana in Vintage Postcards. Guy has received the California Office of Historic Preservation's Governor's Award for his bilingual Santa Ana History Coloring Book and merit awards from the Conference of California Historical Societies for using his website expertise for both the Conference and the Tustin societies. |