FIRST -- Flight of a Powered Aircraft - Lake Forest, CA
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N 33° 38.819 W 117° 41.387
11S E 436036 N 3723229
One of many historical markers at Heritage Hill Historical Park in Lake Forest, Califorina.
Waymark Code: WM15YQA
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2022
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The plaque says, "Arriving from Boston in 1884, Dwight Whiting began buying the foreclosed upon acreage of Rancho Cañada de los Alisos. He augmented the crops with dry- farmed orchards of olives and apricots and subdivided the land. Intent on establishing an English colony and attracting people to it, he built the church you see, St. George Episcopal Mission, in 1891.
Other visionaries influenced the development of Saddleback Valley as well. In 1877, Charles Bennett purchased land that included water rights from Aliso Creek. That water eventually found its way via pipeline to El Toro, ushering in the development of the rural town. The school you see, El Toro School, was built in 1890.
Around 1910, John Osterman introduced the water-thrifty black-eye bean to the valley farmers. Those beans, as well as barley, apricots, and walnuts dominated the valley landscape. While these crops fueled the local economy, the farmers' gut instincts fueled the practice of dry-farming. Until water supplies were secured, people would need to gamble with the weather.
Other Events
1879
Thomas Edison filed a U.S. Patent for an electric lamp.
1886
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated
1903
The Wright Brothers achieved the first flight of a powered aircraft."
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