Guide to the Collection on the Development of Newport Beach, California MS.R.142
1842 | Jose Andres Sepulveda acquires Rancho San Joaquin (including the Newport Upper Bay and most of the mainland shoreline of the lower bay) through a Mexican land grant. |
1864 | Joss Sepulveda sells holdings to partners Flint, Bixby and Irvine. |
1870 | The Steamer Vaquero enters Newport Bay; a landing is established and the area is named Newport. |
1876 | James Irvine acquires what becomes the Irvine Ranch from his partners, the land and areas that will later become the City of Newport Beach . |
1888 | The McFadden brothers build an ocean wharf. |
1889 | The McFadden brothers move their shipping business from inside the bay to the new outside landing on the peninsula. |
1903-1907 | The subdivisions of Newport are established as West Newport, East Newport, Bay Island, Balboa, Corona del Mar, Balboa Island, and Port Orange. |
1905 | The Pacific Electric Railroad reaches Newport, establishing a connection between Los Angeles and Newport. |
1906 | Newport Beach becomes a city and annexes Balboa. |
1910 | The McFadden brothers sell Newport, Lido, and Balboa Island. |
1921 | The Santa Ana River is rechanneled from Newport Bay to the sea. |
1922 | The first sanitary sewers are installed. |
1923 | Corona del Mar is annexed by the city of Newport Beach and the Eddie Martin Airport opens (now John Wayne Airport). |
1926 | The Coast Highway opens. |
1941 | The Metropolitan River District begins receiving water via the Colorado River Aqueduct. |
1943 | El Toro Marine Base opens, attracting thousand of recruits to the area with many settling in the Newport area. |
1950 | Monies are secured for the construction of Hoag Hospital in Newport. |
1958 | Hughes semiconductor plant, Ford Aeronautics, and Newport Dunes open. |
1959 | Newporter Inn opens. |
1960 | The first high rise apartment development opens. |
1965 | UC Irvine opens with 1,600 students. |
1967 | Fashion Island opens. |
1971 | Voters reject building a freeway through the city. Fun Zone is saved from redevelopment, thus marking the beginning of a preservation and anti-growth movement. |
1973 | Orange County bus lines are extended to Newport. |
1976 | Sheraton Hotel builds a 300 room complex on Emkay Development Company land. |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Subjects and Indexing Terms
City of Newport Beach Planning and Development records
City of Newport Beach Annual Activity Report 1966
City of Newport Beach Development Policies and Land Use Plan-DRAFT report 1980 November 6
City of Newport Beach Emergency Disaster Plan 1977 April
City of Newport Beach Emergency Operations Plan 1981 June
City of Newport Beach Parking Demand Study: Newporter Inn and Sheraton report 1974 May
City of Newport Beach Planning Commission report on issue identification and work programs 1978 July
Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce promotional publication 1970
Newport Beach City Council Annual Reports 1971-1977
Newport Beach City Council rulings 1975 and undated
Newport Beach Long Range Planning Report 1969
Newport Beach Planned Community reports
Addendum Environmental Impact Report for Sea Island Townhome Project report 1978 October
Block 800 Planned Community District for the Newport Center report 1979 April
Broadmoor Pacific View Planned Community District Regulations report 1976
Emkay Development Company Planned Community Development Standards report undated
The Irvine Company Planned Community District Regulations reports 1973-1978
Versailles on the Bluffs at Newport Planned Community District Regulations report 1970
Newport Beach Zoning Code manual 1969 October 15
Newport Center Corporate Plaza agenda for Public Hearing Item No. 2 1975 September 22
Newport Center / Fashion Island Transit Needs Study 1979
Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce publications
Lookout, Action Report for Business and Community Leaders 1986 November
Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce civic directories 1981-1982, 1974-1975
Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce membership directory 1979, 1982
Related Orange County Materials
County of Orange Environmental Management Agency report 1981 December
Friends of Weir Canyon newsletters 1978 July
Huntington Beach planning maps undated
Irvine Chamber of Commerce Business Connection Newsletter 1986 January
Orange County Harbor District Thirtieth Anniversary Commemorative Report 1964
Orange County Labor Magazine, vol. I, No. 5 undated
Orange County voter ephemera 1995 June and undated