Off Off topic question but What or how the heck did the place you live in get called YORBA LINDA????? (in my best Chong voice) sounds really cosmic man...hey man pass that over here :D Wow man that is some really good ..... :bs less the bull man :D

 

Also the home of the drag racer whose mouth goes faster than my vette...what is his name? Oh yeah.......John Force.

 

Ron,

You come from a country where there are towns called "Medicine Hat", "Flin Flon", "Moose Jaw" and "Quebec", and YOU're woofin' on Yorba Linda? Be serious!

Anyway, legend has it that a cowboy uttered this phrase after visiting a fallen angle named Linda in a house of ill repute: "Yorba Linda! You said you wuz gonna take your teeth out!"

Bill

 

Thats not bad some of the places in Pennsatuky, i mean Pennsllyvania are Middlesex, Intercorse. How would you like to live there :D

Tom MCcabe

 

In Texas we have Cut N Shoot, Dime Box, Old Dime Box, Cactus, (was born there). I have some cousins who live in Hooker, OK. :yesnod:

 

Bill, you forgot Grand forks(it aint so grand) Whistler, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, "Spuzzum", Point No Point (makes sense to me :lol: ) , But I think them Texans take the cake when it comes to odd ball names :crazy: Im sure Chuck can add a few beut's to the mix here. :lol:

 

Ron,

You asked. Once upon a time, a long time ago, Mexico, our NAFTA partners to the south, owned most of what is now California. In 1769 the Spanish occupation began, the title to the land, under the laws of the Indies, went to the King of Spain. In 1822 the Mexicans revolted against Spain, and the Mexican Empire was formed. In 1823 that empire turned into a federal republic. In what is now Orange County, large tracks of land were “granted” for ranches.

In 1834 Rancho Canon de Santa Ana was granted to Bernardo Yorba by Jose Figueroa the Mexican Governor of California. In 1848, California was “ceded” to the US by Mexico in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Yorba’s title was upheld and he now owned 13,328 acres. In 1907, Jacob Stern, a Fullerton resident and owner of portions of the former Yorba lands, sold a large area to the Janss Corporation. The Janss Corporation subdivided this property and named the new town "Yorba Linda". "Yorba" after the early land grant family and "Linda" meaning pretty in Spanish. In 1940 the Kramer family bought portions of the ranch and as they say, the rest is history. Yorba Linda was incorporated in 1967 as a city in Orange County, with about 60,000 folks now.

My civics lesson for the day. :hat

Don

P.S. We're also home to the Nixon Library (he was born here)
:rolleyes:


[Modified by Don O'Connell, 2:31 PM 8/11/2001]

 

Don,

That was interesting.

Bill

 

Don, Well well well I too learned something today :yesnod: I think I liked Bill's house of ill-repute thingy better but I guess we will go with yours, only cuz you had the dates and a few more names. Thanks for the lesson buddy.

So I guess the next question is for Bill and how he knew that Linda had no real teeth Hmmmmmmm :D

 

Ron,

And to think of it, I moved here from Mira Loma, CA. :crazy:

Don

 

Santa ana is still my fav.. cuz Corvette Mikes is there :yesnod: I like to think of it as my chuch and of corse, while I'm there I get a fresh t-shirt.

 

Ron,
Ya get credit for the correct county (Orange), but Corvette Mike's is just a little north of Santa Ana; he's in Anaheim (the home of Disneyland). He's a 10 minute drive from my place.

Went on a cruise will with him (he sponsered) last year to Julian, CA. We had about 60 Vettes in line tooling down the 5 freeway heading towards San Diego. Many thumbs-up-per-mile on that trip :D

Don

P.S. Where the heck is Chuckster? There's got to be a bunch of "interesting" Texas town names.


[Modified by Don O'Connell, 11:34 AM 8/12/2001]

 

Don, Mikes place is better than Disney. More thrills per square inch by a long shot. What I couldn't believe is when you walk in, its open...the entire place is open for you to look around. Not many places will let you into the back like they do or did at least. That is the best part for myself, seeing toys come to life.