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Home	Doris Walker: Official Historian of Dana Point & Orange County Doris Walker is a writer/photographer based in Dana Point, California. She has been a resident of Orange County, California since 1963. She has been an appointee to the Orange County Historical Commission since 1994 and has been a director of the Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, and Orange County Historical Societies She is the co-founder, director and honorary life member of the Dana Point Historical Society. She taught California History for the South Coast Community College District for seven years, and she has been nationally honored for her Orange County Centennial history. Doris Walker is a prolific writer with the following books without limitation to her credit: Orange County Then & Now, August 2006, cover shown below Dana Point Harbor Capistrano Bay: Home Port for Romance Dana Point, Images of America, August 2007, see cover/forward below Adventurer's Guide to Dana Point, June 1992, see excerpts linked below Orange County Adventures With Children *Mission Viejo : the Ageless Land* *Coastal Reflections (History of Coastal Municipal Water District)* Orange County: A Centennial Celebration - Sections of Orange **The Whales of Capistrano Bay: Habits and History of California Gray Whales The Heritage of San Clemente: Celebrating the 75^th Anniversary of the Spanish Village by the Sea, 1925-2000 From the land, the sea, the shore, the farm fields. Everywhere imaginable. And, sometimes, you have to use a little imagination, as historian Doris Walker wrote, to see that a town like "Dana Point, now a modern American city, still has a romantic ghost." Quote courtesy of Robert Ourlian, Times Staff Writer. Doris Walker's current events and the cover and forward of her latest book, Dana Point, Images of America, may be found here. The following pages are taken from Doris Walker’s book, Adventurer’s Guide to Dana Point, and are excellent glimpses into the history of Dana Point: Introduction: What Does Dana Point, California, Mean to You? Dana Point ~ Landmark With a Native Face Dana Cove ~ Shelter for Otters and Smugglers Dana Point Harbor ~ A Singular Anchorage Brig Pilgrim ~ Replica of Dana’s Ship (Please note that the "Marine Institute" is now known as the "Ocean Institute".)** Dana Statue ~ Namesake Visited in 1835 Here is an unusual photo of Doris and her husband, Jack Smith, recently aboard a C-17 across the country! Notice their bag is the only bag on board.
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