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Dana Point History: The Richard Henry Dana Era |
1835
New Englander Richard Henry Dana visited this area now named for him as an ordinary seaman aboard Pilgrim, then Alert: hide
trading ships that traveled here around Cape Horn. 1840
Dana returned to Boston and published Two Years Before the Mast about
his California voyage, in which he described this local beach and bluff area as "the only romantic spot
in California." 1884
United States Coast Survey named the Headlands "Dana Point"
for the author, the name which came to include the surrounding community.
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Phone number: 949-248-8121 Fax number: 949-481-7409 Monthly Regular Meeting Date/Time: Every 4th Wednesday, 7pm, except March and June. Monthly Meeting address: Dana
Hills Tennis Center Directions are here.
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