Yorba Linda History


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close this bookRichard Nixon Collection
View the documentRichard Nixon is Winning Orator
Yorba Linda Star March 29 1929 page 1
View the documentCongressman Tells Y. L. Audience How Communist Spy Ring Works
Yorba Linda Star October 8 1948 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda Does Her Little Part in Electing Favorite Son
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1950 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda Signally Honored by Visit of Favorite Son
Yorba Linda Star October 31 1952 page 1
View the documentResponsibility of Government Passes into Republican Hands as Voters Approve Ike and Dick
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1952 page 1
View the documentVice-President's Visit to Yorba Linda Enjoyed by Large Crowd
Yorba Linda Star November 4 1954 page 1
View the documentMany Yorba Lindans, Many Guests Pay Tribute to the Vice President
Yorba Linda Star January 15 1959 page 1
View the documentBig day for Yorba Lindans when the vice-president visits
Yorba Linda Star June 18 1959 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda leads nation with first “Nixon for President” Club
Yorba Linda Star September 3 1959 page 1
View the documentHome town gives Nixon big vote
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1960 page 1
View the documentBrown elected; Rafferty wins
Yorba Linda Star November 14 1962 page 1
View the documentCity Jubilant over Nixon victory
1968 page 1
View the documentForm committee to preserve Nixon birthplace
Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968
View the documentNorth Hollywood man pays $250 for president-elect Nixon's hat
Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968 page 1
View the documentNixon Birthplace Foundation organized here
Yorba Linda Star December 4 1968 page 1
View the documentDedication on President's birthday
Yorba Linda Star January 12 1972 page 1
View the documentNixon wins big in birthplace city
Yorba Linda Star November 15 1972 page 1
View the documentNixon Impeachment Rally Staged At Local Park
by Julia Carey,
Yorba Linda Star November 7 1973 page 1
View the documentResidents saddened by Nixon resignation
by Julia Carey,
Yorba Linda Star August 14 1974 page 1
View the document10-year effort ends with sale of Nixon home
by Margaret Anderson,
Yorba Linda Star July 15 1978 page 1
View the documentArchives Find Yorba Linda Home
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 10 1987 page 1
View the documentNixon library site deemed historic by commission
Yorba Linda Star June 9 1988 page 3
View the documentLibrary groundbreaking date set
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star July 21 1988 page 1
View the documentNixon Library to break ground
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 1 1988 page 1
View the documentGround broken for Nixon library
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 8 1988 page 1
View the documentFanfare greets Nixon Library
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star July 26 1990 page 1
View the document5,000 pay their respects to former first lady
Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993
View the documentTime for tears, celebration
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993 page 1
View the documentMan of vision, man of history
by David Montero,
Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 3
View the documentResidents cherish Nixon's ties to city
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 1

City Jubilant over Nixon victory

Yorba Linda Star November 13, 1968 page 1   Open this page in a new window

Yorba Linda found its way into the history books Wednesday.

Richard M. Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States, and this town where he was born has only begun to feel the effects of that election.

Nixon had barely been declared winner when the first visitors arrived - two retired couples from Los Angeles who drove out to see Nixon's birthplace.

Then representatives from the national press corps began to stream into town, seeking lifetime Yorba Linda residents who might have known the President-elect.

The telephone lines between Yorba Linda and Washington D. C. began to hum as there were inquiries about the inauguration.

It was suggested that Yorba Linda will want to change its motto from “Land of Gracious Living” to “Birthplace of Richard Nixon,” a suggestion which is being studied.

The United States had a new president - the first from the Far West - and Yorba Linda was transformed from just another suburb of Los Angeles to something special.

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Characteristically, the people of Yorba Linda left little to chance in Nixon's election. The President-elect carried the city of Yorba Linda by a 4-1 margin, with 3,118 votes for Nixon, 785 for Humphrey.

Mrs. Roy Knauft, GOP city chairman for Yorba Linda, said that in the area Nixon received about 500 more votes than there are registered Republicans. There was an exceedingly high turn-out of GOP voters in the Yorba Linda area, also, which helped give Nixon such a hefty margin.

Yorba Linda and her sister cities of Orange County are credited with carrying California for Richard Nixon, giving him California's 40 electoral votes and enabling him to win the election in the electoral college.

County-wide, Nixon polled 309,654 votes to Humphrey's 146, 701 and Wallace's 32,562.

Yorba Linda's famous son has made one of the greatest comebacks in political history.

It seems appropriate that his roots should be in a community like Yorba Linda.

Pioneer residents of this semi-arid region were determined and hard-working. They changed a wind-blown, desert area into a neat citrus farm community.

To do that these early settlers - and Richard Nixon's father was one of them - had to battle not only winds and the weather, but also the developer in a legal action to obtain their water rights. It took carrying the case to the State Supreme Court - but the settlers won the water battle.

Richard Nixon was not the only Yorba Linda youngster of that era to achieve fame.

Jessamyn West was also raised here, in the same Quaker environment as the President-elect. She has been called one of America's foremost authors.

Over the years, Yorba Linda has continued to show the same determination exhibited by the early settlers.

Yorba Linda's was the first library district formed in the State of California.

The annual flower show of the Yorba Linda Woman's Club is one of the oldest continuous shows in this area.

And while Yorba Linda is Orange County's newest city, the work necessary to see this community through a four year court battle to vote on cityhood have come to be regarded as “typical” of Yorba Linda residents.

And now Yorba Linda will be remembered as the home town of the United States' first California-born president.

It couldn't have happened to a nicer place.

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