Here's a Google map you can use to see the locations of all the places mentioned! www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1kANPMjWI5nc-rQZbbcKeoxDsioalk8U&usp=sharing
My family moved to Huntington Beach in 1966 when I was six years old. It was absolutely the best place to grow up at that time. There were fields everywhere. My friends and I scaled barbed wire fences to play in the wetlands and catch turtles, frogs and lizards. We rode our bikes at the lake at the bottom of Edwards hill. it was a deserted field with all kinds of hills and jumps. we built forts in the field behind Hope view school. It was a blast.
I’m pretty sure that my school raced against your school. I went to Bell junior high and then Pacifica high school and raced on the cross country team and the name of your school really rang a bell lol
Having grown up in the Southland I spent many a summer on the shores of Huntington, Seal and Bolsa Chica with forays to Laguna to fish off the rocks. I do remember in the early 60's after a trip to the beach my dad removing tar from the soles of his feet with gasoline. My dad was born in Hawthorne in 1928 so Im sure he did remember the oil derricks. My grandfather who came out here as early as 1903, though in Sacramento, worked for Southern Pacific. Moving to the Long Beach area in the early 20's worked for the Red Car, owned by SP. He Retired in 1941, moved back to the Sacramento area. This video struck home, thank you. Class of 1976, Norwalk.
@@sfbfriend I grew up in Anaheim… ‘54-‘69. Huntington Beach was one of the closest beach’s to us. A short drive down Beach Blvd. I remember the tar on our feet too It was the first place I learned how to body surf. I remember the life guards yelling at us for swimming in rip currents all the time. We were powerful swimmers and ignored them mostly. Still love to body surf to this day.
@@sfbfriend Oh yep. I got new knees a coupe of years ago. So, better down there. Need new shoulders soon. Both are pretty well worn out. Worked my body hard in those 50+ years of finishing drywall. Still at it though. I can still outperform many of the geemos out there. LoL! Happy New Year to you!
I also remember the guitar Bolsa Chica was one of the easiest and best places to go to my dad loved to fish and those estuaries were perfect. I do remember the tar on my feet as soon as I saw the pictures of Bolsa Chica I could actually smell it is that crazy or what?
I’m from Newport Beach and as a kid I have fond memories of climbing the wooden oil Derricks along the coast north Newport Beach and Huntington Beach….🤷♂️🤔😎👍
@@larryhanshew5173 @ Larry Hey ...my Dad was born in 1918 in Anaheim, I have a World War ( one) medal that was my Grandfather's it doesn't say World War 1 it just says World War anyways it's about the size of an Orange made out of bronze, it's pretty cool. Its from Orange county on one side it has two Soldiers standing guard on both sides of a shield of the American flag and says " Victory" " In recognition of those who served Freedoms Cause from Orange county California on the other side it shows an 🍊 and fields of orange groves and a field of those wooden oil derricks you spoke of. You're the first person I've ran across that mentioned those wooden oil derricks. Also my grandmother left a scrapbook from the turn of the nineteenth century and has photos of guys working on those derricks. You've witnessed a lot of changes my friend.. Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California USA 👉♥️🇺🇲🙏🗽🦅
Ive spent countless hours bodysurfing, boogie boarding, and fishing the pier... actually good fishing off the pier. I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley couple blocks away from the 605 FWY. Ive read several anthropology books about the Native peoples of that area...what was found out by studying the skeletal remains was Southern Californias Native Population was the most war-like war prone population in the Americas! Great video... Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California USA 👉 ♥️ 🇺🇲 🙏 🗽 🦅
I'll have to get back to you all my books are boxed up due to a move I was going to make ...but never did ..I'll definitely check back in with you within a week or so.✌️
Quite an enjoyable video. Even though I live in Anaheim right now, I have to say that Huntington Beach is the one town that I really love. I've spent 23 years of my life there in various parts of town. My family moved there a year after I finished high school in 1969. Being an older cat now, I do rideshare to make a living and I find myself in Huntington most days of the week. My favorite area now is Central Park over by the dog park and around Edwards Hill.
I was born in Long Beach and raised in Lakewood, but have lived in Garden Grove & Fountain Valley since 1979. In the late 1950s I would sometimes go with my dad to San Diego via PCH. No I-5 at that time. When we got to the Bluffs of H.B., I remember the forest of oil derricks on the inland side of PCH. Very impressive. Mists of oil would sometimes coat the windshield of the car. ___ The 1933 Long Beach Earthquake was centered offshore of Huntington Beach. The shock waves traveled northwest along the Newport-Inglewood Fault into Long Beach & Compton where the most damage occurred.
@@Voyagerhq - In 2016, a USGS study came out indicating that the 1933 quake most likely was caused by the extraction of oil which in turn caused much subsidence along the Newport-Inglewood Fault from Inglewood down to H.B. during 1920-1933. Oil Discovery Park in H.B. (near Goldenwest St. on Summit Dr.) sits in an elongated depression. During the 1970s, I would sometimes drive along Studebaker Rd. near 2nd St. & PCH in Long Beach. The road was like a rollercoaster, and the Public Works Dept. would have to level it out on occasion. You guessed it. The road borders next to an oil extraction facility!
The Tongva have a cute little oasis nextdoor to University HS. It has a fresh water spring coming out of the ground that has the purest water which is believed to have healing properties.
@@EricUnderwood-v2x That’s where James Hetfield from Metallica went to High School for his freshman and sophomore years. Did you see him around back then? Before he moved and graduated at Brea Olinda HS in 1981.
Great walk through HB history. I took my wife to the Long board for our first date. I manages restaurants in Huntington Beach and knew Bruce and David. That is the oldest remaining building in Huntington Beach. Built in 1904 or five I think. The water tower house you showed is actually not in Huntington Beach, it’s in seal Beach but if you cross the street, you are in Huntington Beach Sunset Beach. It’s called or if you cross specific coast Highway you’re in peters Landing, which is also part of Huntington Beach still a great videothough.
In 1963 I was born in Pasadena California after that house we lived in an apartment in Inglewood then after that we moved to Redondo Beach and after that I spent my formative years in Garden Grove California learning this history is something that was hidden from us for sure thank you for everything you domuch love from Kennewick Washington, Washington state on the mighty Columbia river… Happy new year and our arms are forever wrapped around you.
The best places in Huntington Beach are the Huntington Beach Pier Old World Village the Huntington Central Park along with Shipley Nature Center and the Huntington Beach Library along with the state beaches like Huntington State Beach Bolsa Chica State Beach 🏖️⛱️🏞️📖📕📗📘📙🌊🐚🥟
I’m really enjoying your videos, my husband and I recently moved into San Diego and your channel bring to us so many places to visit. My husband loves golfing, maybe in the future would you make a video about the different flavors and variation of different areas and their golf courses.
Do you think exposure to oil could explain some autism lol just kidding but yeah I bought served and swim in those waters as a child growing up in garden Grove was the best experience
I lived there for many years. Other than the beach it was a featureless expanse overrun with tract houses and shopping centers. It's basically suburbia in a sunny location. Going to the beach on bikes most every day is what made it a nice place to live. I was not aware which tribe lived there before the Spanish and Mexican conquest of the area. It's sad none of that history endured or was taught to us growing up there. The oil wells were always a stain on the area, and over the years we'd come out of the water with tar balls and trace oil deposits on our bodies and boards and sadly didn't think much of it. I always hated the oil industry for not transitioning to cleaner sources of energy much sooner. The air quality was horrible. Especially during Santa Ana conditions. We couldn't play outside without our lungs physically hurting with each breath. The only escape was sailing offshore and to Catalina. Although Catalina Island was overrun with too many boats and too many tourists. Community planning was just really poor in Southern California in general. So today there is not enough housing to support to the population, which makes the cost of living higher than it should be. And the dependance on freeways and cars is crappy. No good public transportation exists. The only positive transportation note are the acceptable bike lanes and sidewalks on most streets that make getting around on bicycles even today a very good way to stay in shape and make good time to and from different parts of town. Downtown HB was basically an overrun slum when I was young and was renovated over the years, so it got better, but was mostly a tourist trap. I'd say there are much better vacation destinations in So Cal so don't waste your time here. It was ruined when they stripped the land hundreds of years ago to turn it all into cattle ranches. Oh yeah, and Old Town always was weird and a cheaply built eye sore. I'm sure I might get some haters on my comments but in truth those people are likely just being nostalgic. Go a couple miles further South to Corona Del Mar, Laguna, Dana Point, San Juan and further down the coast and it's 100% nicer. Trust me.
It feels good to say I send many summers in the 60's and 70's at Huntington Beach. When ever I make it back down to Orange County, I always have to stop by. We hung out South of the pier near Joe's Hut which was close to lifeguard station 13. People from my high claimed that area. I can still see the air planes flying up and down the coast pulling the Coopertone Tan signs. I love the way the people there protect it, so happy to watch them run antifa out of there. They set a good example for the rest of us.
I was there too in the 60’s 😃 I went to Pasadena High School, so us girls would spend Easter and summer breaks there or at Balboa, Newport, or San Clemente 😊
Last time I visited Huntington Beach about 2019, I was shocked to see that the city council was allowing residential housing on the beach, I was utterly shocked.
Make no mistake, as 7th generation Californian I know for a fact that HB has been & still is one of thee most racist cities west of the Mississippi river. Even here in Dec 2024 it is even more so. Ask about "tin can beach"? & who was forced to ONLY go to that beach for decades.
and now it's local population includes a variety of tattooed skin head and tuff guys that come from everywhere else but claim it is their beach.... (still a great place to visit) great video thanks
@@Voyagerhq most of the people I say that to are from HB laugh and say "no sh*#" I live in costa mesa,(next city over) like I said great place to visit. the night time bar scene is a blast, (just be aware of the tuff guy) I like the channel, I subscribed and a thumbs up.thanks again
Great observation! Yes, Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. The Spanish missionaries, including those who established the California missions, specifically introduced Catholic practices as part of the broader Christian faith. Thanks for pointing that out
Here's a Google map you can use to see the locations of all the places mentioned!
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1kANPMjWI5nc-rQZbbcKeoxDsioalk8U&usp=sharing
Nice job explaining our city’s history, especially including the geology and the early native inhabitants.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
My family moved to Huntington Beach in 1966 when I was six years old. It was absolutely the best place to grow up at that time. There were fields everywhere. My friends and I scaled barbed wire fences to play in the wetlands and catch turtles, frogs and lizards. We rode our bikes at the lake at the bottom of Edwards hill. it was a deserted field with all kinds of hills and jumps. we built forts in the field behind Hope view school. It was a blast.
It sounds like you had an amazing childhood there!
I’m pretty sure that my school raced against your school. I went to Bell junior high and then Pacifica high school and raced on the cross country team and the name of your school really rang a bell lol
Having grown up in the Southland I spent many a summer on the shores of Huntington, Seal and Bolsa Chica with forays to Laguna to fish off the rocks. I do remember in the early 60's after a trip to the beach my dad removing tar from the soles of his feet with gasoline. My dad was born in Hawthorne in 1928 so Im sure he did remember the oil derricks. My grandfather who came out here as early as 1903, though in Sacramento, worked for Southern Pacific. Moving to the Long Beach area in the early 20's worked for the Red Car, owned by SP. He Retired in 1941, moved back to the Sacramento area. This video struck home, thank you.
Class of 1976, Norwalk.
That’s a great family history, thanks for sharing!
@@sfbfriend I grew up in Anaheim… ‘54-‘69. Huntington Beach was one of the closest beach’s to us. A short drive down Beach Blvd. I remember the tar on our feet too It was the first place I learned how to body surf. I remember the life guards yelling at us for swimming in rip currents all the time. We were powerful swimmers and ignored them mostly. Still love to body surf to this day.
@@KurtfromLaQuinta I still try, not as good as i use to be. Happy New Year.
@@sfbfriend Oh yep. I got new knees a coupe of years ago. So, better down there. Need new shoulders soon. Both are pretty well worn out.
Worked my body hard in those 50+ years of finishing drywall. Still at it though. I can still outperform many of the geemos out there. LoL!
Happy New Year to you!
I also remember the guitar Bolsa Chica was one of the easiest and best places to go to my dad loved to fish and those estuaries were perfect. I do remember the tar on my feet as soon as I saw the pictures of Bolsa Chica I could actually smell it is that crazy or what?
I’m from Newport Beach and as a kid I have fond memories of climbing the wooden oil Derricks along the coast north Newport Beach and Huntington Beach….🤷♂️🤔😎👍
@@larryhanshew5173 @ Larry
Hey ...my Dad was born in 1918 in Anaheim, I have a World War ( one) medal that was my Grandfather's it doesn't say World War 1 it just says World War anyways it's about the size of an Orange made out of bronze, it's pretty cool. Its from Orange county on one side it has two Soldiers standing guard on both sides of a shield of the American flag and says " Victory"
" In recognition of those who served Freedoms Cause from Orange county California on the other side it shows an 🍊 and fields of orange groves and a field of those wooden oil derricks you spoke of.
You're the first person I've ran across that mentioned those wooden oil derricks.
Also my grandmother left a scrapbook from the turn of the nineteenth century and has photos of guys working on those derricks.
You've witnessed a lot of changes my friend..
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California USA 👉♥️🇺🇲🙏🗽🦅
@@larryhanshew5173 do you remember those rocking horse oil pumps that were all over the place even in peoples backyards or front yards?
Thanks!
You bet!
Ive spent countless hours bodysurfing, boogie boarding, and fishing the pier... actually good fishing off the pier.
I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley couple blocks away from the 605 FWY. Ive read several anthropology books about the Native peoples of that area...what was found out by studying the skeletal remains was Southern Californias Native Population was the most war-like war prone population in the Americas!
Great video...
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California USA 👉 ♥️ 🇺🇲 🙏 🗽 🦅
That’s incredible. I’d like to learn more about the war culture between the tribes. If you have recommendations please let me know!
I'll have to get back to you all my books are boxed up due to a move I was going to make ...but never did ..I'll definitely check back in with you within a week or so.✌️
I remember spending alot of time as a boy in the early 60's. Swimming and bon fires in the fire pits was a great part of my childhood!
Sounds like an amazing time!
I live in HB and I think this video is pretty good. Some of this information I didn’t know especially all the info about the indigenous people.
Glad you liked it!
I remember going to “The Pike” as a kid.
That looked like it was a great time.
😲😊
My hometown!
Quite an enjoyable video. Even though I live in Anaheim right now, I have to say that Huntington Beach is the one town that I really love. I've spent 23 years of my life there in various parts of town. My family moved there a year after I finished high school in 1969. Being an older cat now, I do rideshare to make a living and I find myself in Huntington most days of the week. My favorite area now is Central Park over by the dog park and around Edwards Hill.
Thanks! I really enjoy Central Park too. It’s a beautiful area I’d like to explore more.
@@Voyagerhq you should check out civil war days there. It’s amazing.
My dad Owned the Huntington stables when you could ride on the beach
Grew up with the Brewster family...
Also grew up here.. cheers from Huntington Beach/Westminster CA 🇺🇸
Lovely area to grow up. Cheers!
Thank you! Informational and interesting presentation. 👍Subscribed😊
Thank you glad to have you here! 🙂
The Golden Bear was an iconic Huntington Beach nightclub back in the day. So many memories of my irresponsible youth were in Huntington Beach.
I read about that legendary place and visited the plaque. 🙂
😲 Oh my goodness! What a fantastic documentary! So glad I found you! 💖
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
I was born in Long Beach and raised in Lakewood, but have lived in Garden Grove & Fountain Valley since 1979. In the late 1950s I would sometimes go with my dad to San Diego via PCH. No I-5 at that time. When we got to the Bluffs of H.B., I remember the forest of oil derricks on the inland side of PCH. Very impressive. Mists of oil would sometimes coat the windshield of the car.
___ The 1933 Long Beach Earthquake was centered offshore of Huntington Beach. The shock waves traveled northwest along the Newport-Inglewood Fault into Long Beach & Compton where the most damage occurred.
Such good memories of growing up on the West Coast!
That’s interesting, those are great details. Thanks for sharing the memories!
@@Voyagerhq - In 2016, a USGS study came out indicating that the 1933 quake most likely was caused by the extraction of oil which in turn caused much subsidence along the Newport-Inglewood Fault from Inglewood down to H.B. during 1920-1933. Oil Discovery Park in H.B. (near Goldenwest St. on Summit Dr.) sits in an elongated depression. During the 1970s, I would sometimes drive along Studebaker Rd. near 2nd St. & PCH in Long Beach. The road was like a rollercoaster, and the Public Works Dept. would have to level it out on occasion. You guessed it. The road borders next to an oil extraction facility!
Nice job!
Thanks for watching!
The Tongva have a cute little oasis nextdoor to University HS. It has a fresh water spring coming out of the ground that has the purest water which is believed to have healing properties.
Yes in my research I read about that! Looks amazing 🙂
One of my earliest memories are days at this beach, circa 1964.
THANK U FOR THIS VIDEO!! I JUST THOUGHT HB WAS FAMOUS FOR SANCHOS TACOS!!!!! JKJKJK
Sanchos Tacos is a good time!
Famous for JACKS SURFBOARD SHOP
C'MON MAN! LOL!
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California USA 👉♥️🇺🇲🙏🗽🦅
@@EricUnderwood-v2x
That’s where James Hetfield from Metallica went to High School for his freshman and sophomore years. Did you see him around back then? Before he moved and graduated at Brea Olinda HS in 1981.
Great walk through HB history. I took my wife to the Long board for our first date. I manages restaurants in Huntington Beach and knew Bruce and David. That is the oldest remaining building in Huntington Beach. Built in 1904 or five I think. The water tower house you showed is actually not in Huntington Beach, it’s in seal Beach but if you cross the street, you are in Huntington Beach Sunset Beach. It’s called or if you cross specific coast Highway you’re in peters Landing, which is also part of Huntington Beach still a great videothough.
That’s right, glad you noticed that!
I've lived here for over 30 yrs. Pretty comprehensive history.. Pretty exacting too!!
Thanks, it was nice learning about the region and visiting some great spots!
In 1963 I was born in Pasadena California after that house we lived in an apartment in Inglewood then after that we moved to Redondo Beach and after that I spent my formative years in Garden Grove California learning this history is something that was hidden from us for sure thank you for everything you domuch love from Kennewick Washington, Washington state on the mighty Columbia river… Happy new year and our arms are forever wrapped around you.
Thank you for the kind words, it means a lot! Happy New Year to you too! 🙂
Beach and Ellis since 1980! 💋
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The best places in Huntington Beach are the Huntington Beach Pier Old World Village the Huntington Central Park along with Shipley Nature Center and the Huntington Beach Library along with the state beaches like Huntington State Beach Bolsa Chica State Beach 🏖️⛱️🏞️📖📕📗📘📙🌊🐚🥟
Great picks!
Good info! 😊💖
I'm so old I remember the "Golden Bear".
MY HOMETOWN ❤
Lived in H.B. from 1971-1982...fresh from Nam....loved it..
Must have been great back then!
Great video
I appreciate it! 🙂
I’m really enjoying your videos, my husband and I recently moved into San Diego and your channel bring to us so many places to visit. My husband loves golfing, maybe in the future would you make a video about the different flavors and variation of different areas and their golf courses.
Great suggestion!
@@carocarolina._. take a drive up to Pebble Beach & do the scenic 17 mike drive through The Lone Cypress & the amazing coastal beaches!
Excellent video
Glad you liked it!
You can't call yourself a surfer in Northern Huntington Beach if your bottom feets and your boards did not taint with oil residues.
Is it pretty common even today?
@Voyagerhq Not as bad. You still have oil stains in between Northern HB/ Bolsa Chica.
Do you think exposure to oil could explain some autism lol just kidding but yeah I bought served and swim in those waters as a child growing up in garden Grove was the best experience
I met Mrs Slater
I lived there for many years. Other than the beach it was a featureless expanse overrun with tract houses and shopping centers. It's basically suburbia in a sunny location. Going to the beach on bikes most every day is what made it a nice place to live. I was not aware which tribe lived there before the Spanish and Mexican conquest of the area. It's sad none of that history endured or was taught to us growing up there. The oil wells were always a stain on the area, and over the years we'd come out of the water with tar balls and trace oil deposits on our bodies and boards and sadly didn't think much of it. I always hated the oil industry for not transitioning to cleaner sources of energy much sooner. The air quality was horrible. Especially during Santa Ana conditions. We couldn't play outside without our lungs physically hurting with each breath. The only escape was sailing offshore and to Catalina. Although Catalina Island was overrun with too many boats and too many tourists. Community planning was just really poor in Southern California in general. So today there is not enough housing to support to the population, which makes the cost of living higher than it should be. And the dependance on freeways and cars is crappy. No good public transportation exists. The only positive transportation note are the acceptable bike lanes and sidewalks on most streets that make getting around on bicycles even today a very good way to stay in shape and make good time to and from different parts of town. Downtown HB was basically an overrun slum when I was young and was renovated over the years, so it got better, but was mostly a tourist trap. I'd say there are much better vacation destinations in So Cal so don't waste your time here. It was ruined when they stripped the land hundreds of years ago to turn it all into cattle ranches. Oh yeah, and Old Town always was weird and a cheaply built eye sore. I'm sure I might get some haters on my comments but in truth those people are likely just being nostalgic. Go a couple miles further South to Corona Del Mar, Laguna, Dana Point, San Juan and further down the coast and it's 100% nicer. Trust me.
Thanks for sharing your perspective on Huntington Beach.
Yes but many of those places are 30-40 miles further and way more expensive than the already high prices in HB
It feels good to say I send many summers in the 60's and 70's at Huntington Beach. When ever I make it back down to Orange County, I always have to stop by. We hung out South of the pier near Joe's Hut which was close to lifeguard station 13. People from my high claimed that area. I can still see the air planes flying up and down the coast pulling the Coopertone Tan signs. I love the way the people there protect it, so happy to watch them run antifa out of there. They set a good example for the rest of us.
Thanks for sharing your memories. Sounds like a great time.
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I was there too in the 60’s 😃 I went to Pasadena High School, so us girls would spend Easter and summer breaks there or at Balboa, Newport, or San Clemente 😊
Last time I visited Huntington Beach about 2019, I was shocked to see that the city council was allowing residential housing on the beach, I was utterly shocked.
That’s interesting you don’t see that often.
The oil derricks wede an eye sore!
To an outsider it’s surprising to learn about the amount of them right along the shores.
I got married on HB.... 42 years ago ❤❤
Great place to get married! 🙂
I know the guy on the Harley. Dave Boyer
Nice bike!
Stu Hickman rides with Boyer ,are we talking about the same guy ?
Ha! Small world! 😊
Make no mistake, as 7th generation Californian I know for a fact that HB has been & still is one of thee most racist cities west of the Mississippi river. Even here in Dec 2024 it is even more so. Ask about "tin can beach"? & who was forced to ONLY go to that beach for decades.
I can see that. The more I learn about the history of California the more I see those themes all over.
and now it's local population includes a variety of tattooed skin head and tuff guys that come from everywhere else but claim it is their beach.... (still a great place to visit) great video thanks
Interesting I didn’t know that. I did notice large groups of people on e bikes.
@@Voyagerhq most of the people I say that to are from HB laugh and say "no sh*#" I live in costa mesa,(next city over) like I said great place to visit. the night time bar scene is a blast, (just be aware of the tuff guy) I like the channel, I subscribed and a thumbs up.thanks again
We wish the influence of White supremacists and Tito Ortiz was included
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Didn’t Spanish bring Catholic religion? It said Christian 🤔
Interesting to research myself
Great observation! Yes, Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. The Spanish missionaries, including those who established the California missions, specifically introduced Catholic practices as part of the broader Christian faith. Thanks for pointing that out