historical photos
san juan capistrano
Construction of Mission San Juan Capistrano began in 1776. Later, President Abraham Lincoln visited the mission to settle a land dispute with the Forster family. Richard Henry Dana visited San Juan Capistrano when he came ashore as described in “Two Years before the Mast”. San Juan Creek and its trails provide a glimpse of what life must have been like two hundred years ago…
San Juan Capistrano 60’s
San Juan circa 1890
Motorcycle Riders on the Ortega
The Walnut Creek Restaurant
Swallows Nests
El Camino Real looking north
El Camino real looking south
The Picnic Drive in
I 5 under construction (60’s)
Orange Groves
El Camino Real looking North
Mission Early 20th century
Same shot colorized
Main Street
1963
1940?
Orange Tree Farms
60’s
Forster House
San Juan Creek used to flow
Mission Drive In
Horse and Buggy Days
Mission Drive In
Future site of I-5
Old El Camino Real