Post #100

We Are Officially 100 Posts Old

Yeah baby! I started CostaMesaRealEstate.com at the beginning of this year, and I’m happy to report this is officially post #100. If you know anyone else who blogs, it can be an adventure coming up with material. I’m usually more on the serious side because I hope to educate those in Costa Mesa about what’s going on, and things they need to be aware of in real estate.

I think I’ve done a pretty good job of that, along with selling a ton of homes recently, I’ve been really busy helping you folks out there! Check out our new flyer Halloween Sales for some of our recent sales in Costa Mesa real estate this last year.

Enough with the Birthday Candles

OK, on to the fun stuff. For our 100th post, I figured it would be fun to look at the things in Costa Mesa that are about 100 years old.

So Costa Mesa was officially incorporated in 1953, but the town has it’s origins as a town just after the Mexican-American war, when California became part of the United States and American settlers arrived in this area and formed the town of Fairview in the 1880s near what is now the modern intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Adams Avenue (hello my favorite Starbucks!!!). An 1889 flood wiped out the railroad serving the community, however, and it shriveled.

To the south, meanwhile, the community of Harper had arisen on a siding of the Santa Ana and Newport Railroad, named after a local rancher. This town prospered on its agricultural goods. On May 11, 1920, Harper changed its name to Costa Mesa, which literally means “coast table(land)” in Spanish, and our fair city has thrived ever since.

So what in the world was around Costa Mesa back in 1911? Or better yet, what else is about 100 years old that is going on around us from the web?

Here’s a quick list:

Learn how to live to be 100, with Costa Mesa Chiropractor Bridget Daily here! Sweet! You can see what the next century will look like. Do you think cars will every fly?

How about those 100 trees that are going to be cut down in Costa Mesa and Newport beach? Bummer, I really loved those old trees.

The Boy Scouts celebrated a 100 year birthday recently, and even threw out the first pitch at Angels stadium. Well done guys!

How about Costa Mesa? Not much was going in those days, but here are three photos courtesy of the Costa Mesa Historical Society. We had a general store and post office, a school house, and of course the Diego Sepulveda Adobe!