More than 2000 years ago a Native American tribe, the Ute-Aztecas,
inhabited the canyon formations along California's coast
and named the area Lagonas, or "lakes," after two fresh water lagoons.
Today Laguna Beach is a resort town where locals and visitors stroll through the public park, explore tide pools and enjoy Pacific sunsets just as the
Native Americans, Spaniards and artists have done in the past.
The more adventurous tackle the waves refreshing their competitive spirit. Overall Laguna's attraction is best expressed on a famous gate built
in 1935 that reads, "This gate hangs well and hinders none,
refresh and rest, then travel on."
Incorporated in 1989, the City of Dana Point is named after Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882), a Harvard-trained lawyer, seaman, and author of the classic sea journal, Two Years Before the Mast (1840). In his journal, Dana documents his voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California on the merchant ship, Pilgrim. Therein, Dana describes the area once known as Capistrano Bay, as "the most romantic spot on the California coast." Today, Capistrano Bay is known as Dana Point.
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