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Chapman Ave., #260, Orange 92868 mulberrystreetmortgage.com pdmortg@msn.com Office (714) 289-0047 Text/Cell (714) 501-0639 Fax (714) 289-9715 PURCHASE, REFINANCE & REVERSE MORTGAGES Pam Dunn NMLS# 281526 CA LIC# 603J651 By Douglas Westfall, National Historian Tustin Street in Orange is cur- rently being reexamined by city officials, as a strategic plan is drafted to guide its development in the future. The street dates back to the 1880s, and now bears the name of Columbus Tustin, the founder of that city, who bought property from the breakup of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. Most of the street, however, is in the City of Orange, running from the boundary of Placentia at Orangethorpe Ave. south to First St., which is actually inside Tu- stin, if only by a half-block. Not quite nine miles long, it begs the question why the name “Tustin.” In the 1880s, it was called Glen Avenue, named for a local grow- er. It followed one of the original lines of the Township of Orange, running from the town of Olive south to the town Tustin, even if still a bit west of that community. The roadway originally fol- lowed grove borders -- exactly. It was modified much later in the 1960s. The only public transportation back then was a horse-drawn streetcar that ran from Orange to Santa Ana, and then to Tustin and back. Formed in 1888 by David Hewes (who donated the Golden Spike) and a few others, the Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Railway crossed Tustin Avenue at First St. Yes, it was an “avenue” before it was a “street.” Tustin Avenue shot through purely agricultural land. Charles Taft and wife Jane had 20 acres at Taft and Tustin. Taft was a hor- ticulturist, not just a grower. He developed his own strains of lo- quats, Mediterranean Sweets and created the Taft avocado. Further south is the Bierwa- gen grove, 10 acres of Valencia oranges on Collins Ave. Collins, running from the Santa Ana River eastward to Santiago Creek, was named for Civil War Rear Ad- miral Napoleon Collins. After he died in command, his sons Isaac and Edward brought their mother Mary west to Orange. Each son had 40 acres; they named the road in honor of their father. The Jurgen Schmetgen house and 10-acre grove was on Tustin at Almond. Henry William Hil- lebrecht had his 15-acre grove south of La Veta. Heading toward Tustin and Santa Ana, William S. Bartlett has his home at First Street, near the Santa Ana, Tustin & Orange Railway crossing, with the terminus at the Tustin Bank building. Following World War II and into the 1950s, Orange experi- enced a growth in homebuilding. Servicemen returning from the war were typically discharged in Los Angeles, and its suburbs, like Orange, were a great attraction. Orange’s boundaries expanded, placing more of Tustin Avenue within city limits. It was at that time that Tustin was changed from “avenue” to “street.” City founders Alfred Chapman and Andrew Glassell had decreed that all east-west roads would be called “avenue” and all north-south roads would be “streets.” When Orange boundaries overtook Tustin, it be- came Tustin Street. Serious paving came to the two- lane Tustin Street in the 1960s. It was the intersection of Tustin and Katella (named for a farmer’s daughters, Kate and Ella) that got the ball rolling -- on asphalt. Sears came to Orange on north Tustin in the late 1960s, and by 1970, Harry Newman built sev- eral malls. The Mall of Orange set out to be named Orange Mall. However, the Orangefair Mall in Fullerton said it was too close to its name, and the county wouldn’t issue the registration. The late 1960s saw Selman Chevrolet consolidate its three dealerships on Tustin St. at Chap- manAve. -- where it is now. Other large businesses followed and Tu- stin Street became the continually widening thoroughfare we know today. So why Tustin Street? Because it was the “road to Tustin” and had been since the days of the Spanish El Camino Real. For more of this story, see Guy Ball’s new book, “City Walk -- All About Tustin.” It can be found at SpecialBooks.com. The road to Tustin Tustin Street in 1886 Tustin Street, originally called Glen Avenue, bisected agricultural properties. The Taft home was located at Tustin Street and what is now Taft Avenue.