The City of Dana Point is named after Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882), a Harvard-trained lawyer and seaman. He referred to Bahia Capistrano or Capistrano Bay as the “most romantic spot on the coast of California.”

Edward L. Doheny Senior, the oil tycoon, rose from years as a drifter to become the richest man in America in his time. He built several of the landmark buildings in the Los Angeles area...

Before the Watergate scandal, Teapot Dome was regarded as the "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics.  

On May 31, 1931, Edward L. Doheny Senior donated ocean front land to the state of California in his son Ned’s honor. On July 1, 1963 the beach was named Doheny State Beach. It was California’s first state beach.

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