Chief and only Tustin officer for fourteen years
Tustin history has its own record of a UFO experience when on August 3, 1965, Rex Heflin saw disk-shaped craft near Tustin’s Lighter-than-Air Base hangars.
In 1868, Columbus Tustin and Nelson O. Stafford together purchased the land that was to become the future cities of Tustin and part of Santa Ana.
The early residents of Tustin were sure that anything they planted would “yield golden returns.”
Red Hill is more than a street in Tustin. The street is named after a certain hill in the north part of town with a soil that turned red from mercury in the ground.
Tustin schools have a long history – having first started in 1872 with a one-room schoolhouse donated by Columbus Tustin.
The Tustin Police Department was founded in 1928 and started with only one officer, John Stanton, who was hired to serve as “Street Superintendent.”
Hiring John Stanton as the first and only policeman to serve in the just-incorporated City of Tustin was the first action taken by the newly-elected City Council in 1927.
Centennial Park, built as the hub of the Tustin Meadows development in 1968 and a wonderful place to stroll as well as a source of family fun.
Lemon Heights has become the Beverly Hills of North Tustin, but it was not always so posh. The hillside was raw undeveloped land for many years.