Nellie Gail was born in Irving, Kansas in 1878. Seven months later, she was plucked from her mother’s arms by a cyclone. This harrowing event and the miracle of her survival is just the beginning of her amazing life story Her family crossed Kansas in a covered wagon and lived in a sod house. In […]

Scouting Leader John Nielsen journeys through more than a century of Orange County Scouting history.

The Tustin Area Historical Society proudly presents Restoration Expert Randy Ema on Friday night, June 9th from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Tustin Area Museum. Longtime North Tustin resident, Randy Ema, a noted Duesenberg historian, expert, and restorer, owns the Duesenberg factory and family records. He has numerous publications and awards to his credit, […]

Author and historian Paul Carter shares his research on California-born Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.

Are you interested in researching your family tree? Members of the OC Family Search Center will show you how at our next meeting

Join us as historian Chris Jepsen shares the work of Rudy Boysen and his development of the Boysenberry - and the connection with James Utt of Tustin.

The history of the City of Tustin's Fire Department

Victorians were immersed thinking about death, grief, and loss: from the clothes they wore, the way they decorated their houses and , to picnicking among the dead.

Paul Loya speaks about the United States Camel Corps, a mid-19th-century US Army experiment in using camels as pack animals in the Southwestern United States.

The Tustin Area Historical Society proudly presents World War II and How Tustin’s Blimp Hangars Helped Counter the Threat on Friday, August 12th from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Tustin Area Museum. Staff Sergeant Cisco Lacy will be talking about what he knows about the World War II Axis threat to the homeland and […]