Fullerton:: The Boom Years Paperback – June 15, 2015

Fullerton is a railroad town and has been for decades. I was very disappointed with how little railroad history was actually included in this book. Barely an honorable mention! If you’re looking for historic Southern California railroad pictures, this is not the book.

awesome highly recommended++++

I love Fullerton and I love this book! Great pix and information.

I went to California State University, Fullerton in the early 1970's, and when a southern California resident thinks of Fullerton those thoughts usually turn to the academic and cultural opportunities there, as well as the celebrities, such as Kevin Costner and Gwen Stefani, who went to college there. However, the history of this north Orange County city is very much tied to the citrus industry. Many fortunes were made here, and leading figures in this industry made their impact on Fullerton, including in the architectural sense. Freddy Fender of Stratocaster Guitar fame and industrialist Norton Simon (Hunt-Wesson Foods), who later founded the famous Pasadena art museum, also had an impact here. And for all you baseball fans who note that sport's return to the nation's capital, legendary pitcher Walter Johnson (the "Big Train") of the old Washington Senators went to high school here. If you tour Fullerton with this book in hand you can see that many of the old buildings and points of interest are still there.