John McFadden

John McFadden, rode across the country on horseback. He first worked as a school teacher for a year in Grass Valley, CA, and then joined his brothers in their business in present day Orange County, California. The McFadden brothers established McFadden's Landing (now named the Newport pier), a pier and railroad, at the area now known as Newport Beach, where tall merchant sailing ships docked with their cargos. The brothers also began to invest in and farm the extremely fertile land of future Orange County. James' grandfather, Edwin Thomas McFadden, was born in Santa Ana in 1890, and his father, Edwin Thomas McFadden Jr., was also born in Santa Ana in 1930.

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