How Jamboree Road Got its Name
How Jamboree Road Got its Name - Sherman Library and Gardens
Every day countless people drive on Jamboree Road in Newport Beach without knowing the origin of the street's name.
Yep, that's how the road got its name - Irvine Standard
In preparation for the 1953 Boy Scout Jamboree, Irvine Company built an eight-mile gravel road. It connected Irvine Boy Scout Troop 36's ...
Jamboree Road is a 15.8-mile (25.4 km) long major arterial road through Orange County, California, running through the cities of Newport Beach, Irvine, ...
How Jeffrey Road got its name - Irvine Standard
Many Irvine street names provide a glimpse into our past. For instance, Jamboree Road was built and named for the 1953 Boy Scout Jamboree ...
Jamboree Road: This major street in Irvine was named in honor of the dirt road leading to the 1953 International Boy Scout Jamboree, which was staged on a ...
Before Jamboree was a road - Los Angeles Times
“Fashion Island was the site of the Jamboree, and the road got its name from that,” said Devon Dougherty, chief development officer for the Boy ...
Jamboree Road - Orange County Memories
But it used to be just a gravel road running from the Irvine Ranch Boy Scout Troop 36 Clubhouse, near Irvine Boulevard and Myford Road, down to ...
Scout's Honor: The Rapid Rise and Fall of Jamboree Town
In the early 1950s, the Boy Scouts of America expressed a desire to hold its next Jamboree (which took place every three or four years) west of ...
Page 94 – Sherman Library and Gardens
Every day countless people drive on Jamboree Road in Newport Beach without knowing the origin of the street's name. Today it is hard to image that 45,000 ...
Past in the Pavement — OC Historyland
JAMBOREE ROAD. It's surprising how many people don't get this one. In 1953 the Boy Scouts of America held their third National Jamboree on 3,000 acres above ...
Any Los Angeles County street name origins/etymologies that you're ...
Haha, one of the first streets I wrote about. Here is my writeup: Long a source of amusement for teenagers and potheads, this street is named ...
Once a Scout, always a Scout: 1953 Jamboree campers reunite in ...
This was the Jamboree that gave Jamboree Road its name, forged from an 8-mile gravel road the Irvine Co. ... the beach but not going in the ...
National Scout Jamboree Through the Years - Stadri Emblems
On June 30th, 1937 The first National Jamboree was held in Washington, DC at the invitation of President Roosevelt. 536 Councils were ...
History of Balboa Island - Visit Newport Beach
... the only way to get around. Robert McFadden, an early ... The road was soon paved, and later the name was changed to Jamboree Road in honor of the Scouts.
History of Newport Beach, California - Wikipedia
... the only way to get around. Robert McFadden, an early ... The road was soon paved, and later the name was changed to Jamboree Road in honor of the Scouts.
Newport Beach | Historical Timeline - Fashion Island
It was the first international gathering of Scouts in the West and took place in part on what is now known as Fashion Island. The event gave Jamboree Road its ...
The story behind The Boy Scout Tree, a 2,000-plus-year-old redwood
I believe that the Jack Breen account is the most likely explanation for the name, and have also heard that Troop 10 originally blazed the trail ...
Site of 3rd National Boy Scout Jamboree
Marker is in Newport Beach, California, in Orange County. Marker is at the intersection of Jamboree Road and Santa Barbara Dr, on the right when traveling north ...
Boy Scouts of America | Prepared. For Life.™
Scouting is fun, hands-on learning and achievement that puts kids in the middle of the action and prepares them for today – and for life.
Development got underway as Electric Way (now Bayside), Pier Avenue (Marguerite), and Ocean Blvd were graded and oiled and the rest of the North-South streets ...