Beek's Place is a location in North Eastern Orange County California, elevation . Beek's Place is adjacent to the junction of Black Star Canyon and the Main Divide truck trail. It is approximately from the Black Star trail head, or about from the Skyline Drive trail head in

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Joe Beek

The ruins are what is left of a building belonging to a Mr. Joseph "Joe" Beek, who served as the Newport

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for a short time. In 1919, he obtained the franchise for the

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which remains in the family to this day. He also served as secretary of the California State Senate, until his death in 1968. Joseph Beek secured the rights from Newport Beach to establish the ferry service in 1919 to

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. He used a small skiff to transport passengers.

Buildings

The main cabin was built during the 1930s, and the smaller one shortly thereafter. They each had one room. The smaller one was built for a caretaker. Although the family only used it on weekends, sometimes a caretaker would live there for up to a few months at a time. The family still goes there frequently and is in the process of reutilizing the property. All the coniferous trees were planted by the family. A system of

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s can be seen around the area for water storage which made it possible to grow the trees. One cistern down from the main cabin was used as a swimming pool.

References

*"The mystery above Black Star Canyon",

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, Monday, February 2, 2009. *"‘Round, round, round, round, we get around…",

, August 21, 2006.
Joseph Beek listing on FreeBase

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*Map: {{Coord, 33, 49, 15, N, 117, 38, 18, W, format=dms, display=inline,title, type:landmark_region:US-CA

Balboa Island Museum

Beek's Place Geocache GCPJPQ

Joseph Beek in OC Register

Feb 2009 OC Register article

Flickr Search Results with Beek's Place pictures

* ttp://www.4x4xplor.com/maindivideroad.html 4x4Xplor Coverage of the area Populated places in Orange County, California

Joe Beek

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