-The first navel orange tree planted in the United States.
-The films "Gone with the Wind," "Birth of a Nation," "It Happened One Night," and many other classic movies were given sneak previews here before their "world premieres."
-There is a an exclusive section of houses in the downtown area of the city built by students from the boys' high school (Polytechnic High School). The houses were ordered from the Sears, Roebuck, Catalog and assembled by the boys. This was between 1918 and 1926.
-The first Easter sunrise service was held here in 1912.
-Richard Nixon and his wife Pat were married here and also spent their honeymoon here.
-It was the birthplace of Don Imus.
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