Editing Seal Beach, California (section)

=== Anaheim Landing ===
Beginning in the mid-1860s, the eastern area of what is now Old Town Seal Beach became known as '''Anaheim Landing'''. A warehouse and wharf had been built on a small bay where Anaheim Creek emptied into the Pacific Ocean. It was established by farmers and merchants in the newly settled town of [[Anaheim]] who wanted a closer, more convenient port to ship the wine they were growing and also to receive items they needed to help build homes and buildings in their new town.<ref name=":0" />

For a few years Anaheim Landing came close to rivaling San Pedro for its volume of shipping, but the arrival of the railroad in Anaheim in 1875 made it easier to ship product via the rails than by hauling a wagon overland across {{convert|12 |miles}} of soft soil to the Landing. The beaches and surrounding rolling Anaheim Landing had by this time become popular as a getaway from hot summer days. Los Angeles newspapers talk of a permanent summer population of as many as 400 and even more on special days.<ref name=":0" />

The landing was also home to a number of fishing boats that plied the local fishing areas. This activity was written about by Nobel-prize winning author Henryk Sienkiewicz in a short essay, "The Cranes."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Seal Beach: A Brief History|last=Strawther|first=Larry|publisher=History Press|year=2014|location=Charleston, SC|pages=20–25}}</ref> The site of Anaheim Landing is now registered as a [[California Historical Landmark]].<ref name="CHL">{{cite ohp|219|Anaheim Landing|2012-10-11}}</ref>

In 1903 Los Angeles realtor Philip A. Stanton, very familiar with the area from his time selling land in Anaheim, and Huntington Beach and also from representing the local real estate interests of banker (and Pacific Electric Railroad co-owner) [[Isaias W. Hellman]], put together a syndicate to lay out the town of Bayside on the land between Anaheim Landing and [[Anaheim Bay]] and the eastern edge of [[Alamitos Bay]].<ref name="roots" />