Port Hueneme-- What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to Port Hueneme, anybody who claims to know exactly how the Friendly City by the Sea got its name is kidding themselves. ON October 10, 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo anchored near the Chumash settlement at Mugu Lagoon. He was so impressed with their tomols—wooden plank canoes sealed with tar from natural oil seeps- --he named the village P...
Mar 25, 2022
