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The Holy Jim Trail is named after Jim Smith, aka “Cussin’ Jim,” a beekeeper who earned his nickname no thanks to his mastery of the English language. He resided in the north region of Trabuco Canyon in the late 1800s among a community of beekeepers. Some of them mockingly called him “Salvation” Smith, which served as the inspiration for government surveyors who later renamed the canyon. Along t…