Tuesday, May 26, 2026

How the Railroads Changed Orange County

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Santa Fe Railroad steam train in Santa Ana, circa 1890. Today, we admire old trains and their steam locomotives as theme park rides, histori...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Jordan Elementary School/Jordan Ave., El Modena

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Over the last year, a persistent question has echoed around Orange: "Who's the namesake of Jordan Elementary School in El Modena?...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Katella Park, North Garden Grove, 1955

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Ad from Long Beach Press-Telegram, 4-15-1956  The Katella Park tract (officially Tract 2319) at the north west corner of Brookhurst Ave and ...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

No "Luck of the Irish" for Ernest Ball at Santa Ana's Broadway Theatre

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Sheet music cover, 1912 Around 10:00 p.m., on May 3, 1927, at age 48, famed composer, pianist and vaudvillian Ernest Ball died of a heart at...
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

The iconic arches of Huntington Beach

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 Landmark double arches once stood over the intersection of Main St. and Pacific Coast Highway (Ocean Ave) in Huntington Beach. (Photo 1938)...
Friday, December 12, 2025

The Historic Egan Homestead, Laguna Beach

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Egan homestead, South Laguna, circa 1910 Dr. Lee C. Hanson writes, “Tucked away on Valido Road [in South Laguna], there is an old, battered ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Cody Hungerford on history of Westminster schools

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Image of L. P. Webber School, circa 1957, from Cody Hungerford's report, along with an inset of the school's namesake, town founder ...