Thursday, September 27, 2012

Jim Sleeper, Orange County Historian (1927-2012)

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Orange County's greatest historian, and one of its most memorable personalities, Jim Sleeper, passed away this morning, Sept. 2...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Don't know what to do Saturday? It's Museum Day!

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Want to visit or do research in the Orange County Archives or to check out the Old Courthouse Museum , but don't have time during th...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Hey, buddy,... Wanna buy an orange grove?

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Want to buy a 1914 Orange County home with a (now) rare adjoining 5-acre orange grove? This is probably your last chance. I just received ...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Watercolors, Newport, Dana Point, & THATCamp

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Gordon McClelland gave a GREAT talk on the history of " California Watercolor in Orange County " at the Orange County Historica...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012

A visit to the Santa Ana Mountains

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If you're truly interested in Orange County 's history, you're going to read the works of Terry Stephenson and Jim Sleeper ....
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Friday, August 31, 2012

Garden Grove, my tiki blog, Wally George, etc.

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Garden Grove resident Josh McIntosh recently posted a petition asking his city to adopt the Mills Act . The Mills Act program en...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Watercolor, OCHS, and classes in art and history

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Today's image is " Bird Rock, Laguna Beach ," painted around 1960 by Phil Dike . It comes from my favorite websites for ...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Thinking big in the Santa Ana Mountains

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Some folks in the canyon communities of the Santa Ana Mountains (e.g. Silverado , Trabuco , etc.) are pushing for two things: 1) To have...
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