Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Election Day and Halloween are coming soon

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Election Day has long had the indignity of falling soon after Halloween, providing obvious opportunities to recast political hobgoblins as...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

A couple more scenes from O.C.'s 125th birthday

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Fairgrounds, Aug. 1: Giant walking "fair foods" add gravitas to the national anthem. In addition to the aforementioned museum ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Vodie's bear, and Saturday doin's

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Vodie's bear, Santa Ana, hours before moving to his new home at MONA. Here's a run-down of some local history-related events hap...
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Thursday, August 07, 2014

125 years of L.A./O.C. sibling rivalry

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Southern California citrus, as shown in Sunset Magazine , March 1911 The rumors are true. We were part of Los Angeles County until we s...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Orange County's 125th birthday continues

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This eagle (sans color) appeared in the Santa Ana Standard in 1889, to mark county secession. Although Orange County ’s birthday was la...
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Friday, August 01, 2014

Happy 125th Birthday, Orange County!

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Created by County Surveyor S. H. Finley in Aug. 1889, this was the first official map of Orange County. (Courtesy the Library of Congress)...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Warren Earp in O.C.

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Warren Earp, youngest of the famed Earp brothers Most think the term "wild and woolly West" didn't apply to Orange County. Th...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Travel back to the year of Orange County's birth

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From the exhibit: A scene at the Hotel Laguna, circa 1889. An exhibit entitled " O.C. Circa 1889 " is opening, just in time fo...
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