Thursday, May 28, 2015

Old Courthouse time capsule contents revealed

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Evan Krewson gingerly carries the "Japanned" metal box. An important event in Orange County’s Centennial Celebration took pla...
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

A visit to the Fountain Valley Historical Society

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New officers sworn in at Fountain Valley Historical Society.  I spoke today at the Fountain Valley Historical Society (17641 Los Alamos...
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Friday, April 17, 2015

Abe Lincoln, Steve Martin and Knott's Berry Farm

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Steve Martin as Asa Trenchard in Our American Cousin , 1965. A couple days ago, Janet Whitcomb , who usually writes about South O.C. his...
Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Discovering Bunnyhenge

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In early 2013, while grading land for the new Newport Beach Civic Center Park , backhoe operator Greg Oswald uncovered an amazing relic o...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

The Mystery of the Sunshine Lodge

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The Dana Point Historical Society was recently given fragments of an old sign (or two) from the " Sunshine Lodge ." (See photo ...
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Sunday, March 01, 2015

The Original Villages of Irvine

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A preview brochure for Woodbridge Village, 1970s. Historian Ellen Bell will discuss “ The Original Villages of Irvine, 1960-1980 ” at t...
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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Ben Grabiel

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"Long time preservation supporter and Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society Associate Director Ben Grabiel has passed away,...
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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Camptonville

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Irvine Park in the early 1900s. (Photo courtesy Orange County Archives) Q: Where was Camptonville? There’s a paragraph mentioning this ...
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