O.C. History Roundup

Ostrich racing (in pirate garb) at the Orange County Fair, 1951. Someone writing a guidebook contacted the Orange County Historical Soci...

Painting of El Toro depot by Edgar Gerry Starr (Saddleback Area Historical Soc.) How El Toro got its name (which means “the bull” in Sp...

Judge D. K. Trask, circa 1900 On the list of strange Orange County street names, Trask Avenue ranks right up there with Heil Avenue , M...

Excelsior Dairy ad from the Santa Ana Register , 1916. Alert reader Steve writes: "I recently ran across Ranney Avenue in Garden Gr...

Weldon Field yanks a tree out of the ground – roots and all. (County of Orange photo) Along with the Post Brothers plow and the Carroll ...

Orange County recently lost two more excellent local historians: Don Tryon of San Juan Capistrano and Juanita Lovret of Tustin. I only...

Irvine Park, circa 1920s. (Don Dobmeier Postcard Collection) The good folks at Preserve Orange County asked if I'd add a link to th...