Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Dr. Sammy Lee

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Local stories about Olympic gold medalist diver Dr. Samuel "Sammy" Lee abound, (including seemingly having taught half of Oran...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

John Waite (1929-2019)

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John and I at the Orange County Historical Society annual dinner, 2012. John Wesley Waite passed away on Oct. 14, 2019, leaving many gri...
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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Balboa Pirate Days

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Balboa Pirate Days, circa late 1940s. It’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day today! But talking like a pirate is nothing new in Oran...
Monday, August 26, 2019

First American in Downtown Santa Ana

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Orange County Title Co., 1953 (Photo courtesy CSUF Special Collections) Same scene in 2019. (Photo by C. Jepsen) It's hard to th...
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Monday, August 19, 2019

La Matanza

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A vaquero at work in 1830s California. Q: Where did La Matanza St. in San Juan Capistrano get its name? Doesn’t it mean slaughter or mas...
Thursday, August 08, 2019

Verdugo Street, San Juan Capistrano

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Horse tied at Verdugo St. near the Swallows Inn on Camino Capistrano, circa 1960. Often what begins as a seemingly minor question turns...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Happy 130th birthday, Orange County!

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How do we cut this cake into 3.18 million slices? The recorded history of what’s now Orange County dates back to 1769 (we just celebrat...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Morally Iffy in Early Laguna Hills

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Our young hero in 1946. The word “moral” in any organization’s name should set off alarm bells in your head. So it was with the Moral In...
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