Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Ilse Byrnes (1927-2022)

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Ilse Byrnes leading an O.C. Historical Society tour at the Montanez Adobe, 2016. (Photo by author) One of my heroes has passed: Ilse M. Byrn...
Friday, October 29, 2021

Delhi's Haunted House

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The ghost of a "lady in white." (Art by C. Wilkins, courtesy J'aime Rubio )   [Author’s note: When I stumbled across this stor...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Lost paintings of Orange County adobes

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"The Yorba Adobe" by Anne Robinson (Photo by Don Dobmeier) Help find two missing paintings!  Laguna Beach artist Anne Robinson (Ol...
Thursday, September 23, 2021

W. L. Adams (1841-1926) of Tustin

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Recently, Guy Ball sent me a copy of this photo (above) from the Tustin Area Historical Society’s collections, which was identified as “W. L...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Alice Chandler: O.C. cowgirl and Sheriff's Deputy

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Orange County’s Dorothy Alice Chandler was a cowgirl, sheriff’s deputy, pilot, trick rider, horse trainer, riding instructor, dog breeder, r...
Wednesday, September 08, 2021

P.E. Red Cars to O.C. Streetcar: What goes around...

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N. Main St. at Santa Ana Blvd, trolley track removal, Santa Ana, Sept. 1960. (Kim Richards Collection, OCA) Recently, Kim Richards donated a...
Wednesday, September 01, 2021

Arch Beach Won’t Stay Put

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Arch Beach postcard, circa late 1920s. When it comes to researching the history of real estate, no place in Orange County holds a candle to ...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

The Pacific Beach Club

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Front page of the Santa Ana Register, Jan. 21, 1926. The following article was originally published in 2011 in the journal Orange Countiana,...