This is one of California's last surviving examples of the great waterfront recreational pavilions from the turn of the century. Built in 1905 by the Newport Bay Investment Company, it played a prominent role in the development of Newport Beach as . . . — — Map (db m190047) HM
The building was built by a Mr. Smith in 1924 and used as the first hardware store in Orange County. Mr. Curtis Herberts, Sr. purchased the property in 1941 and donated the premises to the U.S.O. of World War II. In 1946, the southern half of the . . . — — Map (db m190045) HM
Two miles inland from this point, in Los Cristianitos Valley, the first Christian baptism in Alta California was performed by Padre Francisco Gómez, a member of the Portolá Expedition, in 1769. — — Map (db m145307) HM
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company presents this statuary to the Kansas City Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, in recognition of Scouting's contribution to this nation and as a lasting tribute to those who have earned its highest award
The . . . — — Map (db m44395) HM
San Clemente Island is the southernmost of the eight California Channel islands. The 56 square miles island received its named in November 1602 when Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino sailed passed it while mapping the region. It represents . . . — — Map (db m190450) HM
The Delta III Rocket - A unique and exceptional artifact in the cultural and economic history of California.
Built by The Boeing Company, the first Delta Rocket was launched in 1960. This series has been NASA's workhorse for commercial, . . . — — Map (db m301116) HM
Built in 1900 of Arizona red sandstone, this is the oldest existing county courthouse in Southern California. Significant and far-reaching court decisions were handed down here, including the "Whipstock" case which dealt with slant oil drilling, . . . — — Map (db m50526) HM
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101471) HM
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101472) HM
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101470) HM
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101467) HM
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101468) HM
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101469) HM
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101475) HM
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over 1,000 miles of service and . . . — — Map (db m101473) HM
This grove of dawn redwood trees was planted by the Orange County Cemetery District as a memorial to the People of Chinese Heritage interred in the Anaheim Cemetery. This species of tree was thought to be extinct until they were rediscovered growing . . . — — Map (db m197717)
During the Spanish and Mexican rule of California, the governors encouraged the settlement of the territory by establishing large land grants. Many of these were later turned into Ranchos that were devoted to raising cattle and sheep.
Orange . . . — — Map (db m188705) HM
A Piece of History of Orange County, California, constructed 1915-1916
Orange County was once covered in orange groves and fields. The blacksmith shop supported the Irvine Ranch, the Irvine Bean and Grain Growers Association, and the . . . — — Map (db m188946) HM
The Laguna Beach Art Association, started by Edgar Payne, was a natural development of the art colony established about 1900. The first gallery was in Old Town Hall. The permanent gallery, constructed on this site in 1929, houses a collection of . . . — — Map (db m146972) HM
Juan Pablo Grijalva, a Spanish soldier, came to California with the Anza Expedition in 1776. On this hill he built one of the first adobes in what is now Orange County. In 1801 he petitioned for use of the land that became the Rancho Santiago de . . . — — Map (db m50040) HM
Pioneering innovations in electronics, guidance, navigation and control that charted new frontiers on Earth and beyond.
This monument is dedicated to every Autonetics employee and retiree whose legacy of excellence continues today as part of . . . — — Map (db m195480) HM
Originally was used to call the
slaves from the fields at the
Jefferson Davis plantation in
Corinth, Miss. In 1862 during
the Civil War, local soldiers
captured it, and shipped it to
Saxeville. — — Map (db m245532) HM
Leimert Park Early Days
Developed by prolific home builder Walter
H. Leimert, Leimert Park was a revolution
in urban planning when it debuted in Los
Angeles in 1928 as one of the first planned
communities in Southern . . . — — Map (db m237647) HM
The Santa Ana River stretches over a distance of 110 miles before reaching the Pacific Ocean at Huntington Beach. It is the largest river entirely within Southern California.
From Dollar Lake and Dry Lake on to Big Bear Lake in the San . . . — — Map (db m224296) HM
Born in Parsons, Kansas, twenty-one year old Ralph Barnes came to California in 1923 with this family and settled in Orange County. After a brief stint in the City of Orange, he secured a position at the First National Bank in Brea, then a small oil . . . — — Map (db m199735) HM
"The Only Romantic Spot on the Coast" Dana Point is named after Richard Henry Dana, Jr. a nineteenth century sailor. Dana called this area "the only romantic spot on the coast," words of admiration that would forever link his name with this . . . — — Map (db m183014) HM
The first Valencia Orchard in California was planted here in 1880 by R.H. Gilman on the property of Placentia Fruit Co. The trees are still in flourishing condition.
Dedicated by Grace Parlor No. 242
Native Daughters of the Golden West . . . — — Map (db m254135) HM
1769 - Portola Expedition enters what is now Orange County.
1821 - California under Mexican Rule.
1842 - Rancho Canada de los Alisos granted to Don Jose Serrano; future site of Heritage Hill Historical Park.
1850 - California . . . — — Map (db m195046) HM
The Judge Richard Egan House was built in 1883 for one of San Juan Capistrano' most prominent citizens. Judge Egan was born in Waterford County, Ireland, in 1842, educated in New York and arrived in California in about 1866 following a trip to . . . — — Map (db m204133) HM
In 1858, Bernardo Yorba deeded this parcel to the Catholic Church for a cemetery. More than 150 years later, Yorba Cemetery continues to offer a glimpse into Orange County's early rancho days. Long before freeways and housing tracts defined the . . . — — Map (db m195595) HM
Antonio Pelanconi bought this lot in 1871 from wine makers Giuseppe Gazza and Guiseppe Cavacci. It is not known when the Pelanconi Winery, which ran between Alameda and Olvera Streets, was builtbut it was in operation prior to 1875. Pelanconi died . . . — — Map (db m163049) HM
The San Gabriel River flows 43 miles (69 km) through Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California in the United States. Measured to its highest headwaters in the Angeles National Forest, along, the Prairie Fork in the San Gabriel Mountains, the river . . . — — Map (db m214795) HM
History of the Air Base from 1942 to 1949
In March 1942, the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks contracted with Holmes & Narver Consulting Engineers of Los Angeles to design and engineer an LTA base that would accommodate the design for . . . — — Map (db m190132) HM
The branding iron depicted in the City Seal was applied to Juan Avila's cattle as early as 1833. The entire seal is surrounded by a braided leather lariat, which together with the Avila Brand, recalls the area's rancho history.
The early . . . — — Map (db m299670) HM
Constructed in 1827 by the Mexican government to collect custom duties from foreign shipping, a principal revenue source when Monterey was the capital of Alta California, Mexico's northernmost province. Thomas O. Larkin, US consul to Alta . . . — — Map (db m82186) HM
In 1960, a group of 61 Anaheim business people calling themselves the Anaheim
Visitor and Convention Bureau organized to see what they could do to make the
city a year-round tourist destination. Their goal was to better capitalize on the
huge . . . — — Map (db m234345) HM
Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in 1776 by Saint
Serra. As the seventh of the 21 California missions, and the
only mission in Orange County, it hosts the State's most
historically significant chapel, Serra Chapel (1782) and the
ruins of . . . — — Map (db m148351) HM
Eugene Oyharzabal and her daughter Carmelita (Carmen) are greatly respected for their vision and generosity in the Los Rios District and San Juan Capistrano.
In 1878, Domingo was the first Oyharzabal to arrive in San Juan Capistrano. Having . . . — — Map (db m276437) HM
In 1951, several pioneer drag racers opened one
of the Midwest’s first drag strips known by local
racing enthusiasts as the “Fulton Airport
Champions Raceway.” For the next eight years
half-brothers Art and Walt Arfons, Otis . . . — — Map (db m142783) HM
The Rio Hondo did not always look as it does today. Until the river was put into concrete channels in the 1950's, the Rio Hondo River offered extensive areas to farm, walk, ride horses, play and swim. Channeling the river did prevent the area . . . — — Map (db m228772) HM
Orange County's early inhabitants, the Acjachemen and Tongva, have a history that dates thousands of years, long before the arrival of Europeans. Here in what is now called Saddleback Valley, grasslands and woodlands spread across the valley . . . — — Map (db m194208) HM
The Castro/Breen adobe is associated with the early development and settlement of Mexican California. The adobe is an excellent example of blended eastern and western building methods first produced in Monterey to form the Monterey Colonial . . . — — Map (db m82243) HM
In 1944, future civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez moved with her family to Westminster, a small town near Los Angeles. That fall, Sylvia's aunt attempted to enroll her own children, as well as Sylvia and her siblings, in the 17th Street . . . — — Map (db m313763) HM
History
The Oso Creek Trail started in April 1997 as a community collaboration where volunteers gather in late spring to celebrate the Earth and the arts in Mission Viejo. The trail is nestled along the riparian corridor of the Oso Creek . . . — — Map (db m226735) HM
History
The Oso Creek Trail started in April 1997 as a community collaboration where volunteers gather in late spring to celebrate the Earth and the arts in Mission Viejo. The trail is nestled along the riparian corridor of the Oso Creek . . . — — Map (db m227360) HM
History
The Oso Creek Trail started in April 1997 as a community collaboration where volunteers gather in late spring to celebrate the Earth and the arts in Mission Viejo. The trail is nestled along the riparian corridor of the Oso Creek . . . — — Map (db m196334) HM
Founded in 1776 by Padre Junipero Serra. The seventeenth in the chain of twenty-one missions established in Alta California to Christianize and civilize the Indians. Stone church destroyed in 1812 earthquake. Expropriated during Mexican rule. . . . — — Map (db m50226) HM
U.S. Post Office and Court House
has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This property possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America.
This U.S. District Court House is . . . — — Map (db m229663) HM
In 1959, a new breed of support group took shape
at the University of Southern California. Several
school-specific organizations were already in place,
composed of individuals - mostly alumni - who made
annual gifts of $100 or more. In . . . — — Map (db m229643) HM
Opened in 1930
Soon after Brea was incorporated in 1917, city leaders saw a need for a
public park that could be enjoyed by all the city's inhabitants. Planning began
and in 1930 City Hall Park opened and quickly became the town's . . . — — Map (db m244171) HM
C.Z. Culver House, built c.1888, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m304233) HM
Offering its first courses on September 25, 1913 to 28 students, Fullerton College is the oldest community college in continuous operation in California. All the college classes were held in the Fullerton High School facilities until 1937 when the . . . — — Map (db m50001) HM
In January 1857, a group of outlaws were terrorizing the citizens of
San Juan Capistrano committing robbery and murder. Los Angeles
County Sheriff James R. Barton formed a posse of five men and rode south.
On January 23, 1857, near this mound, a . . . — — Map (db m244100) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
