Follow these links to a growing number of articles and historic documents:
* A (Very) Brief History of Orange County
* A Children's History of Orange County
* AN ORANGE COUNTY CHRONOLOGY
Cities and Towns
* Drought, Debt, and Development - The Story of the Stearns Ranchos
* Orange County in the Sunny Seventies (1870s, that is)
* City Incorporation Elections
* How Many Names Does One Place Need?
* Land of Sunshine / Out West features, 1894-1913
* La Palma - Orange County's Dairy Land
* The Incorporation of Garden Grove
* City of Orange Bicentennial Plaques
* Eldo West's "Notes Concerning Yorba Linda"
* Railroads and Real Estate - The Pacific Land Improvement Company
* Early Orange County Colonias
* 1868 -- The Year that Made Orange County
* Trabuco Oaks - A Canyon Community
* Excerpts from the 1880 History of Los Angeles County
* The Town of San Juan Capistrano
Special Subjects
* A Tour of Historic Knott's Berry Farm
* The Biggest Fire You've (N)ever Heard of
* The Six Most Common Mistakes About the History of Orange County
* A Few Words on Williams Canyon
* Great Movies Shot in Orange County
* Early Films of Orange County
* Water Wars on the Santa Ana River
* Historic Place Names in Orange County
* Orange County's World War II Military Bases
* Orange County's State Historical Landmarks
* Historic Spots in O’Neill Park
* The Silverado Mining Boom of 1878
* Historic Maps of Orange County
* Indian Village Names in Orange County
* Orange County’s 13-Star Flag - Who’s Hoaxing Who?
People
* W.T. Glassell - The Real "Father" of Orange
* Joseph Thurston's Laguna Beach of Early Days
* Orange County’s First Rancheros – Manuel Nieto and Juan Pablo Grijalva
* Juan Orosco - A Forgotten Lawman
* Some Orange County Historians
* Jake Yaeger - Orange County Miner
* Ong Q. Tow, Chinese Businessman and Soldier
* Pioneer Harvest - The Life of Walter Knott
Agriculture
* King Citrus and Queen Valencia
* Citrus Beginnings - Who Planted the First Oranges in Orange County?
Transportation
* Three Road Trips (along historic Orange County highways)
* The Southern Pacific - Orange County's First Railroad
* Stage Coach Days in Orange County
* Past in the Pavement - Orange County's Historic Street Names
* A Brief History of the Orange County Airport
Businesses
* The Arches (now A Restaurant)
* The Oil Industry in Orange County
Newspapers
* Local News, Local Views - The Story of the Orange Post
* The Anaheim Gazette and its Publishers
* 19th Century Orange County Newspapers
Government
* "Fools Rush In" - Politics and Gambling in 1930s Orange County
* The Best Little Hospital in Orange County
* The Old Orange County Courthouse
Schools, Churches, and Organizations
* Orange County School Districts
* A Brief History of Scouting in Orange County
* The Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Church
* Early Kindergarten in Orange
* The First One Hundred Years of West Orange Elementary, 1890-1990
Spanish Missions and Mexican Ranchos
* The Portolá Expedition in Orange County
* Mission Adobes and Outposts in Orange County