Orange County has had experience with pirates. Pirate Hipolito Bouchard plundered the San Juan Capistrano mission in 1818 while anchoring off what is now the city Dana Point (California Historical ...

Which came first, the orange groves or the name Orange County? The story is a bit juicy. While some might think the Southern California region got its name from the fruit, it turns out that when the ...

Tracking down locations, people and artifacts that played a significant role in shaping Orange County’s rich and storied past isn’t difficult, if you know where to look. Two local history buffs, and ...

To commemorate Black History Month, Orange County and the Alliance for Historical Hillsborough are co-sponsoring a series of public discussions about historically important Black and Indigenous sites ...

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