Located in the heart of Orange County, the City of Orange has a rich history in the citrus industry and beyond. Founded in 1871 as an agricultural community, the town flourished with the growth of orange and lemon trees in the early 1900s. Downtown Orange grew up around the iconic plaza, with its distinctive circular park and classic fountain. The surrounding neighborhoods filled with homes that reflected architectural styles from the 1880s to the 1940s. As late as 1950, Orange was still just a little town of 10,000 people. Despite the enormous postwar residential growth throughout the county and a tenfold population explosion in the city itself, the community has retained much of the small-town feel of yesteryear.

Orange (Images of America: California)

Arts & Photography

Brigandi, Phil

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Inseparable from the history of the Indians of Southern California is the role of the Indian agent—a government functionary whose chief duty was, according to the Office of Indian Affairs, to “induce his Indian to labor in civilized pursuits.” Offering a portrait of the Mission Indian agents of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Reservations, Removal, and Reform reveals how individual agents interpreted this charge, and how their actions and attitudes affected the lives of the Mission Indians of Southern California. This book tells the story of the government agents, both special and regular, who served the Mission Indians from 1850 to 1903, with an emphasis on seven regular agents who served from 1878 to 1903. Relying on the agents’ reports and correspondence as well as newspaper articles and court records, authors Valerie Sherer Mathes and Phil Brigandi create a vivid picture of how each man—each a political appointee tasked with implementing ever-changing policies crafted in far-off Washington, D.C.—engaged with the issues and events confronting the Mission Indians, from land tenure and water rights to education, law enforcement, and health care. Providing a balanced, comprehensive view of the world these agents temporarily inhabited and the people they were called to serve, Reservations, Removal, and Reform deepens and broadens our understanding of the lives and history of the Indians of Southern California.

Reservations, Removal, and Reform: The Mission Indian Agents of Southern California, 1878–1903

History

Mathes, Valerie Sherer

Americas

University of Oklahoma Press

Picture an isolated little desert community. Borego and Borrego Springs are linked not only by place, but in the way both communities developed.

Borrego Beginnings: Early Days in the Borrego Valley, 1910-1960 (Borrego Desert Heritage Series)

Anza-Borrego Desert Natural history

Orange County's place names take us through the history of California's second largest county, from Indian villages to modern master-planned communities. Over the years, residents and others have left their mark by naming the places where they lived, worked, and traveled. Here, in over 500 alphabetical listings, are hundreds of these interesting glimpses into Orange County's colorful past.

Orange County Place Names A to Z (Adventures in the Natural History and Cultural Heritage of the Californias)

Sunbelt Publications

This unique keepsake book of specially selected front pages from The Orange County Register captures the mind and mood our county, our state, our nation and our world as we traveled through the last century. Each page brings these exciting moments to back life with breaking news as it was reported in the heat of deadline. Inside, you'll experience the arrival of the automobile, the "war to end all wars," the sinking of the Titanic, the Great Depression, the 1933 earthquake, the rise of the Third Reich, the dawn of the nuclear age, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the landing of men on the moon, the fall of Saigon, the destructive storms of 1983, the collapse of communism, Desert Storm, the Laguna firestorm, the dawn of a new millennium and much, much more. You'll be able to go beyond the big headlines and uncover smaller stories that made the front pages, stories that reveal who we were as a people during the last 100 years. You'll discover your heritage, and - perhaps - you'll learn something about yourself.

100 Years of Headline News presented by The Orange County Register

Orange County Register

The Portolá Expedition was the first Spanish overland expedition through what is now Orange County in 1769. It marked a turning point in the history of California and provides us with our first written descriptions of the area and its native inhabitants. "The Portolá Expedition in Orange County" includes brief biographies of Capt. Gaspar de Portolá and the other leaders of the march, a new interpretation of their route through Orange County, a new translation of the diary of Lt. Miguel Costansó, the expedition's military engineer, and details on the expedition's encounters with the Indians, local place names, and lasting influence of the expedition.

The Portolá Expedition in Orange County

Plunkett, Eric

Independently published

Located in the heart of Orange County, the City of Orange has a rich history in the citrus industry and beyond. Founded in 1871 as an agricultural community, the town flourished with the growth of orange and lemon trees in the early 1900s. Downtown Orange grew up around the iconic plaza, with its distinctive circular park and classic fountain. The surrounding neighborhoods filled with homes that reflected architectural styles from the 1880s to the 1940s. As late as 1950, Orange was still just a little town of 10,000 people. Despite the enormous postwar residential growth throughout the county and a tenfold population explosion in the city itself, the community has retained much of the small-town feel of yesteryear.

Orange

Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

Orange County is one of the best-known, yet least understood, counties in California. The popular image of beautiful people in beach cities is certainly accurate. But the Orange County that is often overlooked includes workaday lives in Anaheim, the barrios of Santa Ana, townhouse living in Brea and the diverse communities of Little Saigon, Little Texas, Los Rios, La Habra and Silverado Canyon. Modern Orange County offers very little sense of history, and it sometimes seems as if the urbanization of the 1960s is all that defines the place. Orange County historian Phil Brigandi fills in the gaps with this collection of essays that explores the very creation of the county, as well as pressing issues of race, citrus, attractions and annexation.

Orange County Chronicles

History Press Library Editions

A Brief History of Orange, California: The Plaza City

Orange, California, a city that started small, but grew big on the promise, sweat and toil of agriculture. Born from the breakup of the old Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, its early days were filled with horse races, gambling, and fiestas. Citrus was the backbone of the economy for more than half a century, though post-war development eventually replaced the orange groves. Historian, and Orange native, Phil Brigandi traces the roots of the city back to its small town origins: the steam whistle of the Peanut Roaster, the citrus packers tissue-wrapping oranges for transport, Miss Orange leading the May Festival parade, and the students of Orange Union High painting the O and celebrating Dutch-Irish Days. In doing so, he captures what makes Orange distinct.

Orange, California, a city that started small, but grew big on the promise, sweat and toil of agriculture. Born from the breakup of the old Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, its early days were filled with horse races, gambling, and fiestas. Citrus was the backbone of the economy for more than half a century, though post-war development eventually replaced the orange groves. Historian, and Orange native, Phil Brigandi traces the roots of the city back to its small town origins: the steam whistle of the Peanut Roaster, the citrus packers tissue-wrapping oranges for transport, Miss Orange leading the May Festival parade, and the students of Orange Union High painting the O and celebrating Dutch-Irish Days. In doing so, he captures what makes Orange distinct.

The History Press

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Books by Brigandi, Phil

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Orange (Images of America: California)

Reservations, Removal, and Reform: The Mission Indian Agents of Southern California, 1878–1903

Borrego Beginnings: Early Days in the Borrego Valley, 1910-1960 (Borrego Desert Heritage Series)

Orange County Place Names A to Z (Adventures in the Natural History and Cultural Heritage of the Californias)

100 Years of Headline News presented by The Orange County Register

The Portolá Expedition in Orange County

Orange

Orange County Chronicles

A Brief History of Orange, California: The Plaza City

A Brief History of Orange, California: The Plaza City