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Chinese Laundries

In 1941, a year after the last Chinese dwelling in Anaheim was torn down, Knott's Berry Place in Buena Park received a new resident in...

Orange County Designed the Lost Cause

Southerner's played key roles in the founding of Orange County. Like many places across California and the West, following the Civil War,...

Ahead of His Time: H.W. Head

After the Civil War, Southerners grappled with the reality of Reconstruction and adjusting to Black freedom. On December 24, 1865, a...

Orange County, 1889

The first official map of Orange County after seceding from Los Angeles, showing rancho boundaries and the towns.

Gospel Swamp: Some Newspaper Musings

The Gospel Swamp area, known for its fertile lands and humble "swamp angels," was often a center of land and labor conflicts in Orange...

Too American: Sam "Cussed"

Anti-Asian sentiment gripped the nation in the 19th and 20th centuries, Orange County included. Many Orange Countians, including...

January 01 - When Push Comes to Shove

January 1, 1920. At the start of a new year, readers of the Anaheim Gazette opened their papers to a bit of local goings-on. The second...

Uncle Walt Embraces Aunt Jemima

Walt Disney believed in Thomas Jefferson’s empire of liberty, and like Jefferson, normalized the institution of slavery in that vision. ...

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