A map of Los Angeles County prior to Orange County's secession.

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...

In 1889, Orange County successfully seceded from Los Angeles. To celebrate this centennial, the special "The Story of Orange County" was...

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

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

D.W. Griffith made cinematic history in Orange County more than once. In 1910, D.W. Griffith recorded one of his first films and one of...

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

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

Throughout the 19th century, anti-Chinese sentiment fomented in the state of California, culminating in the federal passage of the...

Spanish dominion over Alta Califonia radically changed the lives of indigenous people. During the Mission Period in Alta California (AD...

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

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...

Orange County wanted and needed to avoid a lynching. In many ways, the case of Mose Gibson mirrored that of Francisco Torres. Torres was...

With Gibson's confession, Orange County authorities assured the locals that they had their man. Soon, the county was flooded with...

After his arrest, Gibson gave a confession to Sheriff Jackson of Orange County. Despite the inconsistencies in his statement, the...

Fullerton wanted justice. The white man story does not seem to have been followed up. After testing the flashlight found at the scene,...

Who killed Roy Trapp? Who committed the "Satanic midnight" murders? Mirroring the Torres case, at first, it was believed that the...

July 15, 1920 Shortly after midnight, chaos ensued at the home of wealthy Fullerton rancher Roy G. Trapp. At the time, Roy's ranch sat on...

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