Kalyn McCallJan 12, 20221 min readLos Angeles County, 1888.A map of Los Angeles County prior to Orange County's secession.
Kalyn McCallJan 9, 20222 min readOrange County Designed the Lost CauseSoutherner's played key roles in the founding of Orange County. Like many places across California and the West, following the Civil War,...
Kalyn McCallJan 7, 20222 min readD.W. Griffith in Orange County, CaliforniaD.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...
Kalyn McCallJan 7, 20225 min readAhead of His Time: H.W. HeadAfter the Civil War, Southerners grappled with the reality of Reconstruction and adjusting to Black freedom. On December 24, 1865, a...
Kalyn McCallJan 6, 20221 min readOrange County, 1889The first official map of Orange County after seceding from Los Angeles, showing rancho boundaries and the towns.
Kalyn McCallJan 5, 20222 min readGospel Swamp: Some Newspaper MusingsThe Gospel Swamp area, known for its fertile lands and humble "swamp angels," was often a center of land and labor conflicts in Orange...
