What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Orange County and its people.

 

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1921.

 

History of

Orange County,

California

 

With

Biographical Sketches

of

The Leading Men and Women of the County Who

have been Identified with its Growth and

Development from the Early

Days to the Present

 

HISTORY BY

SAMUEL ARMOR

 

ILLUSTRATED

 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 

1921

 

1668 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I - Formation of Orange County,

CHAPTER II - Roster of County and District Officers

CHAPTER III - Orange County's Water Supply and Way Utilized

CHAPTER IV - The City of Anaheim

CHAPTER V - The City of Brea

CHAPTER VI - The City of Fullerton

CHAPTER VII - The City of Huntington Beach

CHAPTER VIII - The City of Newport Beach

CHAPTER IX - The City of Orange

CHAPTER X - The City of Santa Ana

CHAPTER XI - The City of Seal Beach

CHAPTER XII - The City of Stanton

CHAPTER XIII - Unincorporated Towns

CHAPTER XIV - Orange County's Schools

CHAPTER XV - Public Buildings and Sites

CHAPTER XVI - Pleasure Drives and Resorts

CHAPTER XVII - Orange County's Good Roads

CHAPTER XVIII - The County's Traffic Facilities

CHAPTER XIX - Sundry Voluntary Organizations

CHAPTER XX - Orange County's Soldiers in World War

CHAPTER XXI - Service Men's Recognition

CHAPTER XXII - The County's Liberty Loans

CHAPTER XXIII - Relief Work of Associations

CHAPTER XXIV - A Chapter of Tragedies

CHAPTER XXV - The Oil Industry

CHAPTER XXVI - The Citrus Industry

CHAPTER XXVII - The Beet Sugar Industry

CHAPTER XXVIII - Orange County's Fruits, Grains and Vegetables

CHAPTER XXIX - History of the Celery Industry in Orange County

CHAPTER XXX - Orange County's Live Stock and Poultry

CHAPTER XXXI - The Bee Industry

CHAPTER XXXII - Semi-Tropic Fruits in Orange County

CHAPTER XXXIII - The English Walnut Industry

CHAPTER XXXIV - Farm Bureau Report

CHAPTER XXXV - Population and Valuations

CHAPTER XXXVI - Anecdotes and Incidents

CHAPTER XXXVII - Soil, Climate and Water.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Abercherli, Abplanalp, Adams, Adams, Ahern, Ahlefeld, Ainsworth, Akers, Alberts, Alexander, Allen, Ailing, Alsbach, Amack, Amerige, Anderson, Andres, Arballo, Armor, Arroues, Atherton, Backs, Bacon, Bagnall, Baker, Ball, Bangs, Barker, Barrows, Barter, Bartley, Bastady, Bastanchury, Baumgartner, Baxter, Beach, Beard, Belt, Bemis, Benchley, Bennett, Bentjen, Bergey, Best, Bibber, Biner, Bird, Bishop, Blackford, Blanchar, Blaylock, Blodget, Blom, Bobst, Boon, Boosey, Borchard, Boring, Bowman, Bradford, Brady, Bricke, Bridge, Broadway, Brooks, Brown, Brunworth, Buchanan, Buchheim, Bula, Bundschuh, Burbank, Burke, Burnham, Bush, Bushard, Butler, Byram, Cady, Cailland, Cailor, Callan, Callens, Calleus, Campbell, Carden, Carhart, Carle, Carriker, Carrillo, Carver, Case, Cassou, Castillo, Chaffee, Chambers, Chapman, Chase, Cheney, Christensen, Christiansen, Christlieb, Clark, Clarke, Claudina, Clayton, Clement, Clinard, Clusson, Coate, Coburn, Cochems, Cock, Cocking, Cole, Collins, Collman, Colman, Congdon, Conkle, Conley, Cook, Coon, Cooper, Copeland, Corbit, Cordes, Cotant, Courreges, Cowles, Cox, Cozad, Craig, Cranston, Cravath, Crawford, Crookshank, Crose, Crosier, Crouch, Crowther, Cruiz, Crumrine, Culp, Culver, Cuprien, Daguerre, Dale, Damewood, Damon, Daneri, Daniels, Dargatz, Dart, Dauser, Davies, Davis, Dawes, Deamud, Decker, DeLapp, Denni, Dennis, Derksen, Des Granges, De Vaul, Devenney, Dickel, Dierker, Diers, Dietrich, Ditchey, Dittmer, Dixon, Dolan, Dolph, Domann, Dominguez, Donnelly, Dorn, Douglass, Doyle, Dozier, Drake, Draper, Dresser, Dross, Du Bois, Duckworth, Duggan, Duhart, Duker, Dungan, Dunlap, Dunstan, Dunton, Durkee, Durnbaugh, Dutton, Eaby, Eadington, Eberth, Eders, Eden, Edwards, Edwardson, Eells, Egan, Ehlen, Eismann, Elbinger, Elliott, Ellis, Eltiste, Enderle, English, Erramuspe, Erreca, Errecarte, Eseverri, Esmay, Espoit, Eummelen, Evans, Everett, Eygabroad, Eyraud, Faacks, Falkenstein, Faris, Farrar, Ferguson, Fewell, Field, Finch, Finley, Fischle, Fischer, Fisher, Fishering, Fitschen, Flesner, Flippen, Fluor, Foote, Forbes, Ford, Forster, Foss, Foster, Franklin, Frantz, Franzen, Frazer, Freeman, French, Frick, Fridd, Froehlich, Frye, Fuller, Fulton, Gage, Gaines, Gantz, Garber, Gardiner, Gardner, Gates, Gatjens, Genest, Gibbs, Gilchrist, Gisler, Glenn, Gless, Gobar, Goddicksen, Godwin, Goodrich, Goodwin, Gould, Gray, Greenleaf, Greger, Gregory, Gresswell, Griffith, Grinnell, Grote, Grussing, Gulick, Guntber, Guptill, Gustlin, Guthrie, Gutzman, Haan, Halderman, Haley, Halladay, Hammerschmidt, Hampton, Handy, Haniman, Hannum, Hansen, Hansler, Hare, Hargrave, Harkleroad, Harmon, Harms, Harris, Hartman, Harvey, Hatfield, Hathaway, Haven, Haver, Hawley, Hayward, Hayden, Hax, Hazard, Hazen, Head, Heaney, Heard, Heartwell, Hebard, Hedstrom, Heffern, Heim, Heinemann, Helms, Helmsen, Hemenway, Hemphill, Henderson, Hendrie, Heneks, Heninger, Henning, Henry, Hickey, Hickman, Hile, Hill, Hiltscher, Hinckley, Hiserodt, Hockemeyer, Hoeptner, Holditch, Holloway, Holtz, Hooker, Hossler, House, Houser, Howard, Huff, Hughes, Huhn, Hull, Huntington, Hutter, Irwin, Isaac, Jackson, Jacobsen, Jahraus, Jens, Jentges, Jernigan, Jerome, Jessee, Jessup, Jessurun, Jewell, Johnson, Jones, Joplin, Jorn, Julian, Jumper, Justice, Karloff, Kaufman, Kays,  Kealiher, Kee, Keefe, Kellogg, Kelly, Kenyon, Kidd, King, Kinsler, Kirker, Kirsch, Kistler, Klaner, Klausing, Klentz, Kloth, Kluewer, Knapp, Knight, Knowlton, Knuth, Koch, Kogler, Kothe, Kozina, Kraemer, Krause, Krick, Kroeger, Labat, Lacabanne, Lacy, Lae, Lagourgue, Lamb, Lambert, La Mont, Lancaster, Landell, Lang,  Lantz, Larter, Latourcette, Launders, Launer, Lautenbach, Lavin, Leander, Le Bard, Ledford, Lee, Lehmberg, Lehnhardt, Leichtfuss, Le Marquand, Lembeke, Lemke, Leonard, Lieffers, Lindley, Linebarger, Littell, Livenspire, Loescher, Long, Lorenz, Lotze, Lovering, Lowell, Luce, Luther, Lyon, McAulay, McCarter, McCarthy, McCarty, McConnell, McCord, McFadden, McGee, McGuire, McKeen, McKinky, Mclnncs, McMillan, McNeil, McPhee, McPlierson, McWilliams, Maag, Macdonald. Machander, Magill, Maier, Manning, Mansur, Marion, Maroon, Marquart, Marquez, Marsden, Marsom, Martel, Martin, Maryatt, Masters, Matthews, Maurer, Mayer, Mayfield, Mayhew, Medlock, Mefford, Meger, Meier, Meiser, Melcher, Melrose, Menges, Menton, Merrick, Metzgar, Meyer, Miles, Millen, Miller, Mills, Mitchell, Moherly, Modjeska, Moody, Moore, Morales, Morris, Morrison, Morrow, Mosbaugh, Moulton, Mueller, Myers, Nebelung, Nelson, Newland, Newsom, Nichols, Nicolas, Nimocks, Nisson, Noe, North, Northcross, Norton, Nowotny, Nusbaumer, Nutt, Nylen, Oborne, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Oelke, Oelkers, Oertly, Oertly, Olewiler, Oliveras, Olson, Ord, O'Rear, Ortega, Orton, Osborne, Osterman, Oswald, Otis, Overshiner, Oyharzabal, Padias, Page, Palmer, Pannier, Pappas, Parker, Partridge, Paterson, Patterson, Pattillo, Patton, Paulus, Pearson, Peek, Peelor, Peitzke, Penman, Peralta, Perkins, Perry, Peterkin, Peterson, Peiffer, Phillips, Pickering, Pierce, Pike, Pirie, Pister, Pixley, Planchon, Plavan, Pleasants, Plegel, Plinnmer, Polhemus, Poling, Pollard, Pollock, Pomeroy, Pope, Popplewell, Porter, Potter, Prescott, Pressel, Price, Prinslow, Pritchard, Probst, Proctor, Pryor, Pugh, Pulver, Purdy, Pyle, Queyrel, Quick, Raikes, Ralph, Ramsey, Ray, Read, Reagan, Reed, Reid, Reisch, Reusch, Router, Reyburn, Rice, Richards, Richardson, Richey, Richter, Riggle, Rimpau, Roberts, Robertson, Robinson, Rochester, Rogers, Rohrs, Rolfe, Rorden, Rosenbaum, Ross, Rouse, Rousselle, Roy, Royer, Ruddock, Ruedy, Ruhmann, Runyan, Rurup, Rust, Rutherford, Rutschow, Ryan, Sackman, Sadler, Salter, Sanders, Sandilands, Sansinena, Sargent, Sauers, Saunby, Sawyer, Sayles, Schaffert, Schildmeyer, Schlueter, Schmidt, Schnitger, Schreiner, Schroeder, Schulte, Schultz, Schulz, Schumacher, Schweiger, Schweitzer, Scott, Segerstrom, Seidel, Serrano, Shaffer, Shanley, Sharratt, Shattuck, Shaw, Sheppard, Sheridan, Shields, Shook, Shrosbree, Sitton, Skidmore, Skiles, Slack, Smart, Smiley, Smith, Smithwick, Snow, Spangler, Sparkes, Speer, Spencer, Spennetta, Sprague, Spurgeon, Staley, Stanckey, Stanfield, Stankey, Stark, Stearns, Steele, Stein, Steward, Stewart, Stuwart, Stinson, Stock, Stockton, Stockwell, Stodart, Stoflel, Stohlmann, Stolt, Stoner, Stork, Stortz, Stradley, Strauss, Streech, Strock, Struck, Stuckenbruck, Sutton, Swartzbaugh, Swindler, Taft, Talbert, Talmage, Taylor, Teague, Tedford, Teel, Thelan, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Thorman, Thurber, Thurston, Till, Timken, Timmons, Tingley, Todd, Toler, Toney, Tournat, Toussau, Towner, Townsend, Tralle, Trapp, Travis, Tremain, Treulieb, Treydte, Trickey, Triekey, Tubbs, Tucker,Tuffree, Turck, Turner, Tuthill, Utt, Ulrich, Utter, Utz, Vail, Valenti, Vanderburg, Vaughan, Velasco, Vincent, Violett, Volberding, Vollmer, Wagner, Wahlberg, Walker, Waller, Wallop, Walter, Walters, Walton, Ward, Wardlow, Wardwell, Ware, Warne, Warren, Wasser, Watson, Weaver, Wehrly, Weisel, Weitbrecht, Welch, Wells, Wendt, Wersel, Wessler, West, Weston, Wettlin, Whedon, Whippo, Whitacre, Whitaker, Whitney, Wickersheim, Wickett, Wilher, Wiley, Wilkins, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wine, Winters, Witman, Witt, Wolff, Wood, Woodington, Woodworth, Wray, Wright, Yaeger, Yandeau, Yoch, Yorba, York, Yost, Yount, Yriarte, Zaiser, Ziegler,