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

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

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...

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

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...