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By Chris Epting

Orange County officially separated from l. a. County in 1889, and there�s been no in retrospect. wasteland gave option to wealthy farmlands, the place oranges, lemons, avocados, and walnuts made agriculture the hot county�s most crucial undefined; the area was once truly named for the superiority of its citrus groves. the 20 th century introduced with it lots of marketers, together with Walter Knott and later Walt Disney, in addition to the aerospace undefined, oil drilling, seashore tradition, and extra. however the extra well known �the O.C.� turned, the extra the previous started to be misplaced to improvement and sprawl. This evocative compendium of images revisits some of the areas locals held close to and expensive, together with the Golden undergo nightclub, jap Village Deer Park, Lion state Safari, plus renowned shops, eating places, and, after all, the ever-shrinking farmlands. a lot of those pictures are courtesy of the Orange County records, and others got here from the author�s inner most collection.

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