The Orange Blossoms

50 Years of Growth in Orange County

This exciting large format book with entensive and rich photo coverage of the county reflectes the dramatic changes that have occurred in our county over the last fifty years. This Anthology written almost entirely by local writers covers both topical and regional areas of the County. The text ranges from the light and exciting to a more critcal look as some of the significant events in the county's history.
The first section covers four very important aspects to the county's growth, they are:

Arts by Nora Horn

Architecture by Diann Marsh
Transportation by Stephen Donaldson

Economics by John Sorenson

The second section covers the county on a regional basis from La Habra to San Clemente. Summing all the efforts of the county's residents in the last fifty years. Divided up into:

North County by Bob Ziebell

Anaheim by John Westcott

 Irvine and Saddleback by Joe Osterman

Central County by Toby Young
Photo Essay on Santa Ana, Orange and Tustin by Diann Marsh
South Coast by Doris Walker

The book is 359 pages, 10 x 11 1/2 inches, with introduction by John M. W. Moorlach,C.P.A., C.F.P.Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector and Vice President of the California Sesquicentennial Foundation Board of Directors