Local historian and Orange County Historical Society president Chris Jepsen will discuss “O.C. in the Colonial & Revolutionary War Era,” at the next Orange County Historical Society meeting: Thursday, May 14, 2026, 7:30 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 N. Canal St., in Orange. Please join us!
photo courtesy of Chris Jepsen
As we celebrate our nation’s 250th year, we often use the term “Colonial America” to evoke the 13 colonies on the East Coast. But California was also an American colony (albeit Spanish) at the time, and plenty of history was being made here too. This broad overview will provide perspective on what you may have thought of as two separate chapters of history but which are, in fact, not only concurrent but actually related.
Chris Jepsen is an independent historian, frequent lecturer, life time OC resident, and longtime president of OCHS. He has written for historical journals, his own O.C. History Roundup blog, government publications, and for six years was Orange Coast Magazine’s “O.C. Answer Man.” He is the Assistant Archivist at the Orange County Archives.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, May 14, 2026, 7:30 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 N. Canal St., in Orange to hear from local historian and Orange County Historical Society president Chris Jepsen discussing “O.C. in the Colonial & Revolutionary War Era,” at the next Orange County Historical Society meeting.
Photo courtesy of
Chris Jepsen