The first volume of Orange Countiana was published by the Society in 1973, though not with the intention of being an annual publication. Within the next 20 years, the Society published four more volumes of articles about Orange County history, researched and written by the County’s leading historians. It was not until 2010 that the Society began publishing a volume of Orange Countiana annually.
The list below includes the names of authors and articles from past and present volumes of Orange Countiana. With the exception of the first volume, these publications are available for purchase on our Publications for Sale page.
Orange Countiana Volume I, 1973
| Sleeper, Jim |
The Strange Cruise of the Last Chance |
| Thompson, Judge Raymond |
Court Case: Anaheim Water Co. vs. Semi-Tropic Water Co. |
| Lockett, Lucy Hill |
The First Summer Home at Newport Beach |
| Gould, Stephen |
The Chinese in Tustin |
| Lee, Ellen K. |
The Irish Alcalde |
| Cramer, Esther |
Baa, Baa Basque Sheep |
| Heil, Kay |
Spring (Orange County Style) |
Orange Countiana Volume II, 1980
| Owen, Peg E. |
How Orange Was Our Valley |
| Walker, Doris |
Dana Point: Historic Embarcadero |
| Walker, Doris |
Orange County’s Oldest Winter Vacationers |
| Coltrane, Garland |
Musical Memories of 1920s |
| Salter, Ed |
The Rooster Brand |
| Brewer, Harold |
Villa Park Orchards Association |
| Meadows, Don |
The West Was Still Wild |
| Doti, Lynne Pierson |
Banking in Orange County: Early Years |
| Beilin, Viola and Booth, Louise |
Two Successful Orange County Women |
| Baker, Elaine Smith |
George Brandriff: Portrait of a Painter |
| Bumgardner, Rush |
Fire in the Hills |
| Salter, Ed |
Pete |
| Bowen, Peg |
The Roadrunner |
| Key, George G. |
Placentia Pioneers: Wrights, Gilmans, and Keys |
| Bowen, Peg |
What Happened to Corporal Emax? |
| Wald, Beverly |
Orange Park Acres: Cactus to Citrus to Urban Community |
| Bowen, Peg E. |
Poems |
| Booth, Louise |
Orange County on the Move (poem) |
Orange Countiana Volume III, 1982
| Marsh, Diann |
Anaheim’s Central School |
| Walker, Marie Clark |
I Remember Anaheim |
| Bowen, Peg E. |
California Quail (poem) |
| Stadum, Carol J. |
An Introduction to Orange County’s Colorful Geologic History |
| Lang, E. Harold |
California Earthquakes |
| Pankey, Edgar E. |
Smudging in the 1930s |
| Bowen, Peg E. |
Orange Tree (poem) |
| Bumgardner, Rush |
How Chilis Grew in Orange County |
| Bowen, Peg E. |
Santiago Creek (poem) |
| Goddard, Francelia S. |
Old Carnegie Years in Santa Ana |
| Bowen, Peg E. |
Lacing Rosemary’s Corset |
| Bowen, Peg E. |
La Vida Hot Springs (poem) |
| DuRall, Nellie S.W. |
Eighty Years in Orange County: Fountain Valley |
| Dick, Jim |
Fountain Valley – A Quarter of a Century |
| Goddard, Allen |
William and Franklina Gray Bartlett: Pioneering Community Leaders |
| Serrano, Mildred Y.M. |
A.E.Y. and J.C.Y. (Mother and Father of Mildred Yorba) |
| Harder, Anne |
The Haven Seed Company of Santa Ana |
| Edwards, Elsa |
Jacob Ross and Family – Early Settlers of Santa Ana |
Orange Countiana Volume IV, 1988
| Pomerey, Leason |
The Orange Plaza |
| Gibson, Pamela |
Early California on Rios Street |
| Marsh, Diann |
Historic French Park 1883-1930 |
| Miscellaneous authors |
Mission San Juan Capistrano |
| Liebeck, Judy |
Preservation of East Irvine |
| Schmidt, Elinor |
Take the Coastal Route |
| Hoskingon and Gass |
The County Courthouse: The Jewel of Orange County Architecture |
| Buffum, Richard |
Balboa’s Enduring Landmarks |
| Smith, Don |
California Hotel |
| Schultz, Elizabeth |
The Last of the Carnegie Libraries |
| Booth, Louise |
Historic Chapman College |
| Donaldson, Steve |
Orange County Railroad Depots |
| Noutary, Marguerite |
The Noutary Home |
| Miscellaneous authors |
The Hetebrink Home |
| Key, George |
Memories of My Home |
| Edwards, Dixie |
The Mother Colony House |
| Marsh, Diann |
The Melrose/Kuechel/Backs Neighborhood Houses |
| Sleeper, Jim |
David Hewes House |
| Smith, Vi |
The McCharles House |
| Lee, Ellen K. |
The Modjeska-Walker House 1888-1988 |
| Melanson, Priscilla |
The Kellog and Maag Houses: The Future of Orange County’s Past |
| Tarlton, Flo |
The Red Cross House |
| Pridham, Mary |
Heritage House, Doctor Clark’s Legacy |
| Milkovich, Barbara |
The Newland House of Huntington Beach |
| Carpenter, Virginia |
The Bradford House |
| Gibson, Pamela |
Forster Elegance Restored |
| Riley, Anne M. |
Heritage on a Hill: Fullerton’s Muckenthaler Cultural Center |
Orange Countiana Volume V, 1992
| Milkovich, Barbara and Cramer, Esther, editors |
Early Businesses in Orange County |
Orange Countiana Volume VI, 2010
| Slayback, Lecil |
Eighty-five Years in the Old Courthouse |
| Clark, Paul F. |
Albert Barnes Clark: A Pioneer Community Leader |
| Brigandi, Phil |
The Birth of Orange County |
| Cramer, Esther Ridgway |
Orange County’s Meandering Boundary: Coyote Creek |
| Oftelie, Stan |
The Long Arms of the Octopus: Southern Pacific Politics in Orange County |
| Walker, Doris I. |
Prohibition Distills New Business on the South County Coast Then Depression Pulls the Cork on the Good Life |
Orange Countiana Volume VII, 2011
| Sleeper, Jim |
The Silent Cannon: The Spanish-American War memorial at Irvine Park |
| Fisher, Brett and Boyd, Randolph |
The History and Humanity of Charles C. Chapman |
| George, Stephanie |
Sacred Encounters: The History of Holy Cross Cemetery |
| Jepsen, Chris |
The Rise and Fiery Fall of the Pacific Beach Club |
| Brigandi, Phil |
“Fools Rush In” Politics and Gambling in 1930s Orange County |
Orange Countiana Volume VIII, 2012
| Rowland, Donald |
José Antonio Yorba |
| Meadows, Don |
Along the Arroyo Santiago |
| Brigandi, Phil |
Portrait of a Young County |
| Tiscareno, Froy |
Memories of “Memo” |
| Moorlach, John M.W. |
The Orange County Bankruptcy |
Orange Countiana Volume IX, 2013
| Friis, Leo J. |
John Meyenberg and the Lily Creamery |
| Brigandi, Phil |
Local News, Local Views – The Story of the Orange Post |
| Clark, Paul F. |
Staying With It – The Early Years of Toastmasters International |
| Hallan-Gibson, Pamela |
Stroschein, Carl – Last Constable of San Juan Township |
| Ortez, Monica |
Robert Strain – Citrus Industry Pioneer |
Orange Countiana Volume X, 2014
| Carolyn Christian |
Contested Boundaries and Intertwined Realities: Gospel Swamp and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints in Orange County |
| Mark P. Hall-Patton |
Joseph Young, Orange County Vintner |
| Paul R. Spitzzeri |
Chronicling Carbon Canyon: A Short History of a Corner of Orange County |
| Terry E. Stephenson |
The First Settlers |
Orange Countiana Volume XI, 2015
| Louise Booth |
Fast Changing Villa Park |
| Brigandi, Phil |
The Birth of an Industry – Early Citrus in Early Orange County |
| Krista Nicholds |
Streamline Moderne Architecture in a Mission Town |
| Bob Ring |
Laguna Woods – Birth of a City |
| Byron “Daniel” Williams |
The Williams Settlement of Gospel Swamp |
Orange Countiana Volume XII, 2016
| Paul R. Spitzzeri |
In the Middle of the Stormy Sea – The Barton Massacre of 1857 |
| Miguel Kraszewski |
Juan Flores in San Juan Capistrano |
| Monica Ortez |
The Spencer Homes of Orangethorpe and Anaheim |
| Chris Jepsen and Stephen Faessel |
Rudy Boysen and the Boysenberry |
| Mark R. Malebranche II |
Brea: Cosmopolitan Present from Provincial Roots |
Orange Countiana Volume XIII, 2017
