Santa Ana History - Featuring Historical Information of Santa Ana

Featuring Historical Information of Santa Ana - Orange County, California

Santa Ana Historical Preservatiion Society

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Special Features

» The Commercial Buildings on the Santa Ana Historic Register

» Santa Ana and other Orange County locations in the National Register of Historic Places

» Civil War Veteran Grave Sites in Orange County

» Love, Marriage, & Families - three stories of local families by Jerry Hicks

» The Medical History of Orange County - listing early doctors practicing in Santa Ana
» Dr. Howe-Waffle's House by Richard H. Dodd
» The Saving of a House, the Beginning of a Society Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

» Adeline Walker, co-founder of the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society

» The History of Santa Ana by Francelia & Allen Goddard
» Remembering: Day Trips by Shayla Ann Markham
» Remember When.... Postcards & Memories

» Remember When.... Elevators
» Remember When ... Montgomery Ward
» Bibliography of Santa Ana and Orange County History Books
» Early Radio Stations of Santa Ana

Public Buildings, Homes, and Noteworthy Areas

» The Dr. Howe-Waffle House
» Santa Ana Hospital
» The French Park Historic District and Neighborhood
» The Chilton House

» The Duggan House
» The Kellogg House at the Centennial Heritage Museum
» The Maag House at the Centennial Heritage Museum
» Santa Ana's Richest Resident - the Maharajah of Indore
» The Orange County Courthouse

Articles on Early Pioneers and Families

» Dr. Willella Howe-Waffle
» William Spurgeon and the Beginning of Santa Ana
» The Rancho Period - the families of Grijalva, Yorba, Peralta, and Sepulveda
» Don Juan Pablo Grijalva

» Major Ward Bradford
» Architect Frederick Eley
» Judge Prentice and the Santa Ana Zoo
» Aviation Pioneer Eddie Martin
» "Wrong Way" Corrigan
» The Ross Family

Articles on Organizations

» Santa Ana Fire Department
» Santa Ana College