Olive Through the Ages

Olive Through the Ages, launched in 2005, was created as a tribute to Olive, California, to make the public aware of its existence, and to preserve its history. This Web site features maps, a timeline, historical overview, and images that provide a glimpse into Olive from its days as a pastoral community in the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s; to a bustling 1880s boom town with a lucrative flour mill; to an orchard-filled community with five citrus packing houses between the 1910s to the 1950s; to a residential island from the early 1960s to present times.

The Living Branch

The Living Branch is an offshoot from the main Olive Through the Ages Web site, and introduces new research on Olive, as well as articles and images contributed by site visitors and friends of the Olive community. This Web site-in-progress focuses on each contributor's experiences and connection to Olive, a place where the past mingles with the present. In joining together with our memories, we are all a part of the same living branch.

If you have old photos or stories about any places that once existed in Olive, please contact me at dota@yahoo.com. The site has grown and evolved because of contributions to its content made by many fine individuals. Thanks to all for your interest in this project. - Daralee