10/20/24: 1958
- Present timeline updated with 2024 entries. |
03/26/23: 1769
-1869 timeline updated to include 1859 year entry (stagecoaches stopping
in "old" Santa Ana);1958
- Present timeline updated to include April 2023 entry. Olive
Volunteer Fire Department page updated to include information from
a news article about the 1961 fire. Tour
of Olive: Section C updated to include a photo and location of the
Last Frontier saloon, a photo of the Lawrence Kokx cabbage shed (the structure
used by Action Recycling Center), information about the Dance Hall, and
a photo of the Sunrise Senior Center located on the site of the second
Olive Mill. Olive Residents Memories
sub-section updated to include links to Olive School photos and a newspaper
clipping from the memorabilia of the late Ann (Carle) Franz provided by
daughter Julie Franz. |
12/17/22: 1958
- Present timeline updated with December 2022 entry. |
05/30/21: Packing
houses page updated with link to c1970 image of Olive Heights Citrus
Association packing house, courtesy Fred Meyers. |
05/27/21: Citizens
and their homes and Olive
School and Civic Center pages updated to include a link to the Ross
A. McClintock photo compilation, images courtesy of Ross' daughter Julia. |
05/11/21: 1892
-1957 timeline updated to include Orange County's first aviation fatality
(May 9, 1913, Olive, CA). |
04/10/21: Olive
Garage page updated with Meyers Garage information and photo, and
1892
-1957 timeline updated to include Meyers Garage. First
National Bank of Olive story updated with images provided by Fred
Meyers. Tour
of Olive: Section D updated to include Meyers Garage and circa 1916
First National Bank of Olive photos. |
04/04/21: Olive
School and Civic Center - 1910 class photo added which includes a
picture of Fritz Meyers, father of Fred Meyers, site contributor. |
03/31/21: Directory
lists & homes page renamed Citizens
and their homes, with image of Fritz Meyers added, courtesy of Fred
Meyers. |
03/30/21: Historical
overview of Olive page updated with photos of 1887 Olive Heights Tract
Map showing lots, and detail from this map showing the lot price list.
Photos courtesy Fred Meyers, grandson of Henry C. Meyers. |
03/28/21: Historical
overview of Olive page updated with four new images of downtown Olive
from c1920, c1928, and 2021 courtesy Gordon T. McClelland. |
01/01/21: Tour
of Olive: Section B revised to include "Peralta Hills" painting
by Wayne La Com and map of Peralta Hills community from circa 1945. |
05/24/20: Tour
section now includes map images with some current street names for
reference. 1958
- Present timeline updated with January 2020 entry. |
04/25/20: Jim McCollum
class photos added; accessible from Memories
page. |
03/31/20: 1958
- Present timeline and various images updated with more 2019 events,
including the demolition of the Lakeside Professional Building. |
12/31/19: In
remembrance of historian and author Phil Brigandi and additions to
1958
- Present timeline. |
07/11/19: Grove-ing
adventures, about 1964 story by Gordon T. McClelland added to Memories
sub-section |
07/10/19: Fletcher
Avenue area in the early 1960s to mid-1970s story by Gordon T. McClelland
added to Memories
sub-section |
06/30/19: Tour
of Olive: Section D and 1958
- Present timeline updated to include information about Olive Park
and the Olive Pony Baseball team's Little League World Series championship
title in 2017 |
06/30/19: Tour
of Olive: Section C, 1892
-1957 timeline, and 1958
- Present timeline updated with information about the Carle Bros.
Garage that was located below Olive Grammar School on Santa Ana Canyon
Way (Orange-Olive Road) |
06/25/19: Tour
of Olive: Section C and 1958
- Present timeline updated with news about the removal of the brick
border surrounding the base of the Old Santa Ana marker |
05/26/19: Olive
Blacksmith shop story updated, First
National Bank of Olive story updated, and 1892
-1957 timeline and 1958
- Present timeline updated with new information for 1948 and 1958 |
03/02/19: Olive
Station U.S. Post Office page updated |
02/07/19: Tour
of Olive: Section H updated with sites and photos |
01/16/19: Tour
of Olive: Section E updated with sites and photos |
10/09/18: Memories
sub-section added, with story When
surf music came to Olive contributed by Gordon T. McClelland |
09/26/18: Tour
of Olive: Section D updated with sites and photos |
09/24/18: Photos
of 1961 fire added to Olive
Volunteer Fire Department page |
09/15/18: Harvey
Garber and Mission Clay Products brick and pipe images added to Brick
yard and tile company images page |
08/30/18: Olive
Blacksmith shop story added to Commerce section |
08/23/18: Olive
Garage story posted to Commerce section |
08/19/18: Olive
Volunteer Fire Department story posted, Tour
of Olive: Section B and Section
D updated with sites and photos |
08/12/18: Updates
on Olive Volunteer Fire Station building completion date in 1892
-1957 timeline, 1958
- Present timeline, and History
of Olive 1900-1955 |
08/11/18: First
National Bank of Olive story posted, Tour
of Olive: Section D in progress |
06/26/17: Tour
of Olive: Section B completed with sites and photos. Section
B - Santa Ana Canyon page added |
05/21/17: 1892
-1957 timeline, 1958
- Present timeline, and Brick
yard pages updated to include new information about Harvey Garber
Brick Yards, Padre Tile Company, and Mission Clay Products Company |
01/02/17: Brick
yard page updated to include information about Harvey Garber's original
brick yard at the site |
12/29/16: Tour
of Olive: Section A updated with sites and photos. Section
A - Eisenhower Park page added |
11/25/16: Tour
of Olive: Section C updated with inclusion of Old Santa Ana marker
and Lawrence Kokx cabbage shed / Action Recycling Center |
11/14/16: Charles
Parkman Taft, Olive's award-winning horticulturist and new map
of St. James from 1888 |
09/17/16: 1958
- Present timeline updated with new information about the former Olive
Hillside Groves and Lawrence Kokx packing house structures |
07/30/16: 1958
- Present timeline and Lincoln
Avenue Baptist Church page updated with new information about the
church |
12/11/15: Olive
Assembly of God Church and 1958
- Present timeline pages updated with new information, including content
and edits provided by Beverly Caruso. The Dillin Mill removed from Tour
of Olive: Section C page. |
11/30/14: Updated
link to "Olive Through the Ages...now and then" Flickr photo
collection. Fonts re-sized and minor maintenance enhancements made. |
09/01/13: Consolidation
of Olive Through the Ages and The Living Branch Web sites |
07/07/13: Citrus
Products, Inc. "Plus" brand canned citrus juice label -
contributor: Tom Pulley |
06/09/13: Directory
lists and homes - Information about two resident homes added |
06/09/13: Olive
School and Civic Center - 1933 fifth and sixth grade class photo added |
12/10/12: Late
night meetings at the Olive Heights Citrus Association - by Gordon
McClelland |
12/10/12: How
my citrus crate label collection began - revised story by Gordon
McClelland |
12/08/12: Central
Milling Co. photo from circa 1922 added to Olive
Milling Company story |
12/03/12: Olive
Hotel photo from circa 1888 replaced in Olive
Hotel and Motel page |
09/24/12: Olive
Motel aerial photo from 1947 added in Olive
Hotel and Motel page |
08/22/12: Olive
Road District map from circa 1912 to 1913 added in Historical
overview |
08/18/12: Web
site redesign and reorganization for easier navigation |
03/23/12: Olive
Assembly of God Church page updated with new information |
03/23/12: Presbyterian
Church page updated with new information |
03/22/12: Living
Branch navigation enhanced; section pages added |
03/17/12: St.
Paul's Lutheran Church & School page updated with six images |
03/12/12: Directory
lists & homes page updated with Jonathan Watson home photo |
12/31/11: Olive
Milling Company page story addition |
12/26/11: Lawrence
Kokx packing house photo additions |
12/26/11: Olive
Motel new apartment building photo replacement |
10/06/11: Olive
Station U.S. Post Office page updated |
09/05/11: Santa
Ana River maps and images page updated with canal photos |
08/08/11:
Citrus crate labels page updated with Lawrence Kokx tomato label |
08/08/11: Lawrence
Kokx's biography page photo additions |
05/22/11: Olive
Motel story updated with photo of new apartment building being built |
05/13/11: Lawrence
Kokx packing house and yard photo additions |
05/13/11: Olive
Hillside Groves page modification |
04/25/11: Olive
Churches section posted |
10/12/10: Olive
Station U.S. Post Office page posted |
09/26/10: Splash
page and Main Menu pages added, as well as new banners |
08/21/10: Olive
Heights Hotel and Olive Motel page posted |
08/02/10: Olive
Milling Company page posted |
06/27/10: Images
migrated from Flickr to this Web site for easier maintenance |
05/09/10: Site redesigned;
Site Map page removed, combined into Contents
page, Latest
news page and link re-added back to site |
05/02/10: Site relocated
to current address at tripod.com |
03/23/10: Santa
Ana River history at Olive page posted |
03/23/10: Santa
Ana River maps and images page posted |
12/12/09: Directory
lists & homes page posted |
12/10/09: The
Dankers, pioneer ranchers in Olive page added |
11/30/09: Latest
News page removed; content can now be found on the home page. Links
page added. |
11/27/09: Olive
boundaries page posted, changes to Table
of contents listings |
10/26/09: Site Map
added |
10/06/09: Historical
descriptions page posted |
10/06/09: Maps
and images page posted |
09/24/09:
Louis Schorn, an entrepreneur in Olive page posted |
09/15/09:
Olive School and Civic Center page posted |
06/11/09:
Brick yard pages uploaded, changes to
Table of contents listings |
05/17/09: The Living
Branch and Olive Through the Ages web sites moved from GeoCities to Tripod,
due to GeoCities' impending closure some time this year. All pages were
redesigned for this purpose. |
04/16/09:
Lawrence Kokx's biography page uploaded |
04/08/09: Merlex
Stucco owner Susan VerBurg's email and recent photos of the former Olive
Hillside Groves plant uploaded |
04/07/09: Lawrence
Kokx packing house photos and 1945 article uploaded |
03/28/09:
Citrus industry stories and images page uploaded, as well as pages
for Olive Heights Citrus Association packing houses in 1915
and 1960 |
03/18/09:
Citrus packing houses page uploaded |
02/23/09:
Citrus crate labels page uploaded |
02/22/09:
Contents page built and uploaded |
02/11/09: About
this site content added to pages |
02/10/09: The Living
Branch site is launched, but is still under construction |
02/09/09:
The Living Branch home page is built as an offshoot from Olive Through
the Ages |