Garden Grove: A History of the Big Strawberry

Name: Garden Grove: A History of the Big Strawberry
Brand: History Press
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By Jim Tortolano

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Soon after Alonzo Gerry Cook arrived in the Santa Ana Valley in 1874, he established a small crossroads village among the barren plains of coastal Southern California. With little more than a church, school and post office, he planted the seeds of a community that reinvented itself through times of decline and development, disaster and triumph. When the railroad arrived in 1905, the population doubled. The town flourished as an agricultural hub thanks to the bounties of oranges, walnuts, chili peppers and the crop that earned the city's nickname--the strawberry. Despite damage from the Long Beach earthquake of 1933, the postwar years witnessed booming development, and today, Garden Grove exists as a celebrated part of Orange County. Longtime resident and author Jim Tortolano tells the complete story of a resilient community and its memories, people, places and events that have stood the test of time.

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Number of Pages:: 130
Release Date:: 2015-02-23
Publication Date:: 2015-02-23
Publisher:: History Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1540212718
ISBN13:: 9781540212719
Weight:: 345 g
Height:: 152 cm
Width:: 229 cm
Thickness:: 10 cm

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