[NathanR]

My grandfather and great-grandfather were very active in Real Estate in Anaheim, during the 1920's and my great-grandfather bought a book on Orange County history at that time. It was mostly histories of wealthy families of the '20s , but it also included a history of the process of how Orange County, separated from Los Angeles County. It tells of the contest between the cites of Anaheim, Orange, and Santa Ana and how Santa Ana got the county seat, Orange got the name, and Anaheim lost out.

[NathanR]

This is the book I have:

"History of Orange County, California", by Samuel Armor, 705 p, published in 1911 (and revised in 1921) by Historic Record Co. This is a classic and has great biographies of early Orange County residents.