Oil well drilling -- Orange County (Calif.)

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Local History Subject Files document the history and development of Orange County, California, and its surrounding regions through a comprehensive collection of materials spanning multiple formats and topics. The collection is organized geographically, moving from specific to general: Orange County cities and communities, California counties, California missions and ranchos, and broader California regions (Northern, Southern, and statewide).At the core of the collection is...

Scope and Contents The Elisha Palmer papers largely consists of legal documents (deeds, mortgages, a land patent signed by President Woodrow Wilson, lease agreements and tax records), correspondence (oil and land related). It also contains a great deal of his records regarding his citrus crops going back to the mid-1920s (harvest receipts and growers association bulletins), his oil interests maps and revenues from his property dating back to the late teens), and a few notable advertising pamphlets and blurbs...