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'''Trabuco Canyon''' is a small, [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] community in [[Orange County, California]], with a population of only a few thousand. Each 4th of July includes an old-fashioned parade of locals riding horses and pulling home-made floats to the cheers of observers who are small in numbers but large in enthusiasm. |
'''Trabuco Canyon''' is a small, [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] community in [[Orange County, California]], with a population of only a few thousand. Each 4th of July includes an old-fashioned parade of locals riding horses and pulling home-made floats to the cheers of observers who are small in numbers but large in enthusiasm. |
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It is home to an Orange County landmark, [[Cook's Corner]], a 60-year-old restaurant popular with [[motorcycle|bikers]]. Another local landmark is the 30-yr old [[Trabuco Oaks Steak House]] that is known, not only for its good food, but for affectionately snipping off the neckties of its patrons. Along with 100's of ties tacked to the rafters, not the least of which is Richard Nixon's, the eclectic atmosphere includes large trees growing up through the ceiling. Diners come from the far reaches of Orange County. A large, private community called [[Coto de Caza]] is located in Rancho Santa Margarita |
It is home to an Orange County landmark, [[Cook's Corner]], a 60-year-old restaurant popular with [[motorcycle|bikers]]. Another local landmark is the 30-yr old [[Trabuco Oaks Steak House]] that is known, not only for its good food, but for affectionately snipping off the neckties of its patrons. Along with 100's of ties tacked to the rafters, not the least of which is Richard Nixon's, the eclectic atmosphere includes large trees growing up through the ceiling. Diners come from the far reaches of Orange County. A large, private community called [[Coto de Caza]] is located nearby in Rancho Santa Margarita. |
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Trabuco Canyon is named after the nearby canyon in the [[Santa Ana Mountains]], land now largely within the [[Cleveland National Forest]]. ''Trabuco'' is Spanish for [[blunderbuss]], an old type of firearm. The name was applied after soldiers serving under [[Gaspar de Portola]] lost such a weapon in the area in [[1769]]. Trabuco Canyon was the site of attempts to mine [[tin]] in the early 1900s. Remains of this activity are tunnels into the sides of the canyon, the stone foundation of an ore-processing mill, and some dams along the creek. Unfortunately, the whole tin-mining episode appears to have been a swindle. |
Trabuco Canyon is named after the nearby canyon in the [[Santa Ana Mountains]], land now largely within the [[Cleveland National Forest]]. ''Trabuco'' is Spanish for [[blunderbuss]], an old type of firearm. The name was applied after soldiers serving under [[Gaspar de Portola]] lost such a weapon in the area in [[1769]]. Trabuco Canyon was the site of attempts to mine [[tin]] in the early 1900s. Remains of this activity are tunnels into the sides of the canyon, the stone foundation of an ore-processing mill, and some dams along the creek. Unfortunately, the whole tin-mining episode appears to have been a swindle. |
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Revision as of 08:28, 25 October 2007
Trabuco Canyon is a small, unincorporated community in Orange County, California, with a population of only a few thousand. Each 4th of July includes an old-fashioned parade of locals riding horses and pulling home-made floats to the cheers of observers who are small in numbers but large in enthusiasm.
It is home to an Orange County landmark, Cook's Corner, a 60-year-old restaurant popular with bikers. Another local landmark is the 30-yr old Trabuco Oaks Steak House that is known, not only for its good food, but for affectionately snipping off the neckties of its patrons. Along with 100's of ties tacked to the rafters, not the least of which is Richard Nixon's, the eclectic atmosphere includes large trees growing up through the ceiling. Diners come from the far reaches of Orange County. A large, private community called Coto de Caza is located nearby in Rancho Santa Margarita.
Trabuco Canyon is named after the nearby canyon in the Santa Ana Mountains, land now largely within the Cleveland National Forest. Trabuco is Spanish for blunderbuss, an old type of firearm. The name was applied after soldiers serving under Gaspar de Portola lost such a weapon in the area in 1769. Trabuco Canyon was the site of attempts to mine tin in the early 1900s. Remains of this activity are tunnels into the sides of the canyon, the stone foundation of an ore-processing mill, and some dams along the creek. Unfortunately, the whole tin-mining episode appears to have been a swindle.
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