ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : The City That Never Was
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The Orange Coast College campus in Costa Mesa is on the site of a community that seemed destined to become a city during the land boom of 1887.
A health resort and hotel were built near the area’s hot-water springs. But by 1890, the Southern California boom went bust, and the area remained predominantly agricultural well into the next century.
Source: “100 Years of Public Education in Orange County,” by Merton E. Hill
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