13,000 BC–2013: The Orange County Great Park Walkable Historical Timeline Handbook by Dr. Keith L. Nelson and Dr. Spencer C. Olin is published by the Orange County Great Park Corporation in celebration of the completion of the park’s 230 acre Western Sector development bisected by a 2,604 foot long Walkable Historical Timeline.
The Orange County Great Park Corporation was a non-profit corporation organized to plan, design, build and maintain the Orange County Great Park.
In 2021, the Great Park Board voted to change the name of the Orange County Great Park to the Great Park.
13,000 BC–2019: In January 2024, the City of Irvine hired Historical Research Associates, Inc. (HRA), to update the timeline and the handbook. In this case, HRA revised some of the interpretations of people and events in the original Walkable Historical Timeline. The revisions are intended to make these histories more relevant to current issues and more accessible and useful for contemporary audiences. This 2025 update effort adds new timeline entries to this handbook and to the physical timeline at the Great Park. This edition ends in 2019. As Dr. Nelson and Dr. Olin envisioned, the public history program at the Great Park will continue to grow. It will be shaped by the surrounding communities so as to tell their stories and celebrate their shared past. Future revisions of this text are welcome and inevitable. History is happening all around us, and the Great Park reflects an appreciation of the past and a shared commitment to the community’s future.
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