12/1/1998
Landmark information
- Location:
Entrance to Carbon Canyon Regional Park, 4442 Carbon Canyon Rd, Brea - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/1/1998 - Date Most Recently Visited:
12/1/1998 - GPS Coordinates:
N 33 55.275, W 117 49.814
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Olinda
The course of oil production was changed in 1899 when the olinda area became the first site in California to use the technique of drilling with the hole full of water. Having been developed as a source of fuel oil for the Santa Fe Railroad, Olinda became a bustling boomtown at the turn of the century. Its demise came with construction of Carbon Canyon Dam in 1959.