ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : It Laid an Egg the First Time

In 1883, C.J. Sketchley of Cape Town, South Africa, started an ostrich farm in what is now Anaheim.

The birds didn’t do well there, so Sketchley bought a parcel for them two years later on higher ground between Fullerton and Placentia, near Cal State Fullerton. He eventually sold the farm, which remained in business for several years.

Source: “Placentia, a Pleasant Place,” by Virginia L. Carpenter