ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : Crossroads of Yesterday
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Fountain Valley grew from a small farming community known as Talbert.
Situated where today’s Talbert Avenue and Bushard Street intersect, the village had a church, a general store and several other buildings.
Though most of the town center vanished as the area became a sprawling suburb, the church is still standing.
Source: Times archives
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