Alonzo Cook

Alonzo Cook was the founder of the city of Garden Grove, California, now a suburban community in Orange County.

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Wife: Belle Cook

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Graduated from Ohio State University

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Graduated from Union Law School in Chicago, IL

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Probate Judge in Idaho Territory

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1874 Sold house in Vancouver, Oregon to Charles Brown

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1874 Bought 160 acres from Able Stearns - Now Garden Grove

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1874 Built home

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1874 Established "Garden Grove School District"

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1874-75 First school year

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1875-76 School on permanent location - deeded by Cook

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1876 Joined Anaheim Masonic Lodge - Age 36

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1877 General Store established - Cook half interest

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1877 Post Office Established - David Webster first postmaster

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1879 Cook makes unsuccessful bid for California State Legislature

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1881 No records of Cook except that he later became a citizen of Long Beach

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Garden Grove, California: Garden Grove, is a city centrally located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of 2004, the city had a total population of 170,000 people. California State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the city from east to west. Garden Grove is home to a su...

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Orange County: Orange County is the name of several counties in the United States of America:...

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