Trabuco Canyon
Trabuco Canyon is a small, unincorporated community in Orange County, California, with a population of only a few thousand. It is home to an Orange County landmark, Cook's Corner, a 60-year-old restaurant popular with bikers. A large, private community called Coto de Caza is located near Trabuco Canyon. It was built out mostly in the 1990's as urban sprawl took over Orange County.
The community is named after the nearby canyon in the Santa Ana mountains, land now largely within the Cleveland National Forest. Trabuco is Spanish for blunderbuss, an old type of firearm. Trabuco Canyon was the site of attempts to mine tin in the early 1900s. Remains of this activity are tunnels into the sides of the canyon, the stone foundation of an ore-processing mill, and some dams along the creek. Unfortunately, the whole tin-mining episode appears to have been a swindle.
The community is named after the nearby canyon in the Santa Ana mountains, land now largely within the Cleveland National Forest. Trabuco is Spanish for blunderbuss, an old type of firearm. Trabuco Canyon was the site of attempts to mine tin in the early 1900s. Remains of this activity are tunnels into the sides of the canyon, the stone foundation of an ore-processing mill, and some dams along the creek. Unfortunately, the whole tin-mining episode appears to have been a swindle.
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