Talk:Silverado, California

Further info on Irvine Ranch

While doing some research on a possible rancho article, this town came up. The link seems nebulous at best but I wonder if anyone has info on the ranch. Ronbo76 04:54, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Here are some links:

• http://www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov/english/remarkable/panel12.html The Irvine Rancho San Joaquin info here. Ronbo76 07:08, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• http://www.irvine.org/about_irvine/ranch.shtml James Irvine 49'er info Ronbo76 07:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• http://www.irwd.com/AboutIRWD/history.php
• http://www.cityofirvine.org/about/history.asp
• http://www.santaanahistory.com/articles/ranchos.html Awesome!!! Ronbo76 07:12, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

The links have similar info, but I couldn't determine the original sources. You might try sending an email to the Irvine Foundation or contacting the Irvine Historical Society (couldn't find a website). Mike Dillon 07:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Mike, thanks. I am chasing down rancho info no matter how obscure. Then, within the next months will begin work on the most promising leads. At least the others might be sources for this article, too.Ronbo76 07:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Odd, but when I look at the James Irvine disam link, his (the Dad) was dead. He seems notable because he was involved with the Gold Rush. He made his fortune and then used the money to come south. Ronbo76 07:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Little conjecture on James Irvine is that he may have heard about the gold in Irvine and worked the mines. I saw the article with the irwd.com but dismissed it because it was solely about gold future/pricing info. Ronbo76 07:23, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Possible sources for this article

• School Accountability Report Card SILVERADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Info about a school in Silverado (no rancho info for me).
• Silverado Library - library info (ditto). Ronbo76 06:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Removed plagiarised material

I removed the large amount of material that appears to have been taken from this document:
http://www.intercanyon.org/e-pubs/doc/2007.0801.canyon.history.doc
--Bighead 06:39, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The link has died. Is there an update? The plagiarism claim can no longer be verified. The edit gutted the article. By rewriting the factual material and crediting its source, that portion of the article could have been salvaged. musant (talk) 14:39, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Lead section is too long.

The top section of this article is too long for comfortable reading. It should be just a short introduction of the subject, not basically the whole article.--TGC55 (talk) 08:59, 5 December 2020 (UTC)