“Modjeska Canyon, California”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Modjeska is an unincorporated community on the western slope of the Santa Ana Mountains in eastern Orange County, California. It is a suburban community of several hundred residents, with a small park and a volunteer fire station.

The canyon is also the location of the Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary. Most of the canyon is bordered by the Cleveland National Forest. The community of Modjeska is very tight knit, hosting several in-canyon events, such as pot lucks, dance lessons, movie nights at the park, Fourth of July parades, as well as Christmas and Hallowe’en parties.^[1] The parties are usually held in the Modjeska Community Center and the Fire Station. They also hold events for non-residents to come and enjoy, such as an arts and crafts fair held in early spring at the Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary.^[2]^[3]

Mary Teegarden Clark, an early resident of nearby Orange, described a late 1800s community picnic in Modjeska in her memoirs, Pioneer Ranch Life in Orange.^[4]

Modjeska is named after the 19th-century Polish stage actress, mother of the famous bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski: Helena Modjeska, who settled in the canyon in the late 19th century.^[5] Her home from 1888 to 1906, "Arden", is a National Historic Landmark. The house and gardens are fenced in, so if you are looking to see the house you must make a reservation for the tour. The house is typically only open once or twice a month, so it is important to make reservations in advance.^[6]^[7]

For most of the 70's and 80's a caretaker named Bob Higgins lived on the Modjeska property maintaining the grounds and most importantly the original home and water line than ran directly from the dam to the home. An agreement between the County and the Modjeska family allowed for the water line to exist forever.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

Bob loved the Modjeska property and devoted many years of his life to maintain it just as it was. He left when it was purchased by Orange County.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

The canyon was affected by the California wildfire of October 2007. About 14 homes in Modjeska were destroyed by the fire and another 8 homes were damaged (out of a total of roughly 220 homes in the canyon). Mandatory evacuations were issued prior to President George W. Bush declaring the site an emergency.

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1. ^{{Cite web| title = Upcoming Canyon Events| accessdate = 2013-04-30| url = http://www.canyonlife.com/events.folder/UpcomingCynEvents.html}}
2. ^{{Cite web| title = Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary| accessdate = 2013-04-30| url = http://www.tuckerwildlife.org/}}
3. ^{{Cite web| title = Modjeska Canyon & Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary| accessdate = 2013-04-30| url = http://www.caopenspace.org/modjeska.html}}
4. ^{{Cite book| publisher = The History Press| last = Clark| first = Mary Teegarden| title = Pioneer ranch life in Orange : a Victorian woman in Southern California| location = Charleston, SC| year = 2013| isbn = 9781626190740}}
5. ^{{Cite news| last = Meyers| first = Talya| title = Modjeska Canyon is just as they like it| work = Los Angeles Times| accessdate = 2013-04-30| date = 2006-06-18| url = http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/18/realestate/re-guide18}}
6. ^{{Cite web| title = Arden: Helena Modjeska Historic House & Gardens| work = Orange County, California Parks| accessdate = 2013-04-30| url = http://ocparks.com/historic/modjeska/}}
7. ^{{Cite web| title = Arden Mainpage| accessdate = 2013-04-30| url = http://www.canyonlife.com/arden.main.html}}
8. ^{{Cite book| publisher = Thomas Dunne Books| last = Schou| first = Nick| title = Orange Sunshine: the Brotherhood of Eternal Love and its quest to spread peace, love, and acid to the world| location = New York| year = 2010| isbn = 9780312551834}}

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