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cannot be made. There is no basis for establishing the archaeological potential or value of the area and there is presently no means of de- veloping the data necessary for such evaluation. AREA HISTORY: The historical era opens in Orange County with the Portola expedition of 1769, but nothing of note occurred in the project area until 1811D. On 10 July of that year the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana was granted by Spanish Governor ArreIIago to Jose Antonia Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta. This 62,516 acre rancho was the only Spanish grant which was completely -oith�n the area which would becc -me Orange County. The current project area is contained completely within the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana (Meadows 1966). In 1869 the City of Santa Ana was founded by Gilliam Remy purge�)n. He originally laid out 24 blocks with 10 lots each in the area of present downtown Santa Ana and the Civic Center. He built and operated a store at what is now Fourth Street and Broadway {Alex 1966, Swanner 1950. In 1889, Orange County was esatblished as a separate entity and the City of Santa Ana became the county seat. BRISTOL 5TRI=6T HISTORY: The earliest reference to Bristol as a func- tioning street and structures near it is found in the previously cited 1877 Map of the County of Los Angeles. The map identifies one stricture as the "Old Sepulveda House." This residence was located near what is now the intersection of Richland Avenue and Central Street, several blocky to the west of the current project area. The Diamond 5rammar School was also in existence in 1877. it was located along what would become Edinger Avenue, several blocks west of the Bristol Street intersection. There were three buildings fr�v�tiaq ats Bristol Streit in 1837. Ono• Of these was located on the west side of the street south of Edinger Avenue, about where the Baptist Church now stands. This house was on land iden- ified as belonging to Long. The other two buildings were located direct- ly across Bristol Street on property belonging to W. F. Koil, Bristol Street ended in its southerly extreme near what is now 5t. Andrew Place. No further reference could he found related to the structures existing along Bristol Street in 1877.