ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : High-Water Marks
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Two of the Santa Ana River’s wildest floods ravaged the city of Garden Grove.
In 1916, water covered the area from the riverbed to the railroad tracks, where the embankment served as a dam that caused the water to rise in town.
And in 1938, houses were shifted off foundations, and children rowed boats in the streets.
Source: Margie Stirratt, president, Garden Grove Historical Society
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