Courreges Ranch

Fountain Valley Historical Marker #8, Orange County Historical Site #30 More importantly, I am the Grandson of Joe and Hazel Courreges.

My name is Roch Courreges, and I am the Great, Great Grandson of the Roch Courreges that settled here in Fountain Valley in 1878. I was born in Huntington Beach in 1969 and grew up less than 1/4 mile away from the Ranch. I spent just about every day that I wasn't in school (or grounded) up at the farm helping my Grandpa. I was lucky enough to play in the fields before the houses were built off New

land, before the streets were widened and Talbert and Newland got a stop light, or the condos were put up. Fields were full of crops, the produce stand was open 5 days a week, and the baseball fields across the street were packed on weekends. I was one of 8 grandkids and we all spent quite a bit of time at the Ranch some helping Grandma in the house or out in the stand and others helping Grandpa in the fields riding shotgun on the tractor. The Courreges Ranch was much more than a farm; it was a meeting place. The house was never locked and you never had to knock, you just walked on in. Hazel always had something for you to eat and Joe always had a little "snake bite medicine" close at hand. The produce stand was like a social club with a mix of customers and friends stopping by to chitchat. Holidays were always a big event. Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas were known for a large turnout of friends and family. With the passing of Joe in 1987 and Hazel in 2011, we lost a window into the past. With the last of the Greatest Generation gone, I am going to do my best to keep the history of our great family alive.

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July. Celebrating with family.

Roch Courreges Elementary School Is 50 Years OldLucy CoreyCourreges PTA VP - 50th Celebration ChairCourregesAlumni@gmail...

06/23/2025

Roch Courreges Elementary School Is 50 Years Old
Lucy Corey
Courreges PTA VP - 50th Celebration Chair
[email protected]

02/27/2025

TBT

Just found this, Thirty-Second
1935 Huntington Beach Elementary School Graduation Program in some of my fathers school stuff.
Anyone recognize any of these names?

02/23/2025

This picture of my Grandfather always make me smile.

02/13/2025

1952 Joe Courreges and his brother Roch enjoying some time off pool side at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas.

01/20/2025

A Great Start To 2025
I had the great pleasure of attending the 2024 Score World Desert Championship Awards in San Diego.
Here is a picture of my Grandson Kyle Craft along with Alan Ampudia with the Championship Trophy.
Thank You Rodrigo Ampudia Sr. for the invitation to your table.

01/06/2025

One Year Later.
The Courreges Ranch has seen a lot of changes but this last year was the biggest of them all.
These Pictures Show Where We Were and What It Looks like Today January 5, 2025.

01/05/2025

A year ago today it all came to an end.

12/30/2024

This Is a 1905 Picture Of Some Hay Bailers Cook House And Workers. Found This In Some Of my Grandfathers Things.

Address

8572 Talbert Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA
92708

Telephone

867-5309

Website

http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50014

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