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INSTRUCTIONS
How to Scan Photographs for SCVHistory.com • Library of Congress 6-5-2014
Curatorial Care of Photographic Collections • National Park Service Museum Handbook 1996
Guide to Collections Care • Gaylord Bros. Inc. 2010 (Marketing brochure but instructive)
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY
SCV Chronology: A Timeline of Historical Events by Leon Worden
Concise History of the Santa Clarita Valley by Leon Worden • February 1997
Santa Clarita Valley's Federally Listed Historic Sites (National Historic Landmarks, National Register).
Future Destination: Santa Clarita Valley is Ringed with History by Leon Worden, 2009
Correcting the Record: An Error Guide for SCV Historians by Leon Worden
Newhall: A History and Description of Newhall, California Compiled by Mary F. Brunner, Branch Librarian
The Story of Our Valley by Arthur B. Perkins, 1954-55
Rancho San Francisco: A Study of a California Land Grant by Arthur B. Perkins, June 1957
FILM: "Rio Santa Clara," ~1956 • History of Placerita, Pico, Acton Mines, more.
History of the Santa Clarita Valley by Jerry Reynolds, 1976-94
Cultural Resources, Santa Clarita Valley • OVOV City-County General Plan, 2011-12.
Santa Clarita General Plan: Historic Resources • Adopted 6-25-1991 (*Superseded 6/14/2011).
SCV's Historic Locations: Where to Find Them **2005 UPDATE** by Leon Worden • The Signal, 3-29-2005
Newly Available Documents Cast Different Light on SCV History by Dr. Alan Pollack • Dispatch, March-April 2014
Exonumia: Tokens & Medals of the Santa Clarita Valley by Leon Worden
Historic A.B. Perkins Photos Resurface by Leon Worden • The Signal, 9-25-1996
Who Knew? Perkins' SCV History Books Still Available to Researchers by Leon Worden, 6-2-2019
Publisher Donates Entire Signal Photo Archive to SCV Historical Society • SCVNews.com, 4-2-2019.
How Santa Clarita Got Its Name by Ruth Waldo Newhall • The Gazette, Feb.-March 1997
The Great Changeover: County Imposes 5-Digit House Numbers by Leon Worden, 4-17-2020.
Dawn of a new century: How Santa Clarita got here by Leon Worden • The Signal, April 2001
"Over the Range to the Golden Gate" (Excerpts: Descriptions of Newhall, Camulos, Mojave Desert, etc.), 1896 (1884).
HS2101 - Map: Land Ownership, Santa Clarita - San Fernando - Simi Valleys, 1921.
Newhall Area Now Has 100 Telephones • The Signal, March 17, 1927
SCV Switching to Direct-Dial, All-Number Calling • The Signal, May 5, 1960
LW2522 - "Becoming Los Angeles" Exhibit at NMHLA: Selections with an SCV Connection
Santa Clarita Makes List of Top 10 True Western Towns • 12-9-2014
Download and Print: History of Santa Clarita (Valley) Coloring Book • City of Santa Clarita 2018.
All Available School Yearbooks • From elementary school to COC
AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Also See CITY OF SANTA CLARITA | LAW ENFORCEMENT | L.A. COUNTY FIRE | BUSINESS ORGS.
Ancient Order of United Workmen, Newhall Lodge No. 218 • 1880s
History of the Domestic Violence Center By Barbara Cochran, October 2014
History of Newhall-Saugus Kiwanis Club from Brunner's 1940 History
LARC Ranch Story By Kathleen Sturkey
History of Masonic Club from Brunner's 1940 History
Newhall-Saugus 20-30 Club, 1947-1956; News Reports.
Castaic Saddle Club, 1949-1989; News Reports.
LW2635 - Mint Canyon Moose Lodge 2173, Matchbook Cover, 1960s.
GA7101 - Newhall Woman's Club Visits Mentryville House, Johnson Park, 10 Views, 6-9-1971.
LW3161 - Brand-New California Aqueduct Ruptures in Lancaster, 10-12-1971.
TO8701 - Photo Gallery: Newhall Church of the Nazarene Under Construction, 1987.
Bylaws of Castaic Area Town Council Inc. (CATC) 7-19-2000
Bylaws of the Val Verde Community Advisory Committee (VVCAC) 2001
Ruling: Ralph M. Brown Act Applies to Town Councils in L.A. County L.A. County Superior Court 8-1-2005
Assistance League Santa Clarita
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley
Bill Hart District Boy Scouts of America
Carousel Ranch
Child & Family Center
College of the Canyons Foundation
Elks Lodge No. 2379
Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCI Santa Clarita
Lions Clubs (CC, Castaic, N.S.V.)
Los Angeles World Airports
OLPH Catholic Church
Santa Clarita Oak Conservancy
SCV Man & Woman of the Year
SCV Athletic Association (SVCAA)
Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
Castaic Lake Water Agency
Newhall County Water District
Wm. S. Hart Little League (Hart PONY Baseball-Softball)
Zonta and Soroptimist
AREA MAPS: See MAPS
ROADS (Also See BEALE'S CUT and RIDGE ROUTE)
The San Fernando (Newhall) Pass And the Pioneer Traffic That Went Over It by Vernette Snyder Ripley, 1947-48
Express Companies, Stage Lines (incl. Overland Mail Co.)
Good Roads: Origins of the California Highway System, 1890s-1910 • California History (Excerpt) Spring 1996.
Automobile Club of Southern California: Biographical History • Huntington Library, n.d.
Caltrans Celebrates 120th Anniversary • 4-8-2015
AP1313 - Lopez Station, 2 Views, ~1890.
El Camino Real: It Wasn't What You Might Think •News reports, early 1900s.
Acton Rock Co. Fails to Win County Road Contract • L.A. Herald, 4-19-1910.
SW1902 - Souvenir Postcard: Entrance to San Fernando (Train) Tunnel, n.d. (1900-1920).
Newhall (Auto) Tunnel Opens • News reports, 12-1910. (And Multiple Views.)
L.A. County's Road-Building Achievements: Newhall Tunnel, Mint Canyon & more • From Ben Blow's "California Highways," 1920.
Local Driving Routes, 1920: L.A.-Bakersfield, Saugus-Ventura, Lebec-Mojave, more • Autobmobile Blue Book Vol. 8, 1920.
Signs of the Times (Early Road Markers), Automobile Club of Southern California • Westways, July-August 1999.
Paving the Way: Highlights in Auto Club History, Westways, November-December 2000.
Ventura County to Pave Road Through Rancho Camulos (Future SR-126) • Oxnard Press-courier, 11-17-1916.
Newhall Businesses Moved for San Fernando Road Widening • The Signal, 6-6-1935.
MJ3801 - Last of the Newhall (Auto) Tunnel, 1938.
Initial Site Assessments: Cross Valley Connector (East) & Golden Valley Bridge, L.A. County 2005-2006.
Golden Valley Bridge Over Santa Clara River: Environmental Assessment, Caltrans & City of Santa Clarita, March 2008.
SW3002 - Newhall Grade, Color Poscard, ~1930.
LW2622 - Mint Canyon Highway (Sierra Highway), Sleepy Valley, 1940s.
AP1312 - Bottom of Elsmere Canyon, ca. 1963.
Antelope Valley (14) Freeway
CP6001 - Trueblood Roadside Rest, Castaic, 1960s.
DI6701 - Construction of Interstate 5, Grapevine Area, March 1967. Multiple Views.
Lower San Francisquito Renamed "Seco Canyon Road," 1968.
TN6901 - McBean Parkway Before Henry Mayo Hospital, 1968-69.
GT8802a - Morning Gridlock on Soledad Canyon Road at Bouquet Junction, 2-1988.
GT8802b - Afternoon Gridlock on Sierra Highway; Jake's Way Apartment Construction, 2-1988.
GT8802c - Morning Gridlock on Bouquet Canyon Road at Espuella, 2-1988.
ACR89 - Assembly Concurrent Resolution 89 (Wilk-Runner): Connie Worden-Roberts Memorial Bridge, 6-18-2015.
LW3438 - Video: Pedestrian Bridge Erected Over Sierra Highway, 2018.
Metrolink
BUSINESS / CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Standard Oil Co. of California: The First 50 Years • Standard Oil Bulletin, September 1929.
History (& Preshistory) of Southern California Edison, 1886 to Date • Edison International 2014.
RN1701 - Newhall Land & Farming Co. Stock Certificate, Issued 1917.
The Signal, 1919—
Newhall / Newhall-Saugus-Valencia / Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce, 1923—
Eternal Valley Memorial Park, 1958—
LW2866 - Early Waste Disposal: Agajanian's Saugus Hog Farm Featured in Magazine Advertisement, 1953.
LW3460 - Tip's Santa Monica Restaurant: Wooden Menu, 1950s.
LW2932 - Lagerberg's Union 76 Wholesale Distribution Business: Personal Toolkit Promo, 1950s-1960s.
Newhall-Saugus Sun Newspaper, 3-21-1963 (8 pgs.): Thatcher Glass Cover; Hart High Science Fair.
LW3702 - Stock Certificate: The Newhall Land and Farming Company, 12-18-1978.
LW3713 - Original Artwork for Stock Certificate, The Newhall Land and Farming Company, 1984 (Unique).
Jury Awards Newhall Land $2.3 Mil. for "Valencia" Trademark Infringement by Palmer, 2-24-1993.
Valley Industry Association (VIA), 1981—
S.C.V. Citizen newspaper, 1988-1989
SCV Growth: Commercial-Industrial-Residential Development, 2002-04 • Union Bank of California, 2-18-2004.
Princess Cruises, 'Love Boat' Cast Honored on Hollywood Walk of Fame • 5-10-2018.
PATENTS & INVENTIONS
DP9901 - Charles A. Mentry: Specifications, Patent No. US647605-A: Expansion-Reamer (Granted 1900).
Bermite Powder Co. Patent No. 2869463: Delayed Firing Cartridge, 1-20-1959.
Bermite Powder Co. Patent No. 2875959: Tilted Axis Muller, 3-3-1959.
Bermite Powder Co. Patent No. 2995088: Multi-Stage Igniter Charge, 8-8-1961.
Bermite Powder Co. Patent No. 3334536: Releasable Nut with Radial and Longitudinal Lockout, 8-8-1967.
LW2604 - Bobby Batugo Lapu Lapu Goblet, 4 Views.
HB8201d - Bobby Batugo's Universe Cocktail (1978). Tabletop Display.
HB8201c - Bobby Batugo's Memmories Cocktail (1982). Tabletop Display.
HB8201b - Bobby Batugo's New Day Cocktail. Tabletop Display.
HB8201a - Mario Batugo's Blue Heaven Cocktail. Tabletop Display.
HART HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Wm. S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board Members, 1945 to Date
Comprehensive Survey of Newhall and Contiguous School Districts (Castaic, Saugus, Honby, New Era, Felton) by Lester Dalbey, 1933.
How Did the Hart District Obtain Its First School Site?
Study: Advantages of the Unification of the Hart School District • Butler & Thyberg, June 1948.
Picture Story of Hart High School (and District) • May 1952.
NS6001 - Classroom Rental and Lease Agreement Between Newhall School District (Lessor) and Hart District (Lessee), 9-1-1960.
Hart High School District Unification Effort • News reports, September 1964.
HB6601 - 8 Aerial Photos: Hart High, Placerita Junior High, 7-10-1966.
SG091570 - Voting in the Hart District Recall Election, 9-15-1970.
LW3007 - SCV School District Reorganization Plan (Failed), 1970-71.
HD7601 - School Board and Administration (Partial), 1976.
HD8701 - Wm. S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board, 1986-87 school year.
LW2809 - H. Clyde Smyth, Ed.D., Superintendent, Wm. S. Hart Union High School District.
The Santa Clarita Valley Facilities Foundation Story • 1998-2014.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Dept. of the Interior Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties, 2017.
DOI Preservation Brief 48: Preserving Grave Markers in Historic Cemeteries, 2016.
DOI Preservation Brief 15: Preservation of Historic Concrete, 2007.
DOI Guide to Developing a Historic Landscape Preservation Maintenance Plan, 1998.
DOI Preservation Brief 36: Planning, Treatment and Management of Historic Lanscapes, 1994.
California's Statewide Historic Preservation Plan, 2013-2017.
GEOLOGY/PALEONTOLOGY
Tick Canyon Camel & Ancient Horse Teeth: Tertiary Mammalian Fauna from the Mint Canyon Formation • John H. Maxson, Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1928.
Earthquake Faults: Geology of San Francisquito and Bouquet Canyons • Frank Andrew Nickell, Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1928.
Slippery Hills: Geology of the Soledad Corridor • C.D. Cooksey, Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1934.
Plum-Bouquet-Vasquez Cyn. Area: Geology of a Portion of the Humphreys Quadrangle • Flint 1939.
LW3518 - The Pacific Mineralogist, December 1941 (Complete): Includes Minerals of Mint Canyon.
Geology of the Humphreys Station Area • R.J. MacNeill, Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1947.
Geology of the Del Valle Area • Charles DeVries Edwards, Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1947.
Geology of Canyon Country (a Portion of Eastern Ventura Basin) • Wakefield Dort Jr., Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1948.
Geology of the St. Francis Dam Area • Jesus Ruiz Elizondo, Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1953.
Historic Fault Movement: Deposition and Deformation in the Northern Soledad Basin • W.R. Muehlberger, Doctoral Thesis, CalTech, 1954.
Strike-Slip Displacement of the San Gabriel Fault, Calif. Dept. of Natural Resources (Crowell 1954).
GS5801 - Fossilized Whale Rib Bones, Sand Canyon, Collected ~1958.
Geology of Southeastern Ventura Basin, Los Angeles County: Stratigraphy, Structure and Occurrence of Oil • USGS: Winterer & Durham 1962.
LW3749 - Remains of 2 Ancient Bison Found in Castaic Oil Fields, 1950.
Ancient Cud Chewers of Canyon Country: Oreodonts of the Tick Canyon Formation • David P. Whistler, UCB, 1967.
Geology of the Ventura and Soledad Basins in the Vicinity of Castaic • Stitt 1981.
LW2603 - Bivalve Fossil in Conglomeration, Potrero/Newhall Ranch, 4 Views, Collected ~1998.
Pass: Where River Met Sea in the Pliocene • Squires 2012: Pico Formation Paleontology.
LW2595 - Marine Fossils, Sand Canyon, Collected 4-1-2014.
LW0060 - Scallop Shell Fossils, Castaic Valley.
LW2480 - Small Marine Fossils, Pico Canyon 9-21-2013.
LW2507 - White Volcanic Tuff in Bouquet Canyon 10-20-2013.
Gallery - Marine Fossils, Newhall Creek (Placerita Canyon area), 7 Views, Collected 2014.
AL1401 - Tick Canyon Howlite Specimens in Smithsonian National Museum, 6-26-2014.
CN1901 - Tick Canyon Howlite Specimens.
Finding Fossil Falls in the Coso Range by Linda Castro, SCVNews.com, 8-27-2015.
Geology of Vasquez Rocks • Sarah Brewer, (Section of) Master's Thesis, CSUN, 2016.
Trona Pinnacles by Linda Castro, SCVNews.com, 1-19-2017.
LW2945 - Marine Fossils in Towsley Canyon, 3-26-2017.
NATURE-EARTHQUAKES-FLOODS
Historical Rainfall in SCV, 1769-1970s • From Lopez 1974.
1857 Fort Tejon Earthquake
1893 Pico Canyon Earthquake
Great Flood of March 2, 1938
1952 Kern County Earthquake
1969 Flooding
Snow Day 12-19-1970
1971 Sylmar Earthquake
Snow Day 1-4-1974
Space Ordnance Systems Cleanup (1984-1989 ff.)
1994 Northridge Earthquake
Elsmere Canyon Landfill (Proposed/Defeated)
Snow Day 1-2-2011
Angeles National Forest / San Gabriel Mountains
Santa Susana Mountains
Rim of the Valley Corridor
Other:
CE0000 - Endangered & Threatened Species in the Santa Clarita Valley
Fishes of the Santa Clara River System, Southern California (Bell 1978).
Santa Clara River Significant Ecological Area • L.A. County, As Proposed 2014.
Severe Storms Wash Out SCV Train Tracks, Bridges • February-March 1884.
L.A. Times Traces Great Meteor of Aug. 7, 1901, to Deadman's Canyon Los Angeles Times 9-1-1901.
Nesting of the Dusky Poorwill Near Saugus, Condor Magazine, 1920.
The Great Bee Cave in Towsley Narrows • By Addi Lyon in The Signal, 4-5-1940; from Thompson & West 1880.
Have We Sucked the Life Out of Our River? Portolá's Engineer Provides Clues • Leon Worden, 10-6-2004.
Shake, Rattle & Roll: SCV's Earthquake History by John Boston • The Signal, 8-28-2003.
Un-Well Water: The Problem of Perchlorate by Leon Worden • The Signal, 6-8-2003.
LW2258g - Santa Clara River in Piru, 1900.
LW3218 - Wildflowers in Bloom, Standard Oil Advertising, 1930s.
Winter 1948-49: Snow, Frost Cripple Southland • News Reports, January 1949.
LP5402 - Bouquet Falls, 5-16-1954.
LW3705 - Winter Storm Blankets Hotel Lebec in Snow, 1/6/1955.
HB6202 - Heavy Winter Storm Pummels SCV, January 1962.
LW2693 - Terry Crossland, 10, of Newhall, Wades Through a Sea of Tumbleweeds, 1-16-1965.
Army Corps to Turn Santa Clara River Into L.A.-Style Concrete Channel, 8-12-1968.
GT8901 - Valencia: Medfly Eradication with Malathion, 1989-1990.
The California (El Nino) Winter of 1997-98, FEMA, 3-3-1998.
About Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes & Munz Lake • LARWQCB 2007
Trash Total Maximum Daily Load for Elizabeth, Hughes & Munz Lakes • LARWQCB 2007 (.pdf)
VIDEO: A Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault with David K. Lynch SCVHS/SCVTV, 2010.
LW2360 - San Andreas Fault in Palmdale 4-13-2013.
LW2555 - Piute Butte, Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, 2 Views, 12-28-2013.
MRCA Acquisition of Robin's Nest Property in Soledad Canyon (2018).
Spanish Flu of 1918/19: Schools, Shops, Churches Close as L.A. Fights a Pandemic • By Alan Pollack, M.D., 4-7-2020.
MINING (Minerals & Petroleum; See Also Individual Places)
Description of Early Petroleum Activity in Pico, Towsley, Wiley, Rice Canyons • Peckham 1866.
The Pico Canyon Oil Field • Report by Edward North, with Map & 12 Plates, 1890.
LW3900 - Newhall Oil District Map, n.d. (~1901/1902).
Newhall Oil Field Notes, Including Pico, Needham Ranch, Elsmere, Placerita Canyon • News reports, Early 1900s.
California Gold Discoveries Before (and After) Lopez 1842; Mining Techniques • By William Wirt Jenkins, 1906.
LW2993 - Tepee Rock Shop (Soledad Cyn.): Rockhounding Guide for L.A. Gem Hunters, 1966.
GT8703 - Lang-Sand Canyon: Gillibrand Titanium Mine: From Site Tour (1987) to Federal Approval (1991): Photo Gallery, News Reports.
How it Works: Horizontal Drilling & Hydraulic Fracturing (Video) • LINN Energy LLC, 2015
LAW ENFORCEMENT & MILITARY
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: History Behind the Badge • Deputy John Williams, LASD, 2011.
History of Wayside Honor Rancho / Pitchess Detention Center • LASD, n.d. (2002)
Los Angeles County Sheriffs, 1850 to Date.
Laying Down the Law in Early Santa Clarita by John Boston • The Signal, June-July 2000 (3 parts)
History of the Sheriff's Newhall Substation by Leon Worden • The Signal, 11-8-1996
LW2737 - Billy Rowland, L.A. County Sheriff 1872-76, 1879-82; Captor of Vasquez.
"Three-fingered Bob" (or Jack?) Slays Unarmed Rival in Drunken Brawl • News Reports, 1889.
Constable Anton Harnischfeger, Father of St. Francis Damkeeper, Killed in Line of Duty • E.O.W. 3-20-1889.
James O'Reilly of Hebrewville is Fined, Jailed for Selling Liquor without License • News Reports, 1894.
Suen vs. Aceda: One Jenkins Ranch Hand Murders Another • News Reports, August 1895.
McCoy Pyle Murder: Covetous Fillmore Man Fakes Robbery to Kill Popular Constable, 5-25-1897. News reports, 1897.
Death In the Newhall Pass: Gossip Sullies Young Beauty. News reports, 1906.
De Moranville Slaying: Killer of Newhall Deputy Walks. News reports, 1909.
Newhall Lawman Charles De Moranville Makes Ultimate Sacrifice, 1-4-1909. LASD, 5-31-2013
Trouble With Wobblies at Newhall and Saugus November-December 1916.
Emma Benson, LASD: First Female On-Duty Deputy Killed in U.S. (1919) LASD, 10-11-2012
Powell Fines Man $20 for Carring Concealed Weapon 11-7-1921
Bank Robbed, Banker Kidnapped by Movie Cowboy's Bootlegging-Human Trafficking Gang • News reports; Incident 12-11-1922.
Lancaster Bank Robbers Lead Posse to Newhall; 1 Dead Bakersfield Californian, 3-12-1924
Assailant Gus Le Brun, Deputy Ed Brown Killed in Gun Battle. News reports, 1924.
Saugus Deputy Ed Brown Dies in Gun Battle, 9-14-1924. LASD, 5-31-2013
Newhall Constable Jack Pilcher Dies in Line of Duty, 6-4-1925. LASD, 6-4-2014
Wade Albert Horton, Wealthy Mint Canyon Rancher, Slain in Botched Home-Invasion Robbery News reports, 1930-1932.
L.A. County Takes Big Bite Out of Juvenile Crime During Great Depression, 1933-1935.
Frances Walker Murder: Newhall Cop's Wife Slays 'Other Woman,' Gets Away With It San Diego Union, 10-6-1935
Santa Clarita Valley's Police Force of 1938 The Signal, 8-18-1938
Construction to Start at New Jail in Castaic • The Signal, 12-2-1938
U.S. Entry Into WW2: German Enemy Aliens Arrested in Castaic, 12-8-1941 • News reports and Government documents, 1923-1952.
Incident at Alpha Beta Supermarket, Feb. 22, 1983 by Capt. Dan McCarty, LASD (Ret.), 1-7-2004.
Pyramid Lake and Substation Mark 26th Year by Estelle Foley, August 2000
Newhall-Saugus: A Hobo Haven by Dr. Alan Pollack, Dispatch, Sept.-Oct. 2013.
SD2501 - Moonshiner's Still Busted During Prohibition ~1924.
AP0916 - Moonshiner's Still Busted During Prohibition, c. 1924.
AA2001 - Actor Tom Mix Fined $50 for Reckless Driving in Newhall, 1920.
LW3349 - Eugene W. Biscailuz, 27th L.A. County Sheriff 1932-1958 (as Undersheriff in 1929).
RB0007 - Newhall Constable's Office on Market Street, c. 1930.
RB0004 - Prohibition: Newhall's Dry Squad (Multiple Views), c. 1930.
Hart Football 'Aces' Gang Members Arrested for Armed Robberies News reports, June 1950.
SW5201 - Old Newhall Jail, 2 Views, 1-10-1952.
1956 The Battle of Palmdale (In the Skies Over SCV)
LW2468 - Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess, 1912-1999 (1953-1982).
Juvenile Probation Camp Joseph Scott to Open • Dedication 5-12-1958.
LW3347 - Personnel of Sheriff's Substation No. 6 (SCV), 1959.
LW3348 - LASD Rehabilitation Division Transfer Bus, ~1950s-60s.
OX6404 - Entrance to L.A. City's Saugus Rehabilitation Center (Drunk Farm), ~1964.
AL1968 - Elizabeth Evans, Saugus Resident Shot During Robert F. Kennedy Assassination, 6-6-1968.
Vietnam War Casualties from the Santa Clarita Valley (14), 1965-1972.
LW2533 - Sherman Block, Los Angeles County Sheriff 1982-1998.
JD9002 - Photo Gallery: President George H.W. Bush Dedicates North County Correctional Facility, 3-1-1990
LW2613 - Deputies Jake Kuredjian, David March on Calif. Peace Officers Memorial, Sacramento.
LW2833 - LASD Deputy David W. March Memorial Interchange, 210/605 Freeways.
10th Anniversary Ceremony to Remember Deputy Jake Kuredjian by Carol Rock, KHTS 8-28-2011
Killer of SCV-Resident Cop Matthew Pavelka Gets Life Without Parole • SCVNews, 7-24-2012.
LASD Jurisdiction & Patrol Divisions • Maps, as of 5-7-2013.
SD1401 - Leroy D. Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff 1998-2014.
LW2705 - John L. Scott, Interim Los Angeles County Sheriff, 2014.
SD1403 - Jim McDonnell, Los Angeles County Sheriff, 2014-2018.
1 SCV Resident Among 58 Killed, Several Others Wounded in Las Vegas Shooting, 10-1-2017 • SCVNews, 10/2017.
SD1902 - Alex Villanueva, Los Angeles County Sheriff, 2018—.
SD1901 - SCV Sheriff's Station Honors Fallen Deputy Arthur Pelino, 3-19-2019.
SCV Sheriff's Station, Golden Valley Road
NEWHALL C.H.P.
WR5352 - Newhall CHP Office, Seen from Neighbor's Home, 1953.
Newhall CHP Office Opens at 25022 N. Golden State Highway, 5-8-1957.
Open House at New CHP Station, 2-21-1968.
THE NEWHALL INCIDENT
The Newhall Incident from the California Highway Patrol, n.d.
California Highway Patrol Slaying, April 5, 1970 by Kristin Wilder • The Signal, April 2000
The Newhall Incident • (Van Nuys, CA) The Valley News and Valley Greensheet, 4-7-1970
AL1970 - The Newhall Incident: Scene Where Highway Patrolmen Were Shot, 4-6-1970.
AL1971 - The Newhall Incident: Abandoned Car at Scene of Shooting, 4-6-1970.
AL1972 - The Newhall Incident: Officer Examines Weapons at Shooting Scene, 4-6-1970.
AL1973 - The Newhall Incident: Officers Put House Under Siege, 4-6-1970.
LW2524 - The Newhall Incident: Deputies in Tear Gas Cloud, 4-6-1970.
LW2825 - The Newhall Incident: Hostage's Son Talks to Reporters, 4-6-1970.
DU1970 - Dedication Ceremony, "Newhall Incident" Memorial Wall, Newhall CHP Office (3 Views), 6-5-1970.
AL1977 - "Newhall Incident", CHP Information Bulletin, 7-1-1970.
VIDEO - The Newhall Incident: A Law Enforcement Tragedy, SCVHS/SCVTV, 2010.
The Newhall Incident: Tragedy and Heroism by Dr. Alan Pollack • Dispatch, March-April 2009
VIDEO - CHP Training Film, 1975.
VIDEO - Police Training Film & Reenactment, LASD, 1970.
VIDEO - Interview with CHP Sgt. Harry Ingold by Leilani Ingold, Castaic Middle School, 11-22-2011.
The Newhall Incident: Anatomy of a Gunfight by Michael E. Wood (Book Excerpt), Gun Digest, May 6, 2013.
JUDICIARY
SW5501 - Santa Clarita Valley Organized Into Tejon Township, 8-14-1855.
Judge Adrian Adams' Tales of the Newhall Court by Judge Adrian W. Adams • The Signal, 4-12-2003
Judge John F. Powell and the Law in Soledad Township by Leon Worden • March 2003 (2 parts)
AA5001 - Judge Adrian Adams, 1950s & 2003.
AA7003 - Judge C.M. MacDougall, 3 Views, 1960s-1970s.
AA7002 - Judges C.M. MacDougall and Adrian Adams, 1970.
JD8301 - Photo Gallery: Enrobing Ceremony for New Judge H. Keith Byram, 2-2-1983.
AIRCRAFT DOWN
Death from the Sky Over Newhall - Times Two (1936-37) by Alan Pollack, 3-2012
10-26-1927: Pacific Air Transport Crash in Castaic
11-18-1930: Pacific Air Transport Mail Plane Crash Near Gorman
1-29-1932: Century-Pacific Airliner Crash Near Lebec
11-15-1934: Pilot Survives Airmail Plane Crash
11-17-1934: 4 Sightseers Killed in Follow-On Crash
12-27-1936: United Flight 34: All 12 Killed
1-12-1937: Western Air Express Flight 7: Adventurer Martin Johnson, 4 Others Killed
4-9-1937: Pioneer Aviator, Passenger Killed in Light Plane Crash
5-16-1938: Lockheed Transport Plane Crash, All 9 Killed
1-31-1943: Army Air Force Transport Plane, Glider Crash; Hero Girl Saves 3 of 6 Aviators
6-30-1943: Army P-38 Fighter Crashes at Wayside; Pilot Killed
11-13-1946: Western Air Lines Flight 23: All Killed
9-18-1948: Private Plane Crashes at Newhall Airport; All 4 Killed
10-28-1949: Crash of Light Plane Kills Pilot, Sparks Brush Fire
9-20-1954: Air Force C-46 Transporting Civil Air Patrol Chaplains Crashes at Saugus Drunk Farm; All Survive
8-22-1961: 2 U.S. Forest Rangers Killed at Frazier Mountain
12-30-1964: Light Plane Crashes Near Gorman; 3 of 4 Killed
12-30-1964: United Air Lines Convair 340 Makes Emergency Landing at Saugus-Newhall Airport; All Survive
11-28-1967: Light Plane Crashes Into (the Real) Magic Mountain; All 3 Killed
1-27-1982: Helicopter Crashes on Valencia Set of "Twilight Zone" Movie; Vic Morrow, 2 Child Actors Killed
10-23-1999: Actor Harrison Ford in Helicopter Crash, Piru (Nonfatal)
11-2-2003: Vintage 1953 Trainer Crashes in Mint Canyon; Pilot Killed
7-18-2009: Experimental Plane Crashes in Sand Canyon; Both Killed
7-5-2012: TL Ultralight Crashes at Rancho Camulos; 2011 SCV Man of the Year Harry Bell and Copilot Killed
2-10-2013: Helicopter Crashes at Acton Movie Ranch; All 3 Killed
Other:
FIRE FIGHTING
History of L.A. County Department of Forestry and Firewarden, Soledad Division (SCV-North County).
Angeles National Forest: Ranger Stations & L.A. County Fire Camps, 2014.
The Other Great Fire of 1906: Blazes Erupt at Lang Hotel and Pico Oil Field by Dr. Alan Pollack, Dispatch, 3-2015.
FD2801 - L.A. County Fire: 1928 Soledad Division HQ, County Forestry Department, Newhall, 2 Views.
FD2803 - L.A. County Fire: Forestry (Fire) Pumper & 1928 Soledad Division HQ, Newhall.
FD2901 - L.A. County Fire: Asst. Fire Warden's 1929 Buick Squad Truck, Newhall.
FD3301 - L.A. County Fire: 1933 White 600-Gal. Pumper in Newhall.
FD3701 - L.A. County Fire: Assistant Fire Warden's 1937 Chevy Carryall Suburban, Newhall.
Wildfire: "Worst Threat to Newhall Since 1914," 12 Oil Wells Ruined, Backfire Saves Mentryville • News reports, July-August 1940.
Soldiers Spark Brush Fire that Rips Through Fox Farm, Surrounds Hart Mansion • News reports, July 1942.
Helicopter Burns, Crew Badly Injured in 9,300-Acre Brush Fire • News reports, August 1951.
3,500-acre Blaze in Bouquet Canyon Destroys World's Largest Live Oak Tree; Arson Suspected • September 1964
Clampitt Fire, Newhall to the Sea, September 1970
Placerita Canyon (Melody Ranch) Fire, 8-28-1962
FD7001 - L.A. County Fire: Station 73, Newhall, 1970s.
P. Michael Freeman Hired as L.A. County Fire Chief L.A. Times, 12-14-1988.
Copper Fire, San Francisquito Canyon, June 2002
October 2003 Wildfire in Pico-Towsley-Stevenson Ranch.
LW3443 - CAL FIRE: California Fire Siege 2007, incl. Buckweed, Ranch, Magic Fires.
FD0801 - L.A. County Fire: Station 73, Newhall, 2008.
Station Fire, August-September 2009
LW2746 - Daryl L. Osby, L.A. County Fire Chief, 2011-.
LW2382 - Powerhouse Fire, San Francisquito - Lake Hughes, May-June 2013. 105 Views.
SC1807 - Groundbreaking: Permanent Fire Station 104, Golden Valley Road, 8-9-2018.
HB1829 - Photo Gallery: Big Oaks Lodge Burns Down, 8-11-2018.
NIKE BASES
Historical Overview of Nike Missile System - U.S. Army, December 1984.
Los Pinetos-Newhall Site (LA-94): Historical Record - National Park Service.
AP0825 - Dedication of Army Housing in Sand Canyon, 2-24-1959.
S.C.V. HEALTHCARE
Newhall Community Hospital, Est. 1922 • From Brunner's 1940 History.
Dr. Sarah L. Murray's Newhall Emergency Hospital, Est. 1930 • From Brunner's 1940 History.
History of Newhall Ambulance Service • From Brunner's 1940 History.
History of Newhall Dentistry • From Brunner's 1940 History.
History of Wildwood Sanatorium (TB), Happy Valley-Newhall • From Brunner's 1940 History.
Newhall-Saugus 20-30 Club Buys Resuscitator for Use by Doctors, EMTs, 1948.
The Distribution of Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) in Southern California • Kessel et al., 1950.
Volunteers Pave the Way to Henry Mayo Hospital by Leon Worden, 2012.
HM6301 - Comatose Bus Crash Victim Philip J. Deniston, 1962-63.
HM6302 - Pink Ladies Assist Patients, Santa Clarita Hospital, 1963.
HM6303 - Candy Stripers Tea, Santa Clarita Hospital, 1963.
HM6601 - Convalescent Outing to Hart Park, Santa Clarita Hospital, 1963.
TN6901 - McBean Parkway Before Henry Mayo Hospital, 1968-69.
HM6901 - Santa Clarita Hospital Changes Name to Inter-Valley, 1969.
LW6901 - Golden State Memorial Hospital Advertisement, 1969.
DI7101 - Sharon Tolbert (Divis), Candy Striper, Inter-Valley Community Hospital, 1971.
HM7201 - Henry Mayo Hospital Building Fund Grows with HR Employees Donation, 1972.
HM7202 - SCV Women's Auxiliary Board, 1972.
HM7203 - Jane Newhall Participates in Henry Mayo Hospital Groundbreaking, 1972.
HM7302 - Hillside Hospital Pink Lades, 1973.
AA7402 - Hospital Board Thanks Ex-Newhall Land President Tom Lowe, 1974.
HM7501 - Joyce Wayman, Director of Volunteer Services, 1975.
HM7502 - Pink Ladies Volunteer Recruitment Tea in Bonelli House, 1975.
HM7901 - Auxiliary Funds New Portable X-Ray Machine, 1979.
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Celebrates 40th Anniversary, 1975-2015, Video 8-22-2015.
U.S. CAMEL CORPS
Video - SCV History Moment: U.S. Camel Corps (2007).
Hi Jolly and the U.S. Camel Corps, Associated Press, 1940s.
E.F. Beale and the Beasts of Tejon by Leon Worden • The Signal, 1-13-1999
LW2152 - Fort Tejon Camels, Drawing by Vischer (2 Views), 1850s.
LW2209 - Woodcut: Loading Camels for Shipment to U.S., 1850s.
(Edward F. Beale): The Camel Expedition • (New York, NY) Porter's Spirit of the Times, 2-20-1858
LW2208 - Map of Beale's Camel Corps Expedition, 1857-58.
LW3491 - Postal Cover: Revival of the Camel Express, Lilac Label, 1935.
LW2130 - Fort Davis and the U.S. Camel Corps, Color Postcard.
LW3521 - James Garner as Maverick: "Relic of Fort Tejon," Dell Comic No. 930, 1958.
The Hi Jolly Song Performed by The New Christy Minstrels, 1962.
LW2161 - Hi Jolly's Tomb at Quartzsite, Ariz., 12-23-2002 (4 Views).
LW3451 - Hi Jolly's Tomb & Cemetery at Quartzsite, Ariz., 10-30-2018 (Mult. Views).
LW3647 - Guide to Hi Jolly Pioneer Cemetery, Quartzsite, Ariz., n.d. (2010s).
CANYON COUNTY, 1976 & 1978 (and Earlier Secession Efforts)
EARLY CALIFORNIA
Costansó's Diary of the Portolá Expedition Compiled Feb. 7, 1770.
Crespí's SCV Legacy: Spanish Priest Named a River That Came to Denote Our Valley. By Alan Pollack, Dispatch, July-Aug. 2013.
Story of Little Santa Clara Valley, Chapter 2: Colonization • A.B. Perkins Manuscript, ~1940s.
LW2440 - Fr. Junípero Serra, 19th-cent. Sculpture, Mission San Diego.
LW2441 - Fr. Junípero Serra, Statue, Mission San Diego.
Gallery - Graves of Frs. Serra, Crespí, Lasuen, at Carmel Mission. Multiple Views, 5-24-2014.
Gallery - Relics of Fr. Juniperó Serra's Original Coffin, Carmel Mission. Multiple Views, 5-24-2014.
Gallery - Fr. Juniperó Serra Cenotaph, Carmel Mission. Multiple Views, 5-24-2014.
Early Afro-Mexican Settlers in California • CHS Lecture/Video 2015.
History of Winemaking in California by Gov. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, 9-3-2013
The Trail to Kashtiq by John R. Johnson • Calif. Journal of Anthropology, Winter 1978
LW3017 - Wooden Plow, Spanish Mission Period, Early 1800s. Multiple Views.
Chumash Revolt of 1824 (with SCV Connections)
Antonio & Ygnacio Del Valle's Roles in Privatizing Mission San Fernando, 1830s-40s from Engelhardt: San Fernando Rey, 1927.
Russian-Alaskan Church Bell from Mission San Fernando at Rancho Camulos
Twilight of the Californios by Ferol Egan, The American West, March 1969.
California Gold: An Earlier Documented Shipment (1838) by Guy J. Giffen • HSSC Quarterly, March 1948.
Enemy Confirms Fremont's Trek Through SCV by A.B. Perkins, n.d.
LW3359 - Battle of San Pasqual, 1846: Pico Routs Kearny; Beale's Stealth Turns Tide.
Kit Carson, Ned Beale Cross Paths and Alter California's Future By Alan Pollack, Dispatch, Nov.-Dec. 2014.
LW2682 - Table on Which the 1847 Treaty of Cahuenga Was Signed, 2 Views.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Signed 2-2-1848.
LW2577 - Mainfest Destiny: Annexation of Southwestern U.S., 1845-1855 (Texas, Mexican Cession, Gadsden Purchase). U.S. State Department.
The '49ers in Death Valley: A Tentative Census by Carl I Wheat, So. Calif. Historical Society Quarterly, Dec. 1939.
LW2525 - Antonio Coronel's Venting (Counterbranding) Iron (1840s), Brand Sample and Book Entry (1868), 6 Views.
LW2528 - Example of Spanish and Mexican Cattle (1800s), NHMLA, 2 Views.
California Indian Indenture/Slavery Act, Adopted 1850, Expanded 1860, Repealed 1863.
AP2927 - An Arrastra, or Primitive Gold/Quartz Mill. Pictorial History of California, 1850.
Expeditions 1840s-1850s
LW2696 - John C. Frémont for President, Campaign Medal, 1856.
LW2163 - Gen. John C. Frémont, Early Portrait.
LW2069 - Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, "The Pathfinder." Engraving.
JJ1006 - Indians at Mission San Fernando, Drawing by Vischer, 1865.
Description of Santa Clara River Valley, Including Lyons Station Pacific Rural Press, 1-18-1873.
LW3564 - Stock Certificate: California Bank (of Los Angeles), Signed by H.G. Newhall, President, 1888. Rare.
A Lopez Family Who's Who and What's What by Francisca L. de Belderrain, HSSC 1928.
Ygnacio del Valle, SCV Landowner & L.A. Civic Leader Pen Pictures for L.A. County, 1889.
LW2532 - Reginaldo F. del Valle, Politician, 1913.
LW2602 - Circle of Friends Medal No. 9: John C. Fremont, 1913.
AL2502 - Ceremony & Dedication of Fr. Serra Statue at San Fernando Mission Ruins, 11-22-1925.
LA3701 - Kirkman-Harriman Pictorial & Historical Map of L.A. County 1860 (1937).
AP0930 - Mission San Fernando, Pre-1940s Restoration.
LW2504 - Don Pedro Fages, Calif. Historical Landmark No. 263 (Placed 1938; Photo 2013).
L.A. Region
CALIFORNIA GOVERNORS/ELECTIONS
Culbert Olson, 1939-1943 (Video).
LW2132 - Henry T. Gage, 1899-1903.
CO7401 - Ronald Reagan, 1967-1975.
REMINISCENCES
Traveling Through Time on the Saugus Local, by Jeff Hosford, September 2018.
Life Lessons From The 'Good Old Days' by Shelby Jacobs, Old Town Newhall Gazette, March-April 2006
Mentryville Memories from Carol Lagasse, 3-22-2021.
Special Times at Our Big Oaks Lodge, by Jeff Logian, 8-12-2018.
Tots and a Shake by Darryl Manzer, 5-13-2014.
Heart of Heavy Steel: A Mentryville Story by Darryl Manzer • SCVHistory.com, 4-9-2020
HB1903 - Homesteading at Elizabeth Lake: Reminiscences of Arnold Munz, 2-27-1971.
Meryl Adams: Tales of the Acton Post Office • Audio Recording 8-17-1977
Growing Up in Newhall in the 1950s by Bill Rice, September 2000.
Remember When? Newhall-Saugus in the 1950s by Bill Rice, 5-14-2014.
Newhall Story 1965: Santa Clarita Valley at a Crossroads Film by Jack T. Robson, 1965.
Recollections of a Boy Ranger by Mike Shuman, July 1998.
Bygone Days Of A Town Called Newhall by Judy Stevens, Old Town Newhall Gazette, Feb.-March 1997.
UNKNOWN
AP1316 - Unknown: Mine in Soledad Canyon? ~1910s.
AP1807 - Hydraulic Mining in SCV; Location unknown.
LP9001 - "On Wiley's Road."
AP1714 - Living Christmas Tree.
LW3655 - Southern Pacific Engine No. 3221 at Newhall, 1937 ... NOT.
LW3904 - Belt Buckle, Santa Clarita Valley Land Company, 1981.
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