To the memory of Benjamin Davis Wilson, Don Benito, 1811 – 1878, pioneer trapper and settler who came to California in 1841, and in 1864 blazed the trail up this mountain which bears his name. — — Map (db m123037) HM
Cape of Good Hope (top photo)
The Stone Wall that can be seen below you to the right of
the road cut through the ridge is part of a sharp 200 degree curve.
This enabled the railway to cross from Las Flores Canyon (beyond
ridge) to . . . — — Map (db m247616) HM
Easter sunrise services were held
here at Easter Rock for many years.
Easter Rock is made up of decomposed
rock and has weathered over the years.
The plaque disappeared long ago. It
read as follows:
Easter Rock
First . . . — — Map (db m247507) HM
Eaton Canyon Saddle
Eaton Saddle is located between San Gabriel
Peak (6,161') and Occidental Peak (5,732') and
on the ridge leading from Red Box to Mt. Wilson.
It separates Eaton Canyon to the south from
Falls Canyon to the . . . — — Map (db m247457) HM
In this area it was necessary to blast a path for the railway
out of the Hard Granite. The cutting of the Granite Gate itself took
8 months with the walls being left intact on Professor Lowes'
orders. This "Gate" provided a picturesque frame . . . — — Map (db m247573) HM
Inspiration Point is about a ten minute walk
from the Alpine Tavern over part of the never
completed railway grade to the summit of Mt.
Lowe. From this shelter, sighting tubes helped
visitors locate places of interest, including
Catalina . . . — — Map (db m247503) HM
On this pier in 1926
Albert Abraham Michelson
measured the velocity of light by means of a
beam of light transmitted to
Mount San Antonio
and reflected back to this station. — — Map (db m57274) HM
Mt. Lowe Scenic Railway was considered an engineering wonder
and southern California's most popular tourist attraction
during its heyday, carrying a total of 3.1 million visitors.
8th Wonder of the World
The brainchild of . . . — — Map (db m247456) HM
This summit, previously known as Oak Mountain, was named Mt. Lowe
in the fall of 1892. At the time railway construction was going
on in Rubio Canyon and Echo Mtn. Professor Lowe had planned to
run the railway to this summit and build a large . . . — — Map (db m247464) HM
Visitors to Inspiration Point remember the tiny "One
Man and Mule Railway," a little tourist tramway that
connected Inspiration Point to Panorama Point overlooking Eaton Canyon. Operated by one man and his
cantankerous mule, Herbert, the . . . — — Map (db m247505) HM
In 1904, astronomer George Ellery Hale obtained support from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to found the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Stellar telescopes were soon added: first the 60-inch, then the 100-inch, when "Solar" was removed . . . — — Map (db m143305) HM
The increased light-grasp of this telescope made possible many notable advances in structural cosmology between 1924 and 1930. They have revised our ideas about the universe in which we live.
One of these advances was that spiral nebulae are . . . — — Map (db m200931) HM
Built in 1900 alongside the West Fork of the San Gabriel River and north of Mt. Wilson, the historic cabin was the first ranger station built in California with federal government funds — $75. In the late 1920's, new roads into the mountains . . . — — Map (db m154560) HM
This is how the Tavern looked circa 1920. It was built in
1895 & destroyed by fire in 1936. The hotel ruins were
dynamited in 1959 to allow for construction of the Mt. Lowe Trail
Camp. Debris from the hotel now covers most of the area in . . . — — Map (db m247614) HM
Los Angeles County
Flood Control District -
Cogswell Dam.
Purpose: Flood control and water conservation.
Type: Rockfill.
Drainage Area: 39.2 square miles.
Storage Capacity: 12,300 acre-feet.
Crest Height: 265 feet. . . . — — Map (db m212989) HM
This was the first National Forest in the State of California, second in the United States. Created by proclamation, December 20, 1892, by President Benjamin Harrison. The first name given to the forest was "San Gabriel Timberland Reserve." It was . . . — — Map (db m143501) HM
Welcome to the Vetter Mountain Fire Lookout Tower in the Angeles National Forest. As you can see from the spectacular vistas, Vetter Mountain is an ideal location for a fire lookout.
The Vetter Mountain Lookout was constructed in 1937 and . . . — — Map (db m201274) HM
Some sections of the original Los Angeles Aqueduct, completed 1913, are still in use. During six years, 100,000 laborers built the 233-mile-long series of canals, pipelines and tunnels that make up the gravity-flow aqueduct from Owens Valley. — — Map (db m129858) HM
The St. Francis Dam, part of the
Los Angeles Aqueduct system,
stood 1½ miles north of this site.
On March 12, 1928, the 185-foot high
concrete dam collapsed just
before midnight, sending 12⅓ billion
gallons of water roaring down . . . — — Map (db m146564) HM
On this site in August of 1924 construction started on the St. Francis Dam, a unit of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. When it was completed in May of 1926, this concrete dam stood 185 feet above the stream bed, impounding a 610 surface-acre lake.
. . . — — Map (db m143721) HM
The 185-foot concrete St. Francis Dam, part of the Los Angeles aqueduct system, stood 1½ miles north of this site. On March 12, 1928, the 185-foot high concrete dam collapsed just before midnight, sending 12½ billion gallons of water roaring down . . . — — Map (db m143722) HM
