This herd traces its roots to 1962, when Walt Disney donated a herd of American Bison to
William S. Hart Regional Park. To discourage inbreeding, the County of Los Angeles has exchanged some of its animals with other facilities over the years; . . . — — Map (db m129211) HM
The American Revolution was a war for independence between the thirteen American colonies and their parent country, Great Britain. When it was over, the colonies became the United States of America. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence . . . — — Map (db m125419) HM WM
This house was one of a group of cottages built by the Southern
California Edison Company to house employees in 1919 when the Edison substation in Newhall opened. The house was moved west of Saugus in 1925 when the new substation was completed, . . . — — Map (db m119564) HM
Near where you are now standing, silent film comic Charlie Chaplin,
with Paulette Goddard at his side, appeared in the final scene of the epic comedy Modern Times. The film was released on February 5,
1936, nearly ten years into the talkie . . . — — Map (db m156484) HM
In 1769 Spanish padres sent out by Father Junipero Serra recommended this property as a mission site. It became instead a farm and ranch for the San Fernando Mission.
A stage coach stop called Lyons Station, was established here in 1854 & . . . — — Map (db m20114) HM
The arch was originally constructed in 1926 to attract
visitors to John Evans Olmstead's Live Oak Manor Cacti
Gardens, a point of interest frequented by tourists and
sightseers along the "old" San Fernando Road, today's
Sierra Highway. The . . . — — Map (db m156748) HM
This site was the location of a combination store, post office, telegraph office, tavern, and stage depot accommodating travelers during the Kern River gold rush in the early 1850s. A regular stop for Butterfield and other early California stage . . . — — Map (db m154273) HM
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 - 1910.
Beloved author, humorist,
and western pioneer.
This original marble
statue is the creation
of the renowned Italian
sculptor, Spartaco Palla,
of Pietrasanta. — — Map (db m215920) HM
Rancho San Francisco was established by Franciscan padres late in the 18th century, where they
built a sub-mission, or asistencia, at Castaic Junction in 1804. The 48,612 acres were granted to the Del
Valle family 35 years later. William . . . — — Map (db m237475) HM
In 1839, the Mexican Government granted to
Antonio del Valle some 48,000 acres of
The Santa Clarita Valley known as the Del Valle Rancho.
On March 9, 1842, Francisco Lopez y Arbello, the brother-in-law of Antonio del Valle, visited the . . . — — Map (db m20112) HM
In Placeritas Canyon, March 1842, Francisco Lopez y Arballo, while gathering wild onions from around an old oak, discovered gold particles clinging to the roots of the bulbs. It is estimated that $80,000 in gold was discovered as a result of this . . . — — Map (db m154258) HM
In Placeritas Canyon, March 1842, Francisco Lopez y Arballo, while gathering wild onions from around an old oak, discovered gold particles clinging to the roots of the bulbs. It is estimated that $80,000 in gold was discovered as a result of this . . . — — Map (db m154260) HM
Francisco Lopez made California’s first authenticated gold discovery on March 9, 1842. While gathering wild onions near an oak tree in Placerita Canyon he found gold particles clinging to the roots of the bulbs. The San Fernando placers and nearby . . . — — Map (db m154261) HM
The Southern California oil industry began in the Newhall area in the late nineteenth century. Remnants of the industry on display include an oil pump, oil production packer, rotary rock drill bit, and tool rack which were all manufactured in . . . — — Map (db m180432) HM
In 1875 the Star Oil Company, one of the predecessors of the Standard Oil Company of California, drilled its first Pico Canyon well, which yielded about one hundred barrels per day. The discovery resulted in the erection of the first commercial oil . . . — — Map (db m145418) HM
California's first oil refinery operated on a commercial scale, erected 1876. Restored by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1930 as a memorial to D. G. Scofield and his pioneer associates of the California Star Oil Works company, a . . . — — Map (db m165742) HM
The bell in the tower of this station was fabricated by the C.S. Bell Company of Hillsboro, Ohio. It weighs approximately 400 pounds and measures 30 inches in diameter at the base. The bell originally hung in the belfry of Saugus Elementary School, . . . — — Map (db m143725) HM
This historic cabin, originally built about 1920 by pioneer homesteader Frank E. Walker,
has been restored and finished as part of Placerita Canyon Natural Area's Heritage Trail.
A descriptive trail guide to the Heritage Trail is available in . . . — — Map (db m180293) HM
Walker Ranch is located at the eastern end of Placerita Canyon Natural Area and was purchased by the California Parks Department in the late 1950's. It was the home of Frank Walker and his family beginning in the mid 1920's. The Walker's . . . — — Map (db m180445) HM
What you are smelling is a pool of bubbling white oil. This very rare geologic feature of translucent petroleum has been filtered by nature. This special resource originates from deep within the earth in the Placerita Schist basement complex . . . — — Map (db m243727) HM
Presented the Medal of Honor on September 16, 1863 for gallantry in the Seven Day Battle and Peninsula Campaign.
“Willie” was a five foot tall, eleven year-old drummer boy in Company D, Third Vermont Volunteers Infantry of the Union Army, . . . — — Map (db m150914) HM WM
William S. Hart Park and Museum is the former ranch and home of the world famous Western silent film actor and director, William S. Hart. Today, guests visiting the park may enjoy a vast picnic area, a live collection of farm animals, a herd of . . . — — Map (db m120773) HM
