This is the terminus of the Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct, which brings water 338 miles from the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada to the City of Los Angeles. Begun in 1905, the great aqueduct was completed November 5, 1913. The Mono Craters . . . — — Map (db m164815) HM
This tablet presented February 9, 1979, to the Veterans Memorial Park, in loving memory of the many veterans, nurses, and aides of the San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital, whose lives were lost during the earthquake of February 9, 1971. — — Map (db m150941) HM
[This site was designated California Historical Landmark No. 1006 on May 11, 1992.
There are three rock and concrete bases which had displayed four different markers. The markers are now missing. The following marker was never placed:] . . . — — Map (db m184724) HM
The oldest human habitation apparently was the village of Tuhunga (Tejunga) near Hansen Dam, occupied since about 900 A.D. Tuhunga is for Tuhu “old woman” and Nga “place”. Others held that it meant “big thunder”.
Jackson . . . — — Map (db m177964) HM
In dedication to the Firefighters who heroically defended Wildlife Waystation throughout the entire December 2017 Creek Fire. Our eternal gratitude for their selfless act of bravery - Cal Fire, Contra Costa County Fire, Los Angeles County Fire Dept, . . . — — Map (db m138093) HM
Dedicated to the Men and Women of the United States
Armed Forces who made the
supreme sacrifice and to those
who served our Country with
Honor and Dignity.
"They Served Us Then.
We Honor Them Now." — — Map (db m181026) WM
This park and memorial stand as a tribute to the young men who lost their lives on the Loop Fire, to those who survived, and to firefighters everywhere.
Forever Honored - Those Who Lost Their Lives
Raymond Chee - Age 23
• James . . . — — Map (db m79155) HM
Settling Basin built by San Fernando Mission Indians about 1800. Mission water supply came from these wells.
panel 2:
Original water supply system, San Fernando Mission, circa 1800. Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 50 . . . — — Map (db m111907) HM
Marge Feinberg’s 1974 Master’s Thesis envisioning a wilderness trail encircling the San Fernando, La Crescenta and Simi Valleys and adjacent mountain ranges led to a California law establishing the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor in the Santa . . . — — Map (db m139166) HM
Rogerio Rocha was born in 1801, in the village of Mapanga, and was baptized in the San Fernando Mission. Rocha became a well-known blacksmith in California. In Rocha's early years he became the Captain of Mapanga, which is known today as the . . . — — Map (db m116612) HM
On November 14, 2008, the Sayre (or Sylmar) Fire, a wind-driven fire, quickly moved through the hillside brush into residential areas above the 210 freeway and west of the 5 freeway. The fire was contained on November 20, 2008 after burning 11,262 . . . — — Map (db m128526) HM
On November 5, 1913, 40,000 people gathered here to witness the dedication of the Los Angeles - Owens River Aqueduct. The terminus of a 233-mile long engineering marvel, the Cascades were the site of William Mulholland‘s famous speech: “There it is, . . . — — Map (db m165409) HM
This Cemetery, earlier known as Morningside Cemetery, is the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in San Fernando Valley. It was used from the early 1800's until 1939. It was legally abandoned in 1959. In this same year Mrs. Nellis S. Noble donated the . . . — — Map (db m157885) HM
