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Railroad Avenue, 1887
Newhall, California
This photograph, probably taken from the roof of the potato warehouse at the southeast corner of Railroad Avenue and Market Street, shows downtown Newhall as it looked in 1887. Mule teams continued to bring feed and supplies into Newhall long after the first trains came through town in 1876.At left is the home of the Judge John F. Powell family. Powell was appointed justice of the Soledad Judicial District in 1875 and served on the bench for almost forty years. The storefront sign on the building labeled "Rivera Saloon" (owned by Nick Rivera) reads, "Moore Block." This may have been the same Moore who operated a stagecoach stop in San Francisquito Canyon as early as 1854. At right is the Palace Saloon, owned by Mike Powell (J.F.'s brother). Almost out of the picture is George Campton's general store, which was established in 1876 at Bouquet Junction and was relocated in January or February of 1878, when the whole town picked up and moved two miles south, to the corner Railroad Avenue and Eighth Street. Standing alone in the distance is the first Newhall School, which was built about 1879 and burned down in 1890. Photograph labeled by A.B. Perkins.
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