General Interest
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
Correcting the Record: An Error Guide for SCV Historians by Leon Worden
The Story of Our Valley by Arthur B. Perkins, 1954-55
•Extensive 6-part series by the SCV's first historian.
History of the Santa Clarita Valley by Jerry Reynolds, 1976-94
•71-chapter book adapted from a previously unpublished manuscript.
Santa Clarita General Plan: Historic Resources · Adopted 6-25-1991.
L.A. Conservancy's 2008 Preservation Report Card.
SCV's Historic Locations: Where to Find Them **2005 UPDATE** by Leon Worden · The Signal, 3-29-2005
Exonumia: Tokens & Medals of the Santa Clarita Valley by Leon Worden
Vigilance Forever: Santa Clarita in The Signal, 1919-1999
Historic A.B. Perkins Photos Resurface by Leon Worden · The Signal, 9-25-1996
How Santa Clarita Got Its Name by Ruth Waldo Newhall · The Gazette, Feb.-March 1997
How Santa Clarita Got Its House Numbers by Leon Worden · The Signal, 7-16-1997
Dawn of a new century: How Santa Clarita got here by Leon Worden · The Signal, April 2001
Newhall Area Now Has 100 Telephones · The Signal, March 17, 1927
AREA MAPS: See MAPS
ROADS (Also See BEALE'S CUT)
The San Fernando (Newhall) Pass And the Pioneer Traffic That Went Over It by Vernette Snyder Ripley, 1947-48
•The authoritative 16-part text on Beale's Cut, the Newhall Pass and early oil discoveries.
T.A. Delano Recalls Operation Of The Butterfield Stage Line Through This Area · The Signal, 10-25-1940.
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.
Newhall Businesses Moved for San Fernando Road Widening · The Signal, 6-6-1935.
AP1312 - Bottom of Elsmere Canyon, ca. 1963.
BUSINESS / CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Newhall Chamber of Commerce: By-laws & First-Year Minutes · Organized 2-21-1923.
SCV Chamber of Commerce Presidents, 1923-Present.
SCV Man & Woman of the Year, 1967-Present.
Pardee House Becomes Chamber Headquarters · Chamber Program, 1-14-1978.
SCV Growth: Commercial-Industrial-Residential Development, 2002-04 · Union Bank of California, 2-18-2004.
NATURE
CE0000 - Endangered & Threatened Species in the Santa Clarita Valley
1857: The Big One Rocks Ft. Tejon by Alan Pollack · Heritage Junction Dispatch, January-February 2011.
Have We Sucked the Life Out of Our River? by Leon Worden · The Signal, 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.
Strike-Slip Displacement of the San Gabriel Fault, Calif. Dept. of Natural Resources, 1954.
LW7102 - 2-9-1971 Earthquake: Instrumental Intensity Map, 91K.
LW9401 - 1-17-1994 Earthquake: Tent City Hall (4 Views).
LW0060 - Scallop Shell Fossils, Castaic Valley, 142K.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Laying Down the Law in Early Santa Clarita by John Boston · The Signal, June-July 2000 (3 parts)
Judge John F. Powell and the Law in Soledad Township by Leon Worden · The Signal, March 8 & 15, 2003 (2 parts)
Judge Adrian Adams' Tales of the Newhall Court by Judge Adrian W. Adams · The Signal, 4-12-2003
History of the Sheriff's Newhall Substation by Leon Worden · The Signal, 11-8-1996
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
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
AP0725 - Moonshiner's Still Busted During Prohibition, c. 1924. 163K.
AP0916 - Moonshiner's Still Busted During Prohibition, c. 1924. 130K.
RB0007 - Newhall Constable's Office on Market Street, c. 1930.
RB0004 - Prohibition: Newhall's Dry Squad (Multiple Views), c. 1930.
WR5352 - Newhall CHP Office, Seen from Neighbor's Home, 1953. 39K.
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
DU1970 - Dedication Ceremony, "Newhall Incident" Memorial Wall, Newhall CHP Office (3 Views), 6-5-1970.
VIDEO - The Newhall Incident: A Law Enforcement Tragedy, SCVHS/SCVTV, 2010.
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.
FIRES-PLANE CRASHES-DISASTERS (Except St. Francis Dam)
Plane Crash Near Newhall Kills 2 · The Signal, 1-14-1937
DS3701-2 - Boeing 247 Crash on Mt. Piñetos, 1-12-1937.
Plane Crash at Agua Dulce The Signal, 5-19-1938
U.S. CAMEL CORPS
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.
LW2130 - Fort Davis and the U.S. Camel Corps, Color Postcard. 91K.
LW2208 - Map of Beale's Camel Corps Expedition, 1857-58.
LW2161 - Hi Jolly's Tomb at Quartzsite, Ariz., 12-23-2002 (4 Views).
EARLY CALIFORNIA
Costansó's Diary of the Portolá Expedition Compiled Feb. 7, 1770.
Twilight of the Californios by Ferol Egan, The American West, March 1969.
The '49ers in Death Valley: A Tentative Census by Carl I Wheat, So. Calif. Historical Society Quarterly, Dec. 1939.
AP2927 - An Arrastra, or Primitive Gold/Quartz Mill. Pictorial History of California, 1850.
LW2143 - Map of Tejon & SCV, From Frémont-Williamson Expeditions. U.S. House of Representatives, 1856.
LW2163 - Gen. John C. Frémont, Early Portrait.
LW2069 - Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, "The Pathfinder." Engraving, 64K.
