Newhall Cowboys' Dam Victim Marker
Ruiz Cemetery, San Francisquito Canyon
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March 9, 2002: Silent film star William S. Hart led a funeral procession from his hometown of Newhall
on foot up San Francisquito Canyon to the Ruiz Cemetery, where the party placed this marker. It reads:
"In memory of those who lost their lives in the Santa Clara flood Mar. 13, 1928 / Erected
by the Newhall cowboys." (The valley was called the Santa Clara before it became known as the
Santa Clarita, and the dam broke just before midnight on March 12, but most deaths occurred just after
midnight on March 13.)
LW2154k: 300 dpi jpeg from digital image
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