Pico Canyon | Mentryville
ALSO: Walking Tour with Darryl Manzer
Pico Canyon Oil Well Production Records • List of Pico Canyon Oil Wells
With abandonment dates
• CSO-4 (Pico No. 4), 1876-1990
With documentation re: maintaining National Landmark status after closure
• Star No. 1, 1884-1977
Drilled by Hardison & Stewart
The Story of Mentryville by Leon Worden · Friends of Mentryville
> October 2003 Fire Coverage
> *WAY BACK WHEN: Commentaries by Darryl Manzer · The Signal, 2004-05
Eulogy to Charles Alexander Mentry, 1847-1900 by Demetrius G. Scofield · Gazette, Sept. 1997
The Pico Ghost Camp by Arthur B. Perkins, 1962.
How did Alex Mentry die? by John Boston · The Signal, 10-4-2001.
Ramon Perea: A Forgotten Name at Pico by Leon Worden · The Signal, 2-17-2004
Pico Canyon Boarding House Days, 1906-1915 by Ruth Saunders Albright
Walton Young Retires from Standard Oil Co. · The Signal, May 19, 1927
Patricia Westcott Kelly's Pico Canyon Scrapbook · 2001
Special Memories of Pico Canyon by Bill Rundberg · The Gazette, July 4, 1997
The Only Kid in Mentryville by Darryl Manzer · The Gazette, Spring 1997
Why There's Wood Fences in Mentryville by Darryl Manzer · The Signal, 12-13-2004
Lagasses Kept Town Alive for 30 Years by Laurie Sachtleben · Gazette, Sept. 1997
New Plaque Marks Mentryville's 125th by Stacey Klein · The Signal, 9-27-2001
Mentryville Barn: Plans Call for Restoration · Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, 2-8-2002
Before Quigley, There Was Mentry by Leon Worden · The Signal, 4-19-2003
Pieces of Pico's Past by Leon Worden · The Signal, 4-26-2003
Sitzman's Mentryville Collection Comes Home by Patti Rasmussen · The Signal, 2-15-2004
Video: Mentryville Walking Tour with Darryl Manzer SCVTV, 7-24-2011
Perspectives Shape Memories of Mentryville By Darryl Manzer · SCVNews.com, 3-17-2013
CH1000 - Pico (CSO) No. 4, 6/26/1877. 65K.
LW2222 - Pico (CSO) No. 4, c. 1877.
CH1020 - CSO Hill, 1885.
AP2019 - CSO Jackline Plant, pre-1962.
AP2102 - Merle Cook at Jackline Hookup, pre-1962.
CH1030 - The Mentry Family, c. 1883-1884. 59K.
CH1030a - Mr. & Mrs. Charles Alexander Mentry, c. 1883-1884. 28K.
CH1050 - Town Fathers, c. 1891. 94K.
AP0127 - Oil Men of Pico, 1880s-90s.
CH1040 - Charles Alexander Mentry, 1893. 65K.
CH1070 - Charles Alexander Mentry, undated. 40K.
DM0100 - Mentryville Big House, date unknown. 65K.
CH1060 - Mentryville Dance Hall (inside), c. 1890s. 70K.
HS0500 - Overview of Mentryville, c. 1900. 163K.
HS9015 - Walton Young Family Homestead, June 1905.
AP1732 - Pico Boarding House, ca. 1900s.
AP0629 - Pico Oil Worker's Tent Home, ca. 1900s.
CH1260 - Felton School & Dance Hall, c. 1920s. 65K.
RL2801 - Overview of Mentryville, c. 1920s. 89K.
CY0000 - Mentryville: Cheney Family Photos, 1922-1939. Multiple Images.
LW2323 - Multiple Views of Mentryville in "The Last Roundup" (1929) — Dance Hall, School, Tin Garage, Barn, Chicken House, etc.
CH1010 - Pico (CSO) No. 4, 3-11-1931.
BR5120 - Bill Rundberg, Pico Resident, 1948-1953. Photo, 1951. 31K.
BR5130 - Inside the Schultz Home. Photo, 1951 or 1952. 54K.
AP0911 - Jackline Plant Remnants, ca. 1960.
KT0100 - Alton & Pat Manzer, Pico Residents, 1960-1966. Color Photo, 1950s.
NP6101 - The Big House sans chimney, 1961.
NP6102 - Felton School, 1961.
NP6103 - Pico No. 4 Oil Well, 1961.
AP2016 - Darryl Manzer at Firehouse, PCO Hill, ca. 1961.
AP2017 - Darryl Manzer at Field Office, CSO Hill, ca. 1961.
KT0200 - Alton Manzer at Pico No. 4 Oil Well, 1960s.
KT0110 - Darryl Manzer, Pico Resident, 1960-1966. Photo, 1968. 27K.
CL0100 - Carol & Frenchy Lagasse, Pico Residents, 1967-1994. Color Photo, 1980s. 41K.
LW2302 - Quake-damaged Big House. 2 Views, 1995-1996.
LW-SG2058 - Larinan Ranch House Burns Down, 7-22-2000 by Eric Thayer · The Signal, 7-23-2000.
LW2147 - Cheney Family Visits Mentryville After 63 Years (Multiple Views), 10-12-2001.
DM0601 - Comtemporary Photos: Mentryville Big House, Felton School & Barn in January 2006.
