The Hill-Palmer House, named to the National Register of Historic Places as the only remaining homestead cottage and surrounding gardens in the San Fernando Valley, was built about 1911 by James David and Rhoda Jane Enlow Hill.
In 1974 it was named Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #133, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Located within the Homestead Acre in Chatsworth Park South, the property is owned by the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks, with the Chatsworth Historical Society as conservators.
The house, gardens and Chatsworth Museum is open for tours from 1-4 p.m. the first Sunday of every month.
Topics to be covered:
1860’s to 1886 – The Hill family travels from Arkansas to Visalia Ca. to Los Angeles to Chatsworth
Family photographs
1886-1940’s The homesteading years
1950-60’s – the sale of their homestead property to Henry Berkenkamp, Aqua Sierra, and the Roy Roger’s Sports Center
1970’s – Chatsworth Historical Society conservators
Here are the key details about National Register listings in Los Angeles from the Wikipedia article:
- There are over 1,600 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California.
- This includes over 1,000 individual properties either listed locally or as contributors to historic districts.
- Some of the notable listings include the Los Angeles Theatre, Bradbury Building, Gamble House, Watts Towers, and El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.
- Districts include areas like Angelino Heights, West Adams, and South Park. These districts contain hundreds of contributing properties between them.
- Listings represent architectural styles from the Spanish/Mexican era to mid-
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) was a member of the theater’s “royal family” of Barrymores – Lionel, Ethel and John.
His parents were Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew, reigning stage stars of their day that came to America in the 1870’s and performed Hamlet in New York, also performing in London often.
While Lionel’s parents traveled to their performances, the three children lived with their grandmother in various great houses in Philadelphia.
All of the children were well educated in the arts and theatre.
In 1938, at the age of 60, Lionel purchased 22 acres in Browns Canyon at 11050 Independence Ave, Chatsworth.
Lionel was Honorary Mayor of Chatsworth in 1952, and died of a heart attack in 1954 at the age of 76.
Lionel is the great-uncle of Drew Barrymore, who had a breakout role as a child actress in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), which had scenes filmed in nearby Porter Ranch.
The document summarizes a presentation given by the Chatsworth Historical Society about 19 postcards from 1912 depicting scenes in Chatsworth, California. The postcards were taken by photographer H.F. Rile and show what rural Chatsworth looked like at that time, with dirt roads and farms. The postcards are divided into categories based on location, such as scenes around Andora Avenue, the Johnson/Iverson homestead, and near the railroad. Each postcard is analyzed in detail, comparing the historic photos to the modern landscape. Messages written on the postcards by early Chatsworth residents are also discussed.
Chatsworth Stagecoach Trail -- The Old Santa Susana Stage Road was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #92 in 1972, and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park in Chatsworth, California
Chatsworth Hills Homesteaders Part 3, California
Homesteader Families in the Simi Hills, south of Plummer, west of Valley Circle, and north of Roscoe. Includes Schweikhard, Domec, Woolsey and Dayton.
Chatsworth Hills Homesteaders Part 1
Homesteader Families in the Santa Susana Mountains, north of Chatsworth Street and west of Andora. Includes Dejeremias, Johnson, Graves, Williams, Iverson, Charlton
The Chatsworth Historical Society was established in 1963 with the goal of saving the historic Pioneer Church from demolition. Over the next 50+ years, the Society worked to restore the church and establish a museum. They acquired the historic Minnie Hill Palmer homestead and worked to preserve it. The Society led efforts to celebrate Chatsworth's centennial in 1988. They have fundraised through events like garden festivals and pioneer days. The Society has played a key role in Chatsworth history for over 50 years.
Harvester Farms Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument 645 Designated March 5, 1997
Harvester Farms includes the 1923 Barn and surrounding buildings as the cultural monument. The main house is a California Ranch style structure. The rear California basilica-type barn still retains a high degree of remaining historic fabric. (Virginia Watson 1997)
•Headquarters of the Palomino Horse Association of America
•Harvester was the father of Mr. Ed – the talking horse, a 1961-66 TV Series
•Located on Devonshire west of Topanga
Here are the key details about National Register listings in Los Angeles from the Wikipedia article:
- There are over 1,600 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California.
- This includes over 1,000 individual properties either listed locally or as contributors to historic districts.
- Some of the notable listings include the Los Angeles Theatre, Bradbury Building, Gamble House, Watts Towers, and El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.
- Districts include areas like Angelino Heights, West Adams, and South Park. These districts contain hundreds of contributing properties between them.
- Listings represent architectural styles from the Spanish/Mexican era to mid-
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) was a member of the theater’s “royal family” of Barrymores – Lionel, Ethel and John.
His parents were Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew, reigning stage stars of their day that came to America in the 1870’s and performed Hamlet in New York, also performing in London often.
While Lionel’s parents traveled to their performances, the three children lived with their grandmother in various great houses in Philadelphia.
All of the children were well educated in the arts and theatre.
In 1938, at the age of 60, Lionel purchased 22 acres in Browns Canyon at 11050 Independence Ave, Chatsworth.
Lionel was Honorary Mayor of Chatsworth in 1952, and died of a heart attack in 1954 at the age of 76.
Lionel is the great-uncle of Drew Barrymore, who had a breakout role as a child actress in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), which had scenes filmed in nearby Porter Ranch.
The document summarizes a presentation given by the Chatsworth Historical Society about 19 postcards from 1912 depicting scenes in Chatsworth, California. The postcards were taken by photographer H.F. Rile and show what rural Chatsworth looked like at that time, with dirt roads and farms. The postcards are divided into categories based on location, such as scenes around Andora Avenue, the Johnson/Iverson homestead, and near the railroad. Each postcard is analyzed in detail, comparing the historic photos to the modern landscape. Messages written on the postcards by early Chatsworth residents are also discussed.
Chatsworth Stagecoach Trail -- The Old Santa Susana Stage Road was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #92 in 1972, and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park in Chatsworth, California
Chatsworth Hills Homesteaders Part 3, California
Homesteader Families in the Simi Hills, south of Plummer, west of Valley Circle, and north of Roscoe. Includes Schweikhard, Domec, Woolsey and Dayton.
Chatsworth Hills Homesteaders Part 1
Homesteader Families in the Santa Susana Mountains, north of Chatsworth Street and west of Andora. Includes Dejeremias, Johnson, Graves, Williams, Iverson, Charlton
The Chatsworth Historical Society was established in 1963 with the goal of saving the historic Pioneer Church from demolition. Over the next 50+ years, the Society worked to restore the church and establish a museum. They acquired the historic Minnie Hill Palmer homestead and worked to preserve it. The Society led efforts to celebrate Chatsworth's centennial in 1988. They have fundraised through events like garden festivals and pioneer days. The Society has played a key role in Chatsworth history for over 50 years.
Harvester Farms Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument 645 Designated March 5, 1997
Harvester Farms includes the 1923 Barn and surrounding buildings as the cultural monument. The main house is a California Ranch style structure. The rear California basilica-type barn still retains a high degree of remaining historic fabric. (Virginia Watson 1997)
•Headquarters of the Palomino Horse Association of America
•Harvester was the father of Mr. Ed – the talking horse, a 1961-66 TV Series
•Located on Devonshire west of Topanga
Frank Knapp Senior (1875-1952), his wife Maria, and their first three children (Mary, Frank and Alfonso) immigrated from the Tyrol region of Austria to the United States, in 1903.
There would eventually be eight siblings: six boys and two girls. By 1911 the family was established in the new community of Owensmouth, the core area of what would later become Canoga Park, in the west San Fernando Valley.
Frank Senior was a craftsman that worked in wood, stone, concrete, and plaster, and he did a considerable amount of work, much of it artistic, in those medium in the then just-beginning modern development of the west San Fernando Valley.
Three homestead parcels were combined in the 1950’s and 60’s to create a 127 acre sports center at the west end of Devonshire, on what is today’s Chatsworth Park South and part of Rockpointe.
•There are multiple stories involved:
•The founding of the Aqua Sierra Sportsmans club in 1949, and the building of two skeet and trap stations by 1951/52, before Minnie Hill Palmer sold the Hill homestead.
•The expansion of Aqua Sierra after the 1956 purchase of the Hill homestead by Henry Berkenkamp of Oroweat Bakeries. By 1959, there were five skeet and trap stations, a 90 foot hi-tower, one nine-hole golf course, a driving range, and two trout lakes. In 1959 it is advertised as the Roy Rogers Sports Center.
• In 1961, three additional nine-hole golf courses were added on the adjacent 52 acre Butler/De Jeremias homestead parcels. This acreage was leased from the Scheplers.
•The decline of the sports center began in 1968, when Rockpointe began development on the Butler homestead parcel. In 1973 the City of Los Angeles purchased the 75 acre skeet/fishing/golf course site and it became today’s Chatsworth Park South.
This document summarizes the history of Chatsworth Lake Manor from its Chumash Native American origins to its early 20th century development. It describes how in 1797 Chief Odón Chihuya was born at a Chumash village and later lived at the San Fernando Mission. His granddaughter Francesca Domec was granted a 148-acre homestead in 1901 that became the Lake Manor area. The document also outlines the history of Pierre Domec, a French settler who married Odón's daughter and operated a lime kiln in the 1850s-60s, and how his daughter Francesca later inherited the land.
The History of the Bells of the El Camino Real. Focused on Chatsworth California history and the Mission Trail from the San Fernando Mission to the Simi House to Mission San Buenaventura.
Includes a clip: The Bells of El Camino Real Huell Howser
Edwina Mintel. Texas Hill Country Landscape through the Artist's Eyes.klimvika
The document summarizes an exhibition by Edwina Mintel showcasing her sketches of landscapes in the Texas Hill Country around Fredericksburg. It provides background on Mintel and compares nine of her sketches from the 1920s-1940s with historical photographs of the same locations, showing how little the landscapes have changed. The sketches and photographs depict iconic locations that helped shape Fredericksburg's history and identity, like Cross Mountain, the Vereins Kirche church, and old pioneer homes.
Milton and Collette Parsons ran the Cookie Jar Theatre from 1948 to 1963, where they directed local Chatsworth children in plays. The performances were held at various local venues and involved the entire community. The theatre began with a production of "Princess Nina's Birthday" in 1948. Over the years, the Parsons put on productions of other plays like "Little Women" and "Tom Sawyer". The Parsons held rehearsals at their home and the productions involved professional level costumes, sets and performances, despite having child actors. The Cookie Jar Theatre helped bring artistic culture to Chatsworth children during this era.
The Apeta Momonga Mission Trail is an integral piece of our Native American and Spanish heritage, comprising two stories.
First, it was a historic trail that was used beginning at least 3,000 years ago to travel from Achoicominga (San Fernando) to the village of Momonga (Santa Susana Pass/Stoney Point).
Second, after Mission San Fernando was established in 1797, the trail was used to travel from Mission San Fernando to the Simi Adobe to Mission San Buenaventura. The Mission Trail became a part of the El Camino Real along the north end of the San Fernando Valley, offering safe passage to travelers along its route.
This presentation will cover the following topics, which were also presented to the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in September and November of 2018:
Statement of Significance
Background and Site Introduction
Summary of the approval process
The History of the Apeta Momonga (“Trail to” Momonga)
The History of the Mission Trail
The Trail as it exists today
Mary Draper Ingles found refuge in Bedford County, Virginia in the 1750s after being captured by Shawnee Native Americans and escaping. She was the mother of two sons still held captive. Records show she and her husband William Ingles later established a home called Ingleside in the area, and their descendants also named homes after their family. Historians still have many unanswered questions about Mary Ingles' ordeal and life after escaping captivity.
This document provides an update on Larry Roeder's history project documenting the area of Conklin and Prosperity Baptist Church in Loudoun County, Virginia. It summarizes the early settlement of Conklin by both white and African American pioneers in the 18th century. It details Roeder's efforts to collect oral histories, photos, artifacts and records to preserve the history of prominent African American families like the Allens who lived in the area. The document outlines the boundaries of traditional Conklin and calls for help from community members to share their stories and knowledge to aid the project.
This document provides summaries of 18 historical fiction novels set in different time periods, ranging from the 1600s to the 1930s. The novels cover a variety of topics including the civil rights movement, slavery, women's suffrage, earthquakes, wars, westward expansion, and more. The Lexile levels provided show that most of the novels fall within the 710-1020 Lexile range, indicating they would be accessible to students at different reading levels.
The document summarizes the history of a church in Botetourt County, Virginia from its founding in the 1770s through the early 2000s. It discusses the church's origins among dissenting Anglicans, key events like the French and Indian War that impacted the region, the establishment of Botetourt Parish and county, and challenges the church faced over the centuries like declining attendance and uncertainty over church leadership. It poses questions for further research into the church's history and growth.
The document provides a summary of the history of the Hutson family cabins and the Hutsonville Historical Society in Illinois. It describes how Isaac Hutson built a cabin in 1811 where his family was later killed by Native Americans. It then discusses the founding of the Hutsonville Historical Society in 1967 and the restoration and addition of several historic buildings to the site over the decades, including the original Hutson cabin, a museum, country store, barn, and chapel to preserve the local history.
- Eli Wiggell was born in England in 1811 and moved to South Africa with his family in 1820. He worked as a wagon maker and missionary in South Africa.
- In the late 1850s, Eli was introduced to Mormon missionaries and was baptized in 1858. He helped introduce other friends like Henry Talbot to Mormonism.
- In 1860, Eli and his family emigrated to America with the Talbot family, arriving in Salt Lake City in 1861. Rosanna Wiggell later married Charles Talbot in 1862.
Here are some suggested chapter headings for a children's textbook covering Virginia history through the end of the 19th century:
1. Early Native Americans
2. Early Explorers - Spanish, English, French
3. Jamestown
4. Pocahontas
5. Bacon's Rebellion
6. Slavery Begins
7. The Lost Colony
8. Frontier Life
9. George Washington
10. Thomas Jefferson
11. War of 1812
12. Westward Expansion
13. Slavery Expands
14. Civil War Begins
15. Robert E. Lee
16. Stonewall Jackson
17. Life During the Civil War
18. Reconstruction
Atlanta Phoenix Project (MARTA Collection, GSU): Lot 9Fu80, Ashby and Hunter....Yosef Razin
This document summarizes the history of a 4 acre site in West Atlanta from pre-history to the 1970s. It describes how the land was originally part of Muscogee territory and was acquired by the Elliot family in the 1830s. By the late 19th century, the area saw development of houses and commercial buildings. In the early 20th century, it became a working class white neighborhood but shifted to a predominantly African American community after the 1917 fire. The area contained residential and commercial buildings until it was demolished in the 1970s for the construction of the MARTA rail system.
Clara Elizabeth Jane Peacock was born in 1854 in England and immigrated to Utah in 1866 with her family. She worked as a teacher at St. Mark's Episcopal school and later became a successful businesswoman working for Walker Brothers Dry Goods company. She traveled extensively in her later years. She married Ebenezer Watson in 1875 and they had two children, though her husband and one child passed away in 1891. Clara lived a long life, passing away in 1935 in Salt Lake City at the age of 81.
Isabella Meikle was born in 1837 in Scotland and immigrated to Utah in 1856 with her mother and siblings as part of the second handcart company. She married William Blackhurst in 1857 and had four children, but he passed away in 1864. She then married Theodore Curtis in 1868 and had two more daughters, but Isabella herself passed away in 1873 from dropsy at the young age of 35.
1) In the Heights is set in the diverse Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and focuses on the residents, including bodega owner Usnavi who dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic.
2) It explores the lives of characters like Usnavi, Nina who has dropped out of college, and Vanessa who works at the local salon, as well as the historical context of immigration and gentrification in Washington Heights.
3) The musical examines the tight-knit community and themes of culture, family, and finding a sense of belonging.
Homesteaders Families in the Simi Hills
South of Chatsworth Street and North of Plummer
Names and dates of arrival:
Francisco Miranda (1880)
James Hill (1886)
Frank Ackerman (1888)
William Bannon (1891)
Ferdinand Tetzlaff (1893)
Swan Paulson (1895)
Alexander Butler (1896)
Cora Henry (1914)
The document summarizes homesteading in Montana in the early 1900s. It describes the Homestead Act of 1862 that allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land, as well as the Reclamation Act of 1902 that built irrigation systems to support agriculture. It then focuses on Charles Stout, who homesteaded land in Montana and met his future wife, Re Anna Bryson, a schoolteacher. They married in 1911 and lived on Charles' homestead, establishing a family and farm.
Frank Knapp Senior (1875-1952), his wife Maria, and their first three children (Mary, Frank and Alfonso) immigrated from the Tyrol region of Austria to the United States, in 1903.
There would eventually be eight siblings: six boys and two girls. By 1911 the family was established in the new community of Owensmouth, the core area of what would later become Canoga Park, in the west San Fernando Valley.
Frank Senior was a craftsman that worked in wood, stone, concrete, and plaster, and he did a considerable amount of work, much of it artistic, in those medium in the then just-beginning modern development of the west San Fernando Valley.
Three homestead parcels were combined in the 1950’s and 60’s to create a 127 acre sports center at the west end of Devonshire, on what is today’s Chatsworth Park South and part of Rockpointe.
•There are multiple stories involved:
•The founding of the Aqua Sierra Sportsmans club in 1949, and the building of two skeet and trap stations by 1951/52, before Minnie Hill Palmer sold the Hill homestead.
•The expansion of Aqua Sierra after the 1956 purchase of the Hill homestead by Henry Berkenkamp of Oroweat Bakeries. By 1959, there were five skeet and trap stations, a 90 foot hi-tower, one nine-hole golf course, a driving range, and two trout lakes. In 1959 it is advertised as the Roy Rogers Sports Center.
• In 1961, three additional nine-hole golf courses were added on the adjacent 52 acre Butler/De Jeremias homestead parcels. This acreage was leased from the Scheplers.
•The decline of the sports center began in 1968, when Rockpointe began development on the Butler homestead parcel. In 1973 the City of Los Angeles purchased the 75 acre skeet/fishing/golf course site and it became today’s Chatsworth Park South.
This document summarizes the history of Chatsworth Lake Manor from its Chumash Native American origins to its early 20th century development. It describes how in 1797 Chief Odón Chihuya was born at a Chumash village and later lived at the San Fernando Mission. His granddaughter Francesca Domec was granted a 148-acre homestead in 1901 that became the Lake Manor area. The document also outlines the history of Pierre Domec, a French settler who married Odón's daughter and operated a lime kiln in the 1850s-60s, and how his daughter Francesca later inherited the land.
The History of the Bells of the El Camino Real. Focused on Chatsworth California history and the Mission Trail from the San Fernando Mission to the Simi House to Mission San Buenaventura.
Includes a clip: The Bells of El Camino Real Huell Howser
Edwina Mintel. Texas Hill Country Landscape through the Artist's Eyes.klimvika
The document summarizes an exhibition by Edwina Mintel showcasing her sketches of landscapes in the Texas Hill Country around Fredericksburg. It provides background on Mintel and compares nine of her sketches from the 1920s-1940s with historical photographs of the same locations, showing how little the landscapes have changed. The sketches and photographs depict iconic locations that helped shape Fredericksburg's history and identity, like Cross Mountain, the Vereins Kirche church, and old pioneer homes.
Milton and Collette Parsons ran the Cookie Jar Theatre from 1948 to 1963, where they directed local Chatsworth children in plays. The performances were held at various local venues and involved the entire community. The theatre began with a production of "Princess Nina's Birthday" in 1948. Over the years, the Parsons put on productions of other plays like "Little Women" and "Tom Sawyer". The Parsons held rehearsals at their home and the productions involved professional level costumes, sets and performances, despite having child actors. The Cookie Jar Theatre helped bring artistic culture to Chatsworth children during this era.
The Apeta Momonga Mission Trail is an integral piece of our Native American and Spanish heritage, comprising two stories.
First, it was a historic trail that was used beginning at least 3,000 years ago to travel from Achoicominga (San Fernando) to the village of Momonga (Santa Susana Pass/Stoney Point).
Second, after Mission San Fernando was established in 1797, the trail was used to travel from Mission San Fernando to the Simi Adobe to Mission San Buenaventura. The Mission Trail became a part of the El Camino Real along the north end of the San Fernando Valley, offering safe passage to travelers along its route.
This presentation will cover the following topics, which were also presented to the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in September and November of 2018:
Statement of Significance
Background and Site Introduction
Summary of the approval process
The History of the Apeta Momonga (“Trail to” Momonga)
The History of the Mission Trail
The Trail as it exists today
Mary Draper Ingles found refuge in Bedford County, Virginia in the 1750s after being captured by Shawnee Native Americans and escaping. She was the mother of two sons still held captive. Records show she and her husband William Ingles later established a home called Ingleside in the area, and their descendants also named homes after their family. Historians still have many unanswered questions about Mary Ingles' ordeal and life after escaping captivity.
This document provides an update on Larry Roeder's history project documenting the area of Conklin and Prosperity Baptist Church in Loudoun County, Virginia. It summarizes the early settlement of Conklin by both white and African American pioneers in the 18th century. It details Roeder's efforts to collect oral histories, photos, artifacts and records to preserve the history of prominent African American families like the Allens who lived in the area. The document outlines the boundaries of traditional Conklin and calls for help from community members to share their stories and knowledge to aid the project.
This document provides summaries of 18 historical fiction novels set in different time periods, ranging from the 1600s to the 1930s. The novels cover a variety of topics including the civil rights movement, slavery, women's suffrage, earthquakes, wars, westward expansion, and more. The Lexile levels provided show that most of the novels fall within the 710-1020 Lexile range, indicating they would be accessible to students at different reading levels.
The document summarizes the history of a church in Botetourt County, Virginia from its founding in the 1770s through the early 2000s. It discusses the church's origins among dissenting Anglicans, key events like the French and Indian War that impacted the region, the establishment of Botetourt Parish and county, and challenges the church faced over the centuries like declining attendance and uncertainty over church leadership. It poses questions for further research into the church's history and growth.
The document provides a summary of the history of the Hutson family cabins and the Hutsonville Historical Society in Illinois. It describes how Isaac Hutson built a cabin in 1811 where his family was later killed by Native Americans. It then discusses the founding of the Hutsonville Historical Society in 1967 and the restoration and addition of several historic buildings to the site over the decades, including the original Hutson cabin, a museum, country store, barn, and chapel to preserve the local history.
- Eli Wiggell was born in England in 1811 and moved to South Africa with his family in 1820. He worked as a wagon maker and missionary in South Africa.
- In the late 1850s, Eli was introduced to Mormon missionaries and was baptized in 1858. He helped introduce other friends like Henry Talbot to Mormonism.
- In 1860, Eli and his family emigrated to America with the Talbot family, arriving in Salt Lake City in 1861. Rosanna Wiggell later married Charles Talbot in 1862.
Here are some suggested chapter headings for a children's textbook covering Virginia history through the end of the 19th century:
1. Early Native Americans
2. Early Explorers - Spanish, English, French
3. Jamestown
4. Pocahontas
5. Bacon's Rebellion
6. Slavery Begins
7. The Lost Colony
8. Frontier Life
9. George Washington
10. Thomas Jefferson
11. War of 1812
12. Westward Expansion
13. Slavery Expands
14. Civil War Begins
15. Robert E. Lee
16. Stonewall Jackson
17. Life During the Civil War
18. Reconstruction
Atlanta Phoenix Project (MARTA Collection, GSU): Lot 9Fu80, Ashby and Hunter....Yosef Razin
This document summarizes the history of a 4 acre site in West Atlanta from pre-history to the 1970s. It describes how the land was originally part of Muscogee territory and was acquired by the Elliot family in the 1830s. By the late 19th century, the area saw development of houses and commercial buildings. In the early 20th century, it became a working class white neighborhood but shifted to a predominantly African American community after the 1917 fire. The area contained residential and commercial buildings until it was demolished in the 1970s for the construction of the MARTA rail system.
Clara Elizabeth Jane Peacock was born in 1854 in England and immigrated to Utah in 1866 with her family. She worked as a teacher at St. Mark's Episcopal school and later became a successful businesswoman working for Walker Brothers Dry Goods company. She traveled extensively in her later years. She married Ebenezer Watson in 1875 and they had two children, though her husband and one child passed away in 1891. Clara lived a long life, passing away in 1935 in Salt Lake City at the age of 81.
Isabella Meikle was born in 1837 in Scotland and immigrated to Utah in 1856 with her mother and siblings as part of the second handcart company. She married William Blackhurst in 1857 and had four children, but he passed away in 1864. She then married Theodore Curtis in 1868 and had two more daughters, but Isabella herself passed away in 1873 from dropsy at the young age of 35.
1) In the Heights is set in the diverse Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and focuses on the residents, including bodega owner Usnavi who dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic.
2) It explores the lives of characters like Usnavi, Nina who has dropped out of college, and Vanessa who works at the local salon, as well as the historical context of immigration and gentrification in Washington Heights.
3) The musical examines the tight-knit community and themes of culture, family, and finding a sense of belonging.
Homesteaders Families in the Simi Hills
South of Chatsworth Street and North of Plummer
Names and dates of arrival:
Francisco Miranda (1880)
James Hill (1886)
Frank Ackerman (1888)
William Bannon (1891)
Ferdinand Tetzlaff (1893)
Swan Paulson (1895)
Alexander Butler (1896)
Cora Henry (1914)
The document summarizes homesteading in Montana in the early 1900s. It describes the Homestead Act of 1862 that allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land, as well as the Reclamation Act of 1902 that built irrigation systems to support agriculture. It then focuses on Charles Stout, who homesteaded land in Montana and met his future wife, Re Anna Bryson, a schoolteacher. They married in 1911 and lived on Charles' homestead, establishing a family and farm.
"The Elms" at Vine Valley, Yates County, NYLarry Naukam
A history of the land and buildings owned at one point by the Willys family, known for being the owners of the company which manufactured the Jeep vehicle.
Thomas Bennett and Ann Lacey Bennett were English pioneers who immigrated to America and Utah in the 1800s. Thomas was born in 1815 in England and Ann was born in 1819, also in England. They were married in 1839 and had seven children in England before immigrating. Thomas came to America first in 1857 to prepare for the family, working and saving money. Their son William joined him in 1860. In 1861, Ann and the remaining children immigrated and traveled by train and wagon to Utah to reunite with Thomas. Ann and Thomas helped establish settlements in Utah and Idaho and contributed to their communities until Thomas' death in 1881 and Ann's in 1907.
This document provides a summary of the Meisser genealogy from Germany to the United States. It describes how Johan Jurg Meisser immigrated from Germany to New York in 1709. It then traces the lineage through several generations living in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio before Mathias Benjamin Mizer moved his family to Wisconsin in the 1870s. The document concludes by introducing Jean Ellen Mizer, who married into the Taylor family, thus connecting the two family lines. Key events, locations, marriages, and children are summarized for each generation described.
This document provides a genealogical summary of the Meisser/Mizer family lineage from Germany to the United States. It details the family's origins in Ottweiler, Germany and their migration to America in 1709-1710 to escape harsh conditions. It then summarizes each generation including names, marriages, occupations, locations lived, and important family events over six generations living in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and eventually Wisconsin.
Stoney Point is the most recognized landmark in Chatsworth, California.
Topics include:
Geology – The Chatsworth Formation
Prehistory – Momonga, and The Apeta Momonga Mission Trail
1871 – Earliest map with Stoney Point
1886 – Homesteader George Charlton and family arrives
1920’s residents – Driscoll, Turner, Haworth, Wilson, Johnson
The seven names of Stoney Point
Later residents at the Charlton Residence site
1948-50 – American Legion 4th of July Parade, Carnival and BBQ at Stoney Point
1974 – Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument # 132
1982 – Stoney Point is purchased and becomes a 22 acre City Park,
1999 – 52 acres added north of Stoney Point
2007 – The 5 acre Stoney Point Ranch is purchased by the City
Rock Climbing at Stoney Point
Films with Stoney Point
The document appears to be about the history of Chase County, Kansas between 1850-1860. It discusses several key events from this period including the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, the first public land survey of Chase County in 1855, Charles Rogler and Henry Brandley walking from Iowa to Kansas to stake claims in 1859, and some of the earliest settlements and industries in Chase County in the 1850s. It also provides biographical details about several early pioneers to the area.
This document chronicles the life of Mary Will Myers through a timeline and details of her birth, marriages, children, and locations lived. It summarizes that she was born in 1874 in Louisiana, married John Miles in 1892 and had eight children with him. After moving to Arkansas, John changed their surname to Myers after an assault on Mary. Mary lost six of her children and her husband over 12 years. In 1930, Mary and her surviving children lived in Los Angeles, where she passed away in 1963 while riding a bus.
Clifford E. Richardson's partial family history traces his lineage back to his great-grandparents who immigrated from Ireland in 1876. Richardson had one brother and seven sisters. He served in World War II and the Korean War before starting a landscaping business with his brother. Richardson married Jackie Carper in 1950 and had two sons. The document shares photos of Richardson, his extended family, and their lives over multiple generations.
This document provides a history of Pioneer Bluffs in Chase County, Kansas from the 1850s to present day. It details the journeys of early settlers Charles Rogler and Henry Brandley who walked hundreds of miles to establish homesteads. It also describes the founding of Chase County and cottonwood falls. The document aims to celebrate the tallgrass prairie history and ranching heritage of the area through historical information and the new Pioneer Bluffs Foundation.
Robert Gordon was born in 1853 in England and immigrated to the United States as a young child with his family. They settled first in Ohio before joining a Mormon pioneer wagon train to Utah in 1861. After settling in Utah, Robert's father went back east and was never heard from again. Robert helped support his mother and siblings. He married in 1870 and lived in several parts of Utah, working as a farmer and rancher. He had 12 children with his first wife before she passed away. Robert passed away in 1916 in Huntington, Utah where he had lived for many years.
The document chronicles the life of Mary Will Myers from her birth in 1874 in Marion, Louisiana through her death in 1963 in Los Angeles, California. It outlines her family origins and marriage in 1892, the births of her children, her family's migration from Louisiana to Arkansas in the early 1900s due to economic hardships, and then to Los Angeles in the 1920s after the deaths of some of her children. It follows her loss of her husband and many children over the subsequent decades until her own death on a bus in Los Angeles at age 89.
Arkansas History Through Music part _one__6-15-10__John Jarboe
Arkansas History Through Music is a musical journey through the past of Arkansas containing detailed information about the state, it's citizens, and it's many musicians.
This document discusses a community in Oklahoma in the early 1900s centered around the Taylor and Pearigen families. It provides snippets of local news articles mentioning social events, births, deaths, businesses and property transactions involving these families. The document establishes that Dr. A. A. Taylor was the long-time postmaster, had a cotton gin and corn mill operation, and was an active member of the community along with his wife, sons Fred and Ernest, and other relatives. Henry Pearigen and his family were also mentioned frequently in relation to their various businesses and roles in the community during this time period.
Frances Jane Gordon was born in 1848 in Castle Eden, England. She immigrated to the United States in the 1850s-1860s with her father John Henry Gordon, mother Hannah Gordon, and siblings, first settling in Ohio and then traveling by ox train to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1861. Frances married Richard Green around 1863 and William Mills in 1870-1871, having five children with Mills. She passed away in 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Early history of jefferson county, iowa 08 10Tricia Slechta
This document provides a history of Jefferson County, Iowa from prehistoric times through the late 19th century. It describes the various indigenous peoples who lived in the area, including Paleo-Indians, Woodland tribes, the Ioway, Sauk, and Meskwaki. It discusses early European explorers and the Black Hawk War. The document then outlines the arrival of settlers in the 1830s-40s and the development of agriculture and transportation infrastructure like railroads. Important figures mentioned include John Huff, William Louden, James F. Wilson who served in Congress during the Civil War, and Thomas Emerson Maplethorpe, an early newspaper publisher.
Mary finds a home in Bedford...A chapter in the life of Mary Draper InglesEllen Brown
Mary Draper Ingles was taken captive by Shawnee Native Americans in 1755 after their attack on Draper's Meadow in Virginia (now Blacksburg, VA). She escaped after a grueling 10-month journey and found refuge in Bedford County, Virginia with her husband William Ingles c. 1756-1759. They likely named their Bedford County home "Ingleside" as later descendants also named their homes. Mary and William had several children, though the fates of some are unknown such as what happened to their son George. Mary endured great hardship but helped establish the Ingles family lineage that continues today in southwest Virginia.
This presentation will discuss and show three westerns filmed in Chatsworth
A 10 minute Western Spoof filmed in 1968, Blaze Glory
Two TV commercials of Mattel's "Blaze the Galloping Horse" filmed in 1961 and 1962
Episode 5 of the television show Fury, filmed in 1955, which introduces the Fury Barn at Iverson Movie Ranch.
The Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park is a California State Park of 670 acres.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County on the boundary between Ventura and Los Angeles counties, between the communities of Chatsworth and Simi Valley
The first six years, 1969 to 1974 - Jan Hinkston and the founding of the SSMPA and FPSSM
The next 23 years, 1975 to 1998 –Land acquisitions culminating in the State Park designation, and volunteer efforts to educate the public about the park.
1986-A short clip from the “Santa Susana Where the Past is Present” promotional video.
1998 –A short video trailer from the 1998 dedication video, and a short clip of Jan Hinkston speaking at the dedication.
The next 25 years, 1998 to 2023 –The drive for improvements, Educational materials created by State Parks, and Volunteer efforts, in coordination with California State Parks, to maintain the park, train volunteers, and lead hikes.
A listing of Educational Resources
Appendix 1 - A History of The SSMPA by Jan Hinkston (up to 1973)
Appendix 2 - Acquisition Summary by Parcel (670 acres)
This presentation will cover the following items.
Our focus tonight is on the 1948 and 1950 Superman movie serials starring Kirk Alyn. Twenty-nine of the 30 movie serial chapters have scenes filmed in Chatsworth.
A brief history of movie serials, aka “Cliffhangers”.
History of Superman from comics to radio to movie serials to TV to big budget movies.
Kirk Alyn photographs from the Jerry England collection
We have posted 58 clips of Superman episodes filmed in Chatsworth (under 5 minutes each) on our YouTube channel. We will share screenshots of some of the scenes, with shooting locations and rock descriptions provided by Dennis Liff.
Viewing of Chapter 1 of 1948 Superman, followed by the beginning of Chapter 2.
The Rockpointe Community in Chatsworth is comprised of 739 units, 4 pools and a clubhouse on 90 acres.
It is west of Valley Circle at Devonshire.
It borders Chatsworth Park South and the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park to the east, Chatsworth Park North to the north, and Oakwood Cemetery to the south.
It was built in phases, from 1967 to 1971.
Rockpointe South of Devonshire –Ackerman, Shadwick, Longview Poultry, Rim Rock Ranch (Hutchinson, Haberfeld)
Rockpointe North of Devonshire –Dejeremias, Butler, Schepler, Roy Rogers Sports Center
In 1921, 24 women formed the Chatsworth Women's Club at the home of founder Grace Hageman. Over the past 100 years, the club has grown to over 100 members and has made many contributions to improving the Chatsworth community. Notable accomplishments include building the first Chatsworth Community Building in 1922, continuing to host fundraisers and community events, and helping establish the Chatsworth library and parks. The club has adapted to changes in the community and women's roles over the decades while remaining dedicated to serving Chatsworth.
This presentation was shared online on February 5 2022
as a part of the Simi Hills Naturalist/Hike Leader Training
• Contributors/Presenters
Dottie Acker
Teena Takata
Ann Vincent
Topics to be covered
•Native American History – The Burro Flats Painted Cave
•Rancho Simi History
•Eddie Maier ownership in 1910
•Henry and Max Silvernale and Bill Hall ownership as partners 1939 to 1954
•Movie History 1937-1954
•Santa Susana Field Lab History 1947 to today
•North American Aviation (NAA) History
•NAA leases land in the Simi Hills 1947, the first test stand was completed in 1949 (Area I)
•NAA purchased Burro Flats/Sky Valley in 1954. The Rocketdyne Division builds four test stand complexes (Area II). The Atomics International Division builds the Sodium Reactor Experiment (Area IV).
•Nuclear research ends 1988; Rocket testing ends in 2006, cleanup continues
Originally the Chatsworth Community Church,
located at 10051 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Chatsworth, California. The Church was built in 1903 with volunteer labor. In 1965, it was moved to Oakwood Memorial Park. Church services continue every Sunday at 10 am
This PowerPoint describes the important contribution made by Native Americans during the conquest of California, during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. The “Naval Battalion of Mounted Volunteer Riflemen,” or California Battalion, was one of the most remarkably diverse American military formations in the history of the “Wild West.” Although the California Battalion as a whole never fought a battle, it played a significant role in the conquest of what is now the western United States. And on January 13, 1847, the California Battalion was part of the United States Naval force that accepted the surrender of the last Mexican forces, in what is now the United States, at Campo de Cahuenga, in the San Fernando Valley.
Program presented by Albert Knight (Anthropology Department Associate at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History) and Ray Vincent (Historian Chatsworth Historical Society).
This presentation was first shown in November 2011. In addition to the history of the Nike Missile Base LA88 at Oat Mountain, Chatsworth, it featured two videos, “The Nike Hercules Story” (1959, 27 min.), and
“Duck and Cover” (1951, 9 min.). Both of these are available on
YouTube, by searching for the title and “chatsworthhistory1”.
• This presentation includes new history provided to us by Greg Brown, Nike Hercules Crewman LA 88, from 1968-1971.
• Greg also told us about a 1961 “Lassie” TV episode (1961, 21 min.) filmed at LA88 Chatsworth, that will be shown at the end of this presentation.
This presentation was prepared by Dennis Liff, Chatsworth Movie Historian.
This presentation shows examples of spectacular sets that were created at the Garden of the Gods, at Iverson Movie Ranch, during the silent movie era. It analyzes movie stills and publicity photos used from these early times, and discusses how the magnificent and unique silent movie sets were created.
It covers 4 silent movies, and includes silent movie scenes filmed in Chatsworth for the following three movies:
1923 Three Ages – Buster Keaton
1921 Man-Woman-Marriage
1926 Tell it to the Marines
This Presentation will document the filming of the 1917 silent movie Jack and the Beanstalk in today’s Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park (SSPSHP), at the Miranda Homestead in Chatsworth.
It encompasses four chapters:
1. Promotional photographs and identified filming locations of the movie, courtesy of Iverson Ranch and Chatsworth movie historian Dennis Liff.
2. A 1974 interview with Joe Bannon (son of the Chatsworth Park Quarry homesteader William Bannon), who played an integral part in the filming of the 1917 movie. He was interviewed by Jan Hinkston, who in 1970 founded the Santa Susana Mountain Park Association (SSMPA), which led to our current 670 acre SSPSHP in 1998.
3. The recent “rediscovery” of glass lantern slides from the Chatsworth Historical Society, made by Chatsworth Park School students circa 1917, of Jack and the Beanstalk.
4. A recently found 16 minute 4th reel of the previously lost movie, available from the Prelinger archives, that we will watch at the end of the presentation….
Dennis Liff's research identified locations in Chatsworth, California where scenes from two pioneering 1914 feature films, D.W. Griffith's "Judith of Bethulia" and Cecil B. DeMille's "The Squaw Man", were filmed. Several scenes from "Judith of Bethulia" totaling 27 minutes were filmed at Chatsworth Lake Manor, including a 4-minute battle scene featuring a distinctive rock formation. A two-minute "Alpine sequence" from "The Squaw Man" was also filmed in Chatsworth Lake Manor, recognizable by "Squaw Man Bluff" and the "Alpine Bump". These were among the earliest Hollywood productions to utilize on
This presentation will cover the following items:
1. A brief history of movie serials, aka “Cliffhangers”
2. The movie history of “Nyoka Cliff” at Iverson Movie Ranch
3. A listing of the main characters, and plot summary, of the 15 chapter 1942 movie serial “Perils of Nyoka”
4. Viewing of two 16 minute chapters, Monster’s Clutch and Tuareg Vengeance, (which just happens to include the classic cliffhanger on Nyoka Cliff)
Topics to be covered
• By 1901 the Bannon family had homesteaded 160 acres, and purchased an additional 40 acres that same year. These 200 acres have four stories to tell:
• De la Ossa Adobe: The 1861 Stagecoach Trail Swing Station, La Cuesta, run by the De la Ossas from Encino (before Bannon)
• Dimension Stone: William Bannon’s contributions to Chatsworth and Southern California via Chatsworth Park Quarry dimension stone and road building projects 1892 to 1901.
• Breakwater Riprap: The Chatsworth Park Quarry supplying millions of tons of riprap sandstone to form the core of the San Pedro Breakwater (after Bannon sells his ranch and quarry in 1901 to the California Construction Company)
• Bannon returns: A final chapter, the Bannon family returns to
Chatsworth in 1906, and live in the Swing Station Adobe from 1912 to 1917.
1903 – The 133-acre Miranda Homestead Property land patent is issued. Their adobe is now a flower
shop in the Oakwood parking lot
• 1923 – Oakwood Cemetery is purchased by Merrick & Ruddick, real estate subdividers. Their Oakwood
Cemetery permit is approved despite protests in 1924.
• 1924 – Oakwood Cemetery Brochure
• 1926 – First Annual Valley-wide Memorial Day Services more than 1,000 people attend
• 1927 – 1
st Mausoleum built by Frank Knapp
• 1928 – St Francis Dam disaster
• 1930 – Fernando Septimo Lopez Moraga
• 1933 – Oakwood Office, Chapel and Crematorium are built
• 1947 – Oakwood Water Well, now in SSPSHP
• 1965 – The 1903 Pioneer church is moved to Oakwood
• 1970-79 – The Cryonics Society stores 9 bodies in an underground vault at Oakwood
• Homestead families buried at Oakwood
• 14 minute movie - “FAMOUS GRAVE TOUR - Oakwood”
Docia A. Conley Corporation was one of Chatsworth’s successful icons from 1915 -1979, located at 21032 Devonshire.
Known to most of us as The Paradise Gift Shop, it also had a Tea Room.
It has been said that The Paradise Tea Room was always a favorite destination to “motor” out to for a Sunday drive.
The family owned business, started by Docia and George Conley, combined a tea room garden setting surrounded by a variety of plants, trees and exotic birds.
1924 – Real Estate subdivider William George Loomis creates the Kadota Fig Farms in Chatsworth
1924 - WG Loomis plants 148 acres of figs at Devonshire and DeSoto
Background on WG Loomis and other Fig Acreage in California
1926 – Docia and George Conley buy a 2 acre fig farm in Chatsworth
Docia Conley has been processing/canning fruit since 1908
In 1915 Conley & Conley is incorporated, and a fruit preserving plant is built in Highland Park on Pasadena Ave.
In 1926 they build The Paradise Tea Room and Gift Shoppe, and a processing plant on their 2 acre fig farm.
20’s and 30’s events, including hosting visitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Private Labels for Roy Rogers, Major Dept Stores…
In 1979 the Paradise Gift shop closes and the land is developed.
Chatsworth Railroad History
A presentation of historical transportation routes in Chatsworth, focusing on the construction of the Montalvo cutoff completed in 1904
--1769 - El Camino Real
--1861-1895 – Stagecoach Trail
--1876 –San Fernando Tunnel connects Los Angeles to San Francisco and Northern California
--1893 – Southern Pacific Railroad completes Burbank Branch to Chatsworth
--1901 – Southern Pacific opens the Coast Line, linking Los Angeles and San Francisco via major coastal cities
--1904 – Southern Pacific Railroad completes the Montalvo cutoff, making Chatsworth a part of the Southern Pacific Coast Line
--Video clips of Movies filmed at the Chatsworth Tunnels and Depots
This presentation was inspired by the 3 hour public television program “West of the West – Tales from California’s Channel Islands”. The three episodes first aired in Southern California in May 2016 on KCET-TV. The DVD is available for purchase at http://www.thecifilm.com/. Several DVDs have been donated to the Los Angeles Public Library.
The first one hour program is Ancient Peoples of the Channel Islands. Beginning with the discovery of the oldest human remains ever found in North America – 13,000 year old Arlington Springs Man on Santa Rosa Island – to the true story of the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island – the inspiration for the best selling children’s book Island of the Blue Dolphins.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
In this slide, we'll explore how to set up warehouses and locations in Odoo 17 Inventory. This will help us manage our stock effectively, track inventory levels, and streamline warehouse operations.
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
How to Build a Module in Odoo 17 Using the Scaffold MethodCeline George
Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
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This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
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The Minnie Hill Palmer Story
1. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 1
The Minnie Hill Palmer Story
• The Hill-Palmer House, named to the National
Register of Historic Places as the only remaining
homestead cottage and surrounding gardens in
the San Fernando Valley, was built about 1911 by
James David and Rhoda Jane Enlow Hill.
• In 1974 it was named Los Angeles Historic-
Cultural Monument #133, and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
• Located within the Homestead Acre in
Chatsworth Park South, the property is owned by
the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation
and Parks, with the Chatsworth Historical Society
as conservators.
• The house, gardens and Chatsworth Museum is
open for tours from 1-4 p.m. the first Sunday of
every month.
2. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 2
• 1886 - James and Rhoda Hill
moved to Chatsworth with their 6
children and take up squatter’s
rights on their homestead. (Minnie
was born on the property in 1886)
• They build a wood-frame house, an
adjacent barn, well and fencing,
and cultivate 10-12 acres.
• 1886 – Daughter Lizzie marries
John Glinn, who is living on the
adjacent quarry property.
• 1888 – Daughter Ruth marries
Frank Ackerman, who homesteads
an adjacent 42 acres.
James & Rhoda Hill
3. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 3
• 1901 – The Hill Homestead documents on 120
acres are recorded. They later deeded 10 acres
to Southern Pacific for tunnel right of way, so they
owned 110 acres.
• 1901 – Bannon sells his 160 acre Homestead
parcel, and his 40 acre stone-claim quarry parcel,
to the California Construction Company, that
would supply sandstone rip-rap to the San Pedro
Breakwater for the next four years.
• 1926 – The Hill family purchases the westernmost
120 acres of the 160 acre Bannon Homestead
parcel (which included the old De La Ossa
Stagecoach Way Station). They now own 110 +
120 = 230 acres.
Note: the southeastern 40 acre parcel of the Bannon
Homestead was purchased by Oakwood Cemetery.
James & Rhoda Hill
4. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 4
• The original
Homestead House,
circa 1900.
• Minnie is in the
center with black
stockings.
• James and Rhoda
Hill are to the right.
James David Hill
(1842-1923)
& Rhoda Jane
Enlow Hill
(1846-1935)
5. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 5
• 1860’s to 1886 – The Hill family
travels from Arkansas to Visalia Ca.
to Los Angeles to Chatsworth
• Family photographs
• 1886-1940’s The homesteading
years
• 1950-60’s – the sale of their
homestead property to Henry
Berkenkamp, Aqua Sierra, and the
Roy Roger’s Sports Center
• 1970’s – Chatsworth Historical
Society conservators
Topics to be covered
Circa 1900 James David Hill and Rhoda Jane Enlow Hill
6. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 6
1860’s travel from Arkansas to Visalia, Ca.
• James David Hill (1842-1923) and Rhoda Jane Enlow (1846-1935) were married in
Arkansas in May 1865, one month after the end of the Civil War.
• James was born in Indiana, and at the age of 19 he enlisted in the Iowa Infantry, as a
Union Soldier.
• Rhoda was born in Arkansas, and her older brother Francis was a Confederate
Soldier in the Arkansas artillery. Her father was blind so he did not serve in the war.
• After the war, the Enlow family sold their plantation and came out to California in a
wagon train. The Sierras were covered in snow, so they camped in Nevada for the
winter, then crossed over to Visalia, Ca., where there were already other Enlows and
relations settled.
• James and Rhoda followed the Enlows; their first daughter Ruth is born in Iowa in
1867, and they join the Enlow families in Visalia by 1869.
Source: Ancestry- Enlow Family history
7. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 7
1870’s travel from Visalia to Los Angeles
“My father James came to Los
Angeles from Visalia about
1870 to find work.
My mother, Rhoda Jane Enlow
Hill, brought my two older
sisters to Los Angeles in 1871
to join my father, riding the old
Stage Coach Road through the
Santa Susana Pass from San
Francisco. She went to San
Francisco from Visalia to get
the stage.”
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by
Virginia Watson Minnie Hill Palmer at the 1939 dedication of the Stage Coach Trail,
pictured at left behind the Stagecoach wheel.
8. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 8
1880’s travel from Los Angeles to Chatsworth
“They lived in Compton/
Downey/ Hawthorne, then
moved to Chatsworth in the
spring of 1886. My mother
kept house for the Lowry’s. It
was on Canoga Ave. and
Mission Road (it was known
later as the Charlton place and
much later the [Walter]
Lohman Ranch). She worked
for the Lowry’s for a short
while as a housekeeper and
then my parents homesteaded
their own place.”
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by
Virginia Watson
9. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 9
A second circa
1900 photo of
the Hill Family,
taken the same
day as the
previous photo
(they are all
wearing the
same clothes,
Ruth is holding
a baby in this
one.)
10. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 10
“I was born on
November 30, 1886,
… on the same land
where this house
stands now but not in
this house for it
wasn’t built until
1912.”
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by
Virginia Watson
Second Hill Family Homestead House, built 1911-1912
Source: Schepler slides carousel 8, circa 1930’s
11. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 11
Family Photos
1st daughter, 1st child
Ruth Hill Hunter
Ackerman
(1867-1947)
At the 42 acre Ackerman Homestead (Rim Rock Ranch) circa 1904.
Ruth would have 5 children, 4 surviving to adulthood.
Ruth married a sea
captain named
Hunter who died at
sea, then married
Frank Ackerman,
who homesteaded 42
acres south of the
family.
12. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 12
Ruth married a sea
captain named
Hunter who died at
sea, then married
Frank Ackerman,
who homesteaded 42
acres south of the
family.
1910 – Sisters (and ages) and their babies at 1st Homestead House
L-R, Ruth (43) w/Lucile, Minnie (23) w/Edith, Calla Lily (18) w/Lillian
Family Photos
1st daughter, 1st child
Ruth Hill Hunter
Ackerman
(1867-1947)
13. 06/13/2018 Chatsworth Historical Society - The Minnie Hill Palmer Story 13
• Elizabeth (Lizzie) married John Lawrence Glinn in 1886 at the
age of 16, and they had two children John (b. 1887) and
Clarence (b. 1890).
• Glinn’s property adjoined the Hills, and in the 1892 Chatsworth
City Directory, of the sixteen people listed, John’s entry is
“Glinn John L, rock and quarry”
• In 1893, John and Lizzie were divorced (LA Herald). John L
Glinn would marry again in 1898 in Corona, Riverside.
• Both of the Glinn boys lived at the Homestead house for a
time, as seen in the earlier 1900 photo. Clarence Glinn lost an
arm at an early age during a gun cleaning accident at the
ranch.
Elizabeth (Lizzy) in Dec. 1906 (age 36)
Family Photos
2nd daughter, 2nd child
Elizabeth Hill Glinn Farner (1870-1958)
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By 1910, the same year that the Glinn boys are at
the Hill Homestead, Elizabeth was living in
Missouri with James Frank Farner.
Frank Farner had two children with a previous
wife, Mary E., and Elizabeth was living with them
through the 1920 census in Missouri.
Elizabeth with second husband
Frank Farner circa 1910 (age 40)
Family Photos
2nd daughter, 2nd child
Elizabeth Hill Glinn Farner
(1870-1958)
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• James Jr. married Ollie
Doke in 1894 at the age
of 22, and in 1901 lived
in Simi Valley with their
daughter Elsie and son
James Robert.
• In 1902 he married Eva
Gibson. They raised a
large family in Los
Angeles and celebrated
their 50th wedding
anniversary in 1952.
Undated photo at right James Jr.;
1952 photo below of James Jr. and
Eva Gibson
at their 50th wedding anniversary
Family Photos
1st son, 3rd child
James David Hill Jr.
(1872- 1957)
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As an aside, James Jr.
had a son James
Robert Hill (1901-1986).
James Robert was
living with the lady in
the classic 1936
Depression Photo to
the right, taken in
Nipomo, Ca. He had
three children with her.
Migrant Mother
became the iconic photo
of the Depression, and
one of the most familiar
images of the 20th
century.
Family Photos
1st son, 3rd child
James David Hill Jr.
(1872- 1957)
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• Lovell Hill lived in the
Homestead house with
his parents most of his
life as a bachelor.
• He married Laura Straw
Hindman abt. 1935 at
the age of 59, and
adopted her two
daughters from her
previous marriage.
Undated photo of
Rhoda and Lovell Hill,
both born in Downey
Family Photos
2nd son, 4th child
Lovell Aden Hill
(1876- 1952)
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• In 1888, When Lovell was 12 years
old, he wrote a letter to Mrs. Otis,
wife of Harrison Gray Otis, who in
1886 was the President of the Los
Angeles Times.
• Mrs. Eliza Ann Otis was a member
of the staff at the Times, and
worked at such departments as
“Women and Home” and “Our Boys
and Girls”.
• Lovell talks about the creek and the
ferns in the spring a little farther up
in the cañon.
Family Photos
2nd son, 4th child
Lovell Aden Hill (1876- 1952)
Lovell mentions decorating
Christmas trees with chokeberries
and oranges. Chokeberries are
bright red (and bitter), and are
Toyon berries.
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• As a side story, in 1921 a bill was passed in
the California State Senate that outlawed
the harvesting of California Holly Berries
without the written permission of the owner,
and Berries could not be taken from public
lands.
• “Trucks were taken into the private and
public canyons and brought into the cities
by the truckload”. And school boys in Marin
County were selling berries to passing
automobilists and others.
• Penalties attached to the violations were a
$500 fine or 6 months, or both.
Family Photos
2nd son, 4th child
Lovell Aden Hill (1876- 1952)
Hollywood got its name
from the Toyon, aka
Holly Trees and
Christmas Red Berry Tree
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• The Graves & Hill General
Store was operating on
Topanga at Lassen from
1906 to 1915.
• Fred Graves and Lovell Hill
bought the store after the
death of Mr. and Mrs.
Jackson, the previous
owners.
• Lovell Hill was postmaster
from 1912 to 1915.
Family Photos
2nd son, 4th child
Lovell Aden Hill
(1876- 1952)
Graves & Hill General Store, facing Santa Susana, just south of
Lassen. Notice the porch sandstone foundations and steps.
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• “The” iconic photo that
represents early Chatsworth.
• Notice that the sign on the
front of the building now
includes “Post Office”.
• Lovell Hill was postmaster
from 1912 to 1915.
Family Photos
2nd son, 4th child
Lovell Aden Hill
(1876- 1952)
Circa 1912, Graves & Hill General Store, facing Santa Susana,
just south of Lassen. Notice the mix of automobiles and buggies.
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Rhoda S. married Arthur Smith
in 1910 at the age of 30, it was
her second marriage. They had
one daughter, Fay Smith.
Rhoda is identified as blind on
the back of the photo on the
right.
James Hill Sr. is living with
Rhoda and Arthur in the 1910
and 1920 censuses.
Family Photos
3rd daughter, 5th child
Rhoda S. Hill
(1880- 1969)
Rhoda and Lovell on the left, and Mary Edna and Rhoda on the right.
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Mary was born in Wilmington,
Los Angeles.
In 1900 at the age of 18 she
married William P. Taylor.
Family Photos
4th daughter, 6th child
Mary Edna Francis Hill
Taylor
(1882-?)
Mary Edna and Rhoda on the left,
Mary Edna Hill Taylor on the right.
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Minnie was the first Hill family child
born in Chatsworth.
“When I went to school it was where it
is now at the corner of Devonshire
and Topanga Canyon. The school’s
front door faced what is now
Devonshire. My first teacher was
Lenora Johnson. I visited my sister at
school once when the school was
farther north on Santa Susana Ave.
near Andora on the west side of the
street.”
Family Photos
5th daughter, 7th child
Minnie Alice Hill
(1886-1981)
1894 photo of Minnie at the 1890 Santa Susana School,
She was 8 years old, and has an “X” on her dress…
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by Virginia Watson
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“I attended school in the Community
Church Building when I was in “high
school”.
I graduated from the 9th grade the last
year the 9th grade was held in the
Santa Susana School. We went to
high school one year in the old shed
in back of the school and the next
year in the Community Church
Building.”
Family Photos
5th daughter, 7th child
Minnie Alice Hill
(1886-1981)
Circa 1901, Minnie
Hill at graduation
from Chatsworth Park
School 9th grade
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by Virginia Watson
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“Before I was married I worked
“cutting fruit”, apricots, -- we cut
them in half, took out the seed,
and spread them for drying, at
the fruit cutting shed on the Gray
place near Farralone and
Lassen. I worked one summer,
the summer before I was
married to earn the little extra
things a girl wants to have when
she gets married.”
Family Photos
5th daughter, 7th child
Minnie Alice Hill
(1886-1981)
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by Virginia Watson
Nelson A. Gray farm where apricots were harvested and
dried. Many local people worked here seasonally. Emma
Johnson Graves is on the right side of the photo wearing a
long dress with a hat and scarf.
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“I was married August 12, 1909
in Hawthorne, at my husband’s
house where his mother lived. It
was one of the first houses in
Hawthorne.
My husband was Alfred Edwin
Palmer, he had a twin brother
who lives in Canoga Park now.”
Family Photos
5th daughter, 7th child
Minnie Alice Hill Palmer
(1886-1981)
1909 Alfred and
Minnie Hill Palmer
Wedding day
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by Virginia Watson
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“Our first child Edith Mae, was born
in 1910, and son Leroy was born in
1912. (In Los Angeles)
(They then moved to Montana to
farm for 5 years)
I came back to Chatsworth in 1920
and have lived here ever since …
when I moved back here it was to
care for my bedridden mother.”
Family Photos
5th daughter, 7th child
Minnie Alice Hill Palmer
(1886-1981)
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by Virginia Watson
Photo circa 1940’s
Minnie Hill Palmer at
the Hill Homestead
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Calla Lily married Floyd
Hardacre in 1910 when she
was 18. Floyd died 9 years
later at the age of 33. In the
1920 census, Calla Lily is living
at the Homestead with her two
children, Lillian and Charles.
Her future husband Ernest
Nelson is listed as a boarder at
the Homestead in the 1920
census, they would be married
in August of that year.
Family Photos
6th daughter, 8th child
Calla Lily Hardacre Nelson
(1891-1982)
Calla Lilly Hill
Photo taken
July 29, 1906
(14 ½ yrs. old)
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Family Photos
6th daughter, 8th child
Calla Lily Hardacre
Nelson
(1891-1982)
Circa 1910 Calla Lily and Minnie Alice
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Family Photos
6th daughter, 8th child
Calla Lily Hardacre
Nelson
(1891-1982)
Circa 1960’s --
Calla Lily and
Minnie at the
Homestead.
They were the
youngest of the 8
children, and were
5 years apart.
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The Hills gave the Southern
Pacific Railroad the rights to
build the tunnel on the north
crest of their property.
(Source 1956-03-26
Chatsworth Grapevine)
The Homesteading
Years [1890-1900’s]
Circa 1900 photo – Tent city, flat area north of the Hill Homestead house
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“My mother did the washing
for the men who worked on
the tunnel. I had to sew
home-made labels in the
men’s clothing so we could
tell the clothes apart.
We had a book and each man
had a number. As long as he
was there he had that same
number, I kept them in a
book.”
The Homesteading
Years [1890-1900’s]
Circa 1900 photo – Tent city, flat area north of the Hill Homestead house
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by Virginia Watson
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“Sometimes my father would
take the clothes back to the
men or they would come and
get them.
My father had a wagon which
he drove up there to the
tunnel taking fresh fruit to sell
to the men working on the
tunnel.”
The Homesteading
Years [1890-1900’s]
Circa 1900 photo – Tent city, flat area north of the Hill Homestead house
Source: 1964 interview of
Minnie Hill Palmer by Virginia Watson
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• When Minnie was
married in 1909 and left
the Homestead for 11
years, James, Rhoda
and Lovell lived at the
ranch.
• They welcomed other
family to stay with them
during hard times.
• Lovell ran the Graves &
Hill General Store from
1906 to 1915.
The
Homesteading
Years [1910-20’s]
1912 photo – Calla on porch holding baby Charles, daughter Lillian with cousin James
Robert Hill sitting on porch. Lovell Hill in car.
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The
Homesteading
Years [1910-20’s]
1934 Palmer house, Schepler collection
Source: March 26,1956
Chatsworth Grapevine
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• In the 1920’s the cottage was occupied by Lovell and his mother. Edith and Leroy also slept
in the cottage, but Minnie and Alfred slept in a separate one room building located southwest
of the house. Later, this building became the bathhouse.
• Behind the cottage were a high-roofed, open-sided garage and a house-shed that held a bed.
A large barn stood about 200 feet southeast of the house. There was also an outhouse, a
chicken coop and one of the three dynamite sheds.
• There was also a large redwood water tank mounted on a flatbed trailer in front of the house.
It was refilled at a water tap on Devonshire St. and held water used for drinking and washing.
(Source: “Growing up on the acre”)
The Homesteading years [In the 1910-20’s],
1958 photo of Homestead shows the barn to the west, outhouse? south east corner of the property.
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• [In the 1920’s], the lower
120 acres of the property
that had produced grain
crops for many years lay
fallow much of the time
because the water table
had dropped and ''dry
farming'' was not
productive.
(Source: “Growing up on
the Acre”)
The
Homesteading
Years [1920’s]
Hay and Oaks Palmer Property (Schepler collection)
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The Homesteading Years
[1920-30’s]
Source: March 22,1956 Chatsworth Grapevine
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The Homesteading Years [1920-30’s]
Top and Bottom Crop of Trojan Powder Company Delivery Receipt
“From Chatsworth Magazine”
L.A. Hill, [Lovell Aden Hill], Magazine Attendant
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The Homesteading Years [1920-30’s]
The Dynamite Shed Beginnings: An April 1, 1921 article from the Corona Daily Independent
announced that A.S. St John was now handling the product of the Trojan Powder Company, and “a
powder magazine is being built near Chatsworth which will be the distribution center for his
territory”.
And the April 14, 1922 advertisement from the Southwest Builder publication (shown below)
identifies the Chatsworth magazine.
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The family's livelihood was now
their dynamite and trucking
business. They owned two Denby
trucks, that besides dynamite,
hauled granite (called ''bluestone'')
from a stone quarry. Lovell, Alfred
and later, Leroy [Minnie and
Alfred’s son], drove the trucks back
and forth to San Leandro, San
Diego and San Bernardino for
construction projects and into
Nevada to deliver dynamite for
mining activities. (Source: “Growing
up on the Acre”)
The Homesteading
Years [1920-30’s]
A view of the east side of the house in the late 1940’s,
showing a shed or garage no longer standing. Notice the
length of the two trucks that were parked under the shed.
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The Homesteading Years [1920-30’s]
An early photo of the Hill
dynamite shed, circa
1940.
Viewing east,
notice the Butler
Homestead palm
trees at the left
center edge.
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The Homesteading Years [1920-30’s]
In 1947, the Chatsworth magazine played a part in
the murder of Walter and Buela Overell, who were
blown up in Newport Harbor on their yacht by their
daughter and her boyfriend. At that time it was then
the longest criminal trial in the nation – 19 months.
Lovell Hill testified at the trial that he sold the 70
sticks of dynamite to the young couple that blew up
the yacht. A receipt from the Trojan Powder
company was found in their car, along with dynamite
in their trunk. Both suspects were acquitted, as they
were tried together and the jury could not decide
which of the two defendants committed the murders.
A related 1947 article also confirms that Lovell Hill
was caretaker of the Chatsworth magazine since
1921.
Photo at right from July 30, 1947 Los Angeles Times
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• James Hill passed away in 1923, and
Rhoda passed in 1935.
• In 1935 Lovell married and moved to
San Fernando, but the Trucking
Business remained at the homestead.
• In 1935 Alfred and Minnie lived at the
Acre, at 22375 Devonshire St., with
their son Leroy and his wife Ann.
• After they purchased most of the
Bannon Homestead in 1926, they now
had 230 acres.
The Homesteading
Years [1930-40’s]
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In 1939, the Native
Daughters of the
Golden West laid
down a plaque
over the
stagecoach trail
commemorating its
existence.
The
Homestead
ing Years
[1930-40’s]
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• Alfred passed away in 1946 and
Lovell carried on the hauling of
dynamite in partnership with their
son until Lovell passed away in
1952 and the storage plant closed
down.
The Homesteading
Years [1930-40’s]
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The Aqua Sierra Club and
Roy Rogers Sports
Center [1950-60’s]
• The Aqua Sierra Sportsmans Club
is founded in 1949.
• The Dec. 1951 Van Nuys News
announces that the annual turkey
shoot is at the club grounds at the
end of Devonshire.
• Two skeet and trap stations are
built on the west end of the
homestead property by 1951/52.
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The Aqua Sierra Club and
Roy Rogers Sports
Center [1950-60’s]
• In 1955/56, Heinrich Berkenkamp
(known by all as “Berky”, and one of
three partners of the very successful
Oroweat Bakeries) helped out the
struggling club by buying the 230 acre
Hill Homestead parcels.
• The deed granted a life tenancy
agreement for Minnie Hill Palmer to live
rent and tax free at her 1911 cottage
and surrounding 1.3 acre grounds.
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The Aqua Sierra Club and
Roy Rogers Sports
Center [1950-60’s]
• Aqua Sierra modernized the home
by piping water to the house which
up until then had to be carried in,
and also added indoor plumbing.
• After receiving money from the sale,
Minnie added an all electric kitchen
on the back porch, and converted
an outdoor shed to a connected
bathroom.
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The Aqua Sierra Club and
Roy Rogers Sports
Center [1950-60’s]
• Roy Rogers was also a member of the
Aqua Sierra Sportsmans club, and in
1955 he purchased his 129 acre Double
Bar R Ranch on Andora, just south of the
Hill Homestead.
• By 1959, there were five skeet and trap
stations, a 90 foot hi-tower, one nine-hole
golf course, a driving range, and two trout
lakes.
• In 1959 it is advertised as the Roy
Rogers Sports Center.
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The Aqua Sierra Club and Roy Rogers Sports Center [1950-60’s]
• In 1961, three
additional nine-hole golf
courses were added.
• The decline of the
sports center began in
1968, when Rockpointe
began development.
• In 1973 the City of Los
Angeles purchased the
75 acre skeet/fishing/
golf course site and it
became today’s
Chatsworth Park South.
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Minnie Hill Palmer Plows a Long Colorful Row [1960-70’s]
• When Minnie was living alone
(surrounded by the golf course), she
became a very colorful historical
figure.
• It helped that her good friend from
the Chatsworth Historical Society,
Virginia Watson, was writing feature
articles for the Valley News and
Greensheet.
• As a result, we have many fun and
fond memories from Minnie that
were shared.
1969 photograph of
Minnie Hill Palmer,
83 years old.
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Minnie Hill Palmer Plows a Long Colorful Row [1960-70’s]
1964, The Van Nuys News:
FIRST CITIZEN - …Many people have
admired her lovely flowers and her
vegetables and fruits. The garden is
one of her hobbies, but it leads to her
second hobby, as a lot of golf balls end
up in the garden. She collects them
and takes them back when she has
several buckets full. The money she
receives is donated to the Junior
Baseball League and the Girl Scouts.
1969 photograph of
Minnie Hill Palmer,
83 years old.
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Minnie Hill Palmer Plows a Long Colorful Row [1960-70’s]
1969, The Los Angeles Times:
…. “I don’t like all them houses”, she
said. “I feel like I am getting cooped in.
I used to run clear across that field
without stopping between here and the
schoolhouse. But it’s getting to I can’t
see out.”
“I’ve been listening to soap operas since
radio days.” she said. “I could listen
blindfolded and tell you who every actor
is. I just got used to those people and
they are a part of my life.”
1969 photograph of
Minnie Hill Palmer,
83 years old.
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Minnie Hill Palmer Plows a Long Colorful Row [1960-70’s]
1970, The Los Angeles Times:
SPRIGHTLY LADY, SHE’S THE GARDENER
…. On her 1 and 1/3 acres she grows
peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines,
pomegranates, figs, walnuts, grapes, berries,
lemons, oranges, quince, wild plums, rhubarb,
artichokes, corn, asparagus, olives, beets,
corn, peas and carrots.
From these she concocts hundred of jellies for
Christmas gifts, pies which her family calls
“the best in the world”, and fresh vegetable
dishes which will be included in her garden
club’s fundraising cookbook.
The jellies alone would fill a cookbook, if she
would ever write them down.
1969 photograph of
Minnie Hill Palmer,
83 years old.
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• In 1976 Minnie moved out of the
cottage to a retirement home, and
passed away in 1981 at the age of
94.
• 1978 - the Chatsworth Historical
Society is named as conservator of
the Homestead Acre.
• 1979 – The State of California
purchased the western portion of
the Hill acreage and it became the
Santa Susana Pass State Historic
Park.
In 2007, the Historical Society museum was renamed
“The Virginia Watson Chatsworth Museum”
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Sources/Acknowledgements
• “Historical Notes”, The Chatsworth Grapevine, March 22, 1956
• “The Minnie Alice Hill Palmer Story”, Minnie Hill Palmer personal interview with Virginia Watson,
April 21, 1964.
• “Growing up on the Homestead Acre in the 20’s and 30’s”, 1986 recorded interviews by Dean &
Candy Craig of Minnie Hill Palmer’s children, Edith and Leroy, and Minnie’s niece, Ruth Manny
Hill Rider (published in 1999 Smoke Signals and re-published in 2009/2010 Smoke Signals)
• “A visit from Minnie’s Niece”, by Candy Craig, April 3, 1987. Interview with Ruth Manny Hill Rider.
• “Franz Ackerman interview”, Virginia Watson and Ann Vincent, Oct 10, 2010
• “Enlow Family Tree”, Ancestry, 2014
• “Chatsworth Hills Homesteaders Part 2”, 2013, Chatsworth Historical Society
• Photographs and newspaper accounts from the Chatsworth Historical Society Archives
Prepared by Ann & Ray Vincent, Chatsworth Historical Society, March 2018, revised June 2018