St. Francis Dam Tour Returns After Three-Year Hiatus After a three-year hiatus, the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society will commemorate the 95th anniversary of the second-worst disaster in California history by bringing back its popular St. Francis Dam lecture...
Santa Clarita History Center Everything old is new again – and that’s what’s happening at Hart Park in Newhall.Heritage Junction – where 8 historic buildings and a steam engine and caboose are on display to the public – has officially been renamed “Santa Clarita...
SCV History at Heritage Junction For 30 years, the green Pardee House has been nestled amid oak trees at Heritage Junction, quietly waiting for its turn for renovation and rebirth as a museum of local history. That change is coming soon, thanks to the efforts of a...
Unique Clock Donated to SCV Historical Society A day of volunteering led to a unique donation recently, when Bob Haddock saw the stonemason tools and chest belonging to Acton rancher George Blum at the SCV Historical Society. His grandfather had homesteaded near the...
SCV History – Blum Box Holds History A wooden tool chest was recently donated to the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society, unassuming in its appearance, but full of worldly experience. Over 140 years ago, carrying stonemason tools, the box crossed the...
