Buying yourself some land in Newhall for just 100 quarters…
You could buy other acreage further outside of town starting at $25. TWO-BIT ACREAGE - I’ve said so often, wouldn’t it be grand if we could bring things in from way-back-when prices to the present-day? Prime lots (50 x 300) in the new Happy Valley tract were selling for $450. They sleep in the open, under the stars, They honestly toil for their life Their hearts are in tune with the song of the lark And they care not a whit for society strife.”
But those folks who live in the canyon Have a quite different story to tell - They are prosperous, happy, healthy and free And the thought of it pleases them well. That the old Santa Clara is just a mirage And there’s nothing that’s good there at all That the lot of a man who must stay there Is like Adam was after the fall. On this date, he penned this marvelous poem simply called, “Soledad.” Here it is in its entirety: “Some people think that Soledad Canyon Is a country where everything’s dry, Where there’s nothing but cactus and sage brush, And that men go there only to die. He started out writing a column for this paper, then served as editor. A little trivia - the Saugus Post Office, which is no longer in operation, opened up this week, 115 years ago.ĭESERVING FOR A SADDLE ON OUR WESTERN WALK OF STARS - One of my favorite soul pals from yesteryear was former Signal editor, local forest ranger, cowboy, actor, and our first cowboy poet, Thornton Doelle.
Then, you’d take your mail to your home and leave the rest of it in a box, a large tin can or covered in the hollow of a tree for your neighbors to retrieve. If you happened to be at Lyon Station (near Eternal Valley today) where the post office was in the 1870s, you would naturally pick up any letters, postcards, or packages for you - AND - you were expected to pick up your neighbors’ mail as well. I AM MY NEIGHBOR’S KEEPER - Back in the late 19th century, delivering the mail had a completely different style. Woodard had a photograph we could copy to hang in the Newhall Library… Sure would be nice if the Historical Society or some long-lost relative of Ms. On March 1, 1916, Los Angeles County founded its first branch in the SCV. Christine Woodard was the valley’s first librarian. SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! - Here’s some extreme trivia for you.
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