Category Archives: History

Canyon Students Visit Pascual Marquez Cemetery

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Sue

Canyon Elementary School fourth graders learned about local history by visiting the Pascual Marquez Cemetery on December 11. The cemetery, which is calm and restful, has handmade crosses. It almost seems out of place in the upscale Santa Monica Canyon … Continue reading →

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Comparing the Presidents: Donald Trump and Grover Cleveland

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Sue

By HENRY KAMER Love him or hate him, Donald Trump was elected as the 47th president of the U.S. on November 5th, 2024. He was also the 45th president, serving from 2017 to 2021. Huh, that seems rare. As unique … Continue reading →

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Mammoth Site a Treasure Trove of Fossils

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Sue

The Mammoth Site, located in Hot Springs, South Dakota contains the remains of more than 60 mammals and 87 other species, such as the giant short-faced bear. Bones upon bones are concentrated in an area about the size of a … Continue reading →

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Remembering Mark Holmes: PaliHi Star Quarterback, Later a Spiritual Healer

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Sue

By STEWART SLAVIN IT IS WITH SADNESS that I have belatedly learned of the passing of Mark Holmes, a childhood friend in Rustic Canyon, quarterback of the Palisades High football team, a spiritual healer and subject of the book, What … Continue reading →

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Canyon Elementary’s 1894 Schoolhouse Moved

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Sue

The Canyon Elementary School, built in 1894, is one of the oldest elementary schools in Los Angeles. The original and historic one-room schoolhouse, which is still on campus in Rustic Canyon, now serves as a library. On Saturday, it was … Continue reading →

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Santa Catalina Island: Aztecs Are Gone and So Is Sugarloaf Rock

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Sue

By STEWART SLAVIN Did you know the birthplace of the Aztec civilization was Santa Catalina Island where the buffalo roam? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t. In September 1899, both the Chicago Sunday Tribune and St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran banner … Continue reading →

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Route 66: ‘The Mother Road’ from Illinois to California 

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Sue

Historical Society to Host Route 66 Program Wednesday Night Scott Piotrowski, president of the California Historic Route 66 Association, will present a PowerPoint talk about the legendary highway on Wednesday, September 18, at 7 p.m. in Pierson Playhouse on Haverford. … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Route 66 History at the Pierson Playhouse

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Sue

By PATRICK HEALY It’s the highway that generations of Americans drove across the country, from Chicago to its western terminus right next door to Pacific Palisades at the Santa Monica pier.  Route 66–so iconic it got its own song and … Continue reading →

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Placing American Flags on the Green

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Sue

Pepperdine annually places an American flag for the almost 3,000 people who were killed on the 911. It is a breathtaking display. In 2021, the American Legion Auxiliary went to then Village Green Board President Marge Gold and asked for … Continue reading →

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Debunking a Palisades Urban Legend: Nazi Utopia

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Sue

By STEWART SLAVIN What’s the real story behind Murphy Ranch? The long-abandoned survivalist sanctuary tucked into the hills of Pacific Palisades has spawned one of L.A.s wackiest urban legends — that of Nazis building a utopia there during the 1930s … Continue reading →

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