Frontier Days in Crescenta Valley
Frontier Days in Crescenta Valley
by Jo Anne Sadler
English | EPUB | 6.3 MB
by Jo Anne Sadler
English | EPUB | 6.3 MB
Modern Crescenta Valley practically defines the notion ofquiet suburbia with its lovely homes and tree-lined streets. Yet thecommunities that lie north of Los Angeles between the Verdugo and San GabrielMountains once formed a vast, isolated, treeless, windstorm-swept dell. Thesettlers who stayed in this valley found day-to-day subsistence challenging.They farmed, hunted, tried bee ranching, gathered greasewood, cultivatedvineyards and dodged rattlesnakes. As settlement in the area continued todevelop, such refinements as literature and photography flourished. Join authorJo Anne Sadler as she brings the Valley’s frontier days to life, recountingsuch quirks as a visit from a “rainmaker” and the reasons behind the constructionof the gaudy local landmark the Gould Castle.