Santa Clarita Valley History In Pictures

Bouquet Canyon
also Texas Canyon; Leona Valley;
Hughes, Elizabeth and Munz Lakes

Cañon del Buque: Origin of Name, Martin Ruiz Adobe, Suraco Family, Tiburcio Vasquez • Parks 1929.

Juan Batista Suraco, Bouquet Canyon Rancher, d. 1915 • Death certificate, 7-22-1915

La Laguna de Chico Lopez, aka Elizabeth Lake • Parks 1929.

The Fiery Dragon of Elizabeth Lake Los Angeles Times 8-1-1886.

LW3265 - The Winged Monster of Elizabeth Lake • Old West, Fall 1969.

L.A. Times Traces Great Meteor of Aug. 7, 1901, to Deadman's Canyon Los Angeles Times 9-1-1901.

Saugus Division Aqueduct Workers Angered by Pay Cut, Spoiled Food • News reports, 1909.

Plum-Bouquet-Vasquez Cyn. Area: Geology of a Portion of the Humphreys Quadrangle • Flint 1939

HB1903 - Homesteading at Elizabeth Lake: Reminiscences of Arnold Munz, 2-27-1971.

Lake Hughes Brush Fire, August 1951

Helicopter Burns, Crew Badly Injured in 9,300-Acre Brush Fire • News Reports, August 1951.

US5101 - Brush Fire, Munz Resort Area, 8-26-1951.

LW2960 - Fire Burns in Hills Above Lake Hughes, Late August 1951.

Investigation of Earthquake Safety of Bouquet Canyon Dam • CalTech, September 1964 (.pdf)

3,500-acre Blaze Destroys World's Largest Live Oak Tree; Arson Suspected • September 1964

About Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes & Munz Lake • LARWQCB 2007

Trash Total Maximum Daily Load for Elizabeth, Hughes & Munz Lakes • LARWQCB 2007 (.pdf)

Lombardi Ranch Pumpkin Festival History & Original Music Video • 2012-2013

LARC Ranch Story By Kathleen Sturkey

GR0803 - Ruiz-Suraco Adobe, ~1870.

GR0801 - Ruiz-Suraco Adobe, 1898.

GR0802 - The Suraco Family, ~1900.

PL&P Elizabeth Lake Switching Station

LW2701 - Pacific Light and Power Co. (Later Edison) Switching Station with Operator's Cottage, Elizabeth Lake. 2 Views, May 1911.

LW2700 - Pacific Light and Power Co. (Later Edison) Switching Station, Elizabeth Lake. 2 Views, 12-13-1916.

BG1101 - Pacific Light and Power Co. (Later Edison) Switching Station, Elizabeth Lake. 15 Views, October 2011.

Big Oaks Lodge

Big Oaks Lodge Traces Origins to Early 1930s.

Special Times at Our Big Oaks Lodge, by Jeff Logian, 8-12-2018.

LW3507 - Art Logian's Postcard of the Big Oaks Lodge, 1950s.

New Owner for Big Oaks Lodge: Dee White • The Signal, 8-24-1980.

LW3379 - Baseball Cap: Jerry Quarry's Boxer Training Camp at Big Oaks Lodge, 1980s.

Early-A.M. Fire Causes Extensive Damage to Big Oaks Lodge • The Signal, 1-28-1990.

DI1201 - Photo Gallery: Big Oaks Lodge Interiors & Exteriors, July 2012.

HB1829 - Photo Gallery: Big Oaks Lodge Burns Down, 8-11-2018.

LP1801 - Photo Gallery: Aftermath of Big Oaks Lodge Fire, 8-12-2018.

LW3480 - Elizabeth Lake Postcard; Postmarked Roosevelt (Lake Hughes), 1921.

US3001 - Ruiz-Suraco Adobe, 2 Views, ~1930.

AU3501 - Ruiz-Suraco Adobe Ruins, 2 Views, 1935.

GR0800 - Ruiz-Suraco Adobe Ruins, ~1940.

LW2419 - Elizabeth Tunnel Construction (L.A. Aqueduct), 1910.

DI1301 - Family or Group Outing to Elizabeth Lake, 5 Views, 1910s-1920s.

LW2118 - Map: Auto Road, San Fernando to Caswell's via Bouquet Canyon, 1920s.

LW2118d - Map Detail: Location of New Era School in Bouquet Canyon, 1920s.

DI2201 - Touring in Mint Canyon (1922) and Elizabeth Lake (1923), 7 Views.

LW2942 - LaSalle Touring Car in Bouquet Canyon ~1928.

RB0010 - Swimming at Bouquet Falls, 1930s.

LW2471 - Lake Hughes Trading Post (The Rock Inn), 2 Views, 1930s.

LW3263 - Matchbook Cover: Manzanita Room, Munz Lakes Resort, Earliest 1932.

HS9012 - Menu from Locust Tree Grill at Munz Lakes Resort, ca. 1940s.

LW2823 - Lake Hughes Trading Post (The Rock Inn), ~Late 1940s, 2 Different Publications.

Bouquet Dam & Reservoir

LW3573 - Photo Gallery: Bouquet Canyon Dam and Reservoir Under Construction, September 1932.

AL2063 - Bouquet Canyon Dam Replaces The St. Francis, 8-24-1933.

LA3401 - Bouquet Dam & Reservoir Under Construction, 4 Views, 1933-1934.

DI3401 - Officials Raise Spillway Gate to Fill Bouquet Canyon Reservoir, 3-28-1934.

DI4002 - Bouquet Reservoir, ~1937.

LP3301 - Bouquet Reservoir, 1930s.

DI4003 - Bouquet Reservoir at Sunset, 1940.

LW3504 - Canoeing on Lake Hughes, Real Photo Postcard, ~1940.

LW2492 - Boating on Lake Hughes, Real Photo Postcard, ~1940s.

DI4004 - Boating on Lake Hughes, Real Photo Postcard, ~1940s.

LW3114 - Boating on Lake Hughes, Real Photo Postcard, 1940s.

LW2947 - Camping at Lake Hughes, Real Photo Postcard, 1947.

LW2374 - Lake Hughes (Clarence Austin) Monument, ca. 1940s.

JN4701 - Sorting Potatoes in Bouquet Canyon, 1947.

LW2490 - Herman Benz Family, 8-5-1950.

LW2641 - Spring Valley Ranch Resort, Lake Hughes, Postcard 1950s.

LP5402 - Bouquet Falls, 5-16-1954.

Juvenile Probation Camp Joseph Scott to Open • Dedication 5-12-1958.

LW3381 - Explorer Bivouac (Verdugo Hills Council BSA), Munz Lake 1959.

OX6101 - Huntsinger Turkey Ranch, early 1960s.

LW2469 - Canyon Meadows American Baptist Conference Center, 5 Views, 1970s.

LW3342 - Newhall-Saugus Lions Club: Los Cantiles Park, Cloissone Pin, 1970s.

LW2981 - Blue Cloud Chinchilla Dust Mine.

LW2728 - Silver King Mine, Texas Canyon. Multiple Views, 3-23-2013.

LW2382 - Powerhouse Fire, May-June 2013. 105 Views.

LW2375 - Monument to Clarence Austin, Lake Hughes Founder-Developer. 2 Views, 8-25-2013.

LW2477 - The Rock Inn. 23 Views, 8-25-2013.

LW2507 - White Volcanic Tuff in Bouquet Canyon, 10-20-2013.

SR1302 - Preston Foster's Los Robles Ranch, Bouquet Canyon Road, 11-13-2013.

LW2704 - Blue Cloud Movie Ranch: Katherine Heigl in "State of Affairs," NBC 2014.

LW3120 - 2 Mortars, 2 Pestles, Discovered in Bouquet Canyon, 1920s-1930s.