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Los Angeles Section Page 431 Route 391
Route 391—Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, Cal.—96.6 m.
Reverse Route 31.
Via Hollywood, Calabasas, Camarillo and Ventura. Concrete paving the entire dis-
tance.
Leaving Los Angeles, the route passes thru a residential district to Hollywood and at
the end of a slight grade thru Cahuenga pass shortly beyond emerges onto the beautiful
San Fernando valley. From Calabasas to Ventura the route traverses a hilly country
with many fine views of valleys and distant mountain ranges. Just beyond Ventura
the road Joins the shore, following same more or less closely all the way to Santa
Barbara.
A very good option between Los Angeles and Ventura may be had by using Rout*
381 to Saugus, then Route 385 to Ventura.
M ILEAGE—
ToLI Bet^in* For this and other exitS See City MaP ’ P age 426 ‘
Mileage Points
0.0 LOS ANGELES, Broadway & 7th St. Go north with trolley on
0.0
Broadway. Thru tunnel 1.0.
1.2 1.2 Sunset Blvd., just beyond tunnel bear left.
;
0.7 5-corners; bear right with Sunset Blvd. past hospital. Avoid
1.9
left-hand diagonal roads 4.7-5.2—now on Hollywood Blvd.
Thru diagonal 4-corners 5.5, bearing left with trolley just
beyond.
5.8 Hollywood,* Hollywood Blvd. & Cahuenga Ave., bank on far
7.7
left. __ „
GARAGES— Hollywood Mission Garage, 1728 Highland Ave., near Holly-
wood Blvd.
Turn left onto Cahuenga Ave.
For option thru Hollywood, keep ahead on Hollywood Blvd., 0.5 mile,
and turn right onto Highland Ave., rejoining route here given at
mileage 8.6.
8.0 0.3 5-corners ; bear right on Cahuenga Ave.
8.6 0.6 End of street; meeting trolley, turn right, ascending slight
grade thru Cahuenga pass. Avoid right-hand road 10.9.
Right at 10.9 is Route 381 at mileage 11.2 to Bakersfield.
Curve right with pavement.
27.4 18.8 Calabasas, store on left.
SERVICE STA.—United States Tire Sales & Service Depots located here.
Pass Triunfa P. O. on right 39.0 and Newbury Park P. O. on
left 44.7. Descend Conejo grade 47.3.
53.1 25.7 Camarillo. Straight thru across RR at sta. Thru El Rio
60 1 Cross long wooden bridge over Santa Clara river 6Z.1.
Thru
Cross switch 63.0. Cross RR at Montalva Sta. 63.4.
diagonal 4-corners 66.6. . , „ ...
68.7 15.6 Ventura,* Main & California Sts., city hall on right.
SERVICE STA — United States Tire Sales & Service Depots located here.
Straight thru on Main St. Cross RR 69.3. Thru Carpinteria*
85.4.
‘Hollywood, Cal. (pop. 15,000, alt. 1,500 ft.), a ally. At one time it was the center of a great
Bullet
populous suburb of Los Angeles, incorporated many raids and attacks by Indians. After
still be seen on the walls.
situated among the Ca- marks may
within the city, is 1830 it was allowed to drop into a state of
huenga foothills. Against the hillside the decay. It has been restored, but only as a
turrets of San Souci castle and Glengarry church and a very beautiful tower, in which
stand out prominently. These are both the the old bells still hang and continue to call
possessions of a wealthy owner who has filled worshipers to the service. There is a
them with tapestries, pictures, carvings and caretaker in charge.
rare” glass. Hollywood is in the vicinity of ‘Carpinteria, Cal. (pop. 500, alt. 7 ft.). Here
the oil belt but is fragrant with flowers. Its may be seen the world’s largest grape vine.
streets are planted with peppers and acacias It was planted in 1842, measured 9 ft. in cir-
and the flame tree brought here from the An- cumference at base, covered % an acre in
tipodes. Roadways are lined with glossy mag- area and bore as much as 10 tons of grape in
nolias and grounds are brilliant with poin- one season. The vine died in 1916, but is pre-
is an
There
settia and roses. Strawberries are ripe here served for exhibition purposes. Cal.,
at San Gabriel,
“from Christmas until Christmas.” Paul de older vine, stilj living,
Longpre, the world’s greatest painter of flow- planted by the missionary fathers in 1775. It
little less
ers, lived here until his death in 1911. In the covers 10,000 sq. feet of ground, a
country near Hollywood forty film-play pro- than acre. The lima bean in California was
in the Carpinteria
ducing companies have extensive plants. first raised commercially Fordhook variety of
•Ventura, Cal. (pop. 3,000, alt. 50 ft.) In the valley, the celebrated English
heart of this little, city may be seen what re- Bush lima bean originating here.
walnut and lemon groves also thrive in this
mains of the Mission Buenaventura, which
mission was founded by Father Serra person- vicinity.