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June 3, 1980

SAUGUS RAILWAY STATION TO BE MOVED TO HART PARK

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved

an agreement with the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society to

move the Saugus Railway Station to the Williams. Hart County Park,

Supervisor Baxter Ward reports.

The Saugus Railway Station, built in the late 1800's, triggered

the settlement of the Santa Clarita Valley as the railroad line

connected San Francisco and Los Angeles, Ward sai~.

The Society is dedicated to the preservation and public viewing

of buildings, books, documents, .photos and other artifacts that have

historical significance to the Santa Cla1·i ta Valley, and when the

Southern Pacific Transportation Company offered the station to the

Society, efforts began to move it to a suitable location in the

Valley, said Ward.

A twenty-year agreement has been reached with the Society to

develop, operate and maintain the station as a museum for displaying

artifacts of the Santa Clarita Valley at Hart Park, the supervisor

said.

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