﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Search><pages Count="16"><page Index="1"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="2"><![CDATA[THE  rush of  modern Los Angeles we  hurry  by,
               In     perhaps  unknowing,  those  historic  spots  with


                      which  are  associated  the  early  events  that
               brought government and great civic growth.

                 That  the  motorists,  in  seeking  new  objectives  of  in-
              terest,  may  enjoy  moments  of  retrospect  and  better ap-
              preciate  the  significance  of  places  where  Los  Angeles'
              colorful groundwork was laid, the Howard Automobile
               Company  of  Los  Angeles  presents  this  booklet.

                 The historical data from  which most of the pages are
               written,  was  supplied  by  Mrs.  A.  S.  C.  Forbes,  chair-
               man  of the Committee on  Landmarks of  the  Historical
               Society of Southern California and author of the splen-
               did  books,  "California Missions and Land  Marks" and

               "Mission Tales  in  the  Days of  the  Dons."]]></page><page Index="3"><![CDATA[Where  Mexico'ss  Flag Last                                         Flew



























                 It   T  WAS  AT  La  Hacienda  del  Rancho  Paso  de  Bartolo  Viejo,
                       now known as  "the Pico  Home," that the  Mexican  flag  was
                       hauled  down,  thus  terminating  Mexican  official  administra-
                 tion  in  California.  This historic  event  occurred  August  10,  1846,
                 one  month and  three days after Commodore John  D.  Sloat  became
                 the  first  American  military  governor  of  California.
                     As  the  Mexican  rule  faded  so  did  the glories  and  breadths of
                 the  home  and  ranch  which  the  easy-going  Pio  affectionately  called
                 "El Ranchito."  Although  El  Ranchito stretched  over 8,000 acres,
                 this  was  just  one  of  the  smallest  of  Pico's  holdings  in  those  days
                 of  power.
                     The  Pico  home  of  thirty-three  rooms  built  around  a  brick-
                 paved  patio  was  filled  with  imported  furniture  and  fineries  and
                 was proudly pointed  out a  the  first  two-story  adobe  house  in  Cali-
                 fornia.  The main  hou  e was  built  in  1826.
                     In  the  large  gardens  were  rare  trees  and  shrubs.  The  blue
                 a  h  till  thriving  in  front  of  the  main  entrance and  planted  by  the
                 old  Don  him  elf  is  one of  the  few  of  this species  in  the state.  The
                 greater  portion  of  these  gardens  and  some  of  the  house  itself  was
                 swept away  in  the great  San  Gabriel  flood  of  1867.
                     Pico's  administration  was  short-a little  more  than  two years
                 -but in  that  time,  historians  charge,  he  despoiled  the  missions  by
                 indi  criminate  sales  and  apportionment  of  them  to  political  adher-
                 ents.
                     The  Pico  home  today  stand  just  off  of  Whittier  boulevard,
                 two  miles  northwe t  from  Whittier,  within  a  few  feet  of  the
                 Whittier  waterworks,  and  is  publicly  owned.

                             John  Goodman, 3rd]]></page><page Index="4"><![CDATA[Fort Frowned on  Hill




























                       THE  corner  of  North  Broadway and  Fort  Moore  street-
                At
                       directly  above  the  Broadway  tunnel-is a  bronze  tablet  im-
                       bedded  in  a  granite  boulder.  Here  is  historic  ground,  for
                he  who  reads  the  inscription  may  learn:
                      "Fort  Moore  erected  on  this  site  in  1847  by  United
                      States  Troops.  The  first  celebration  of Independence
                      Day  in  California  was  held  here  July  4th,  1847."
                    The tablet was placed  by  the Eschscholtzia Chapter,  Daughters
                of  the  American  Revolution,  July  4,  1916,  and  is  the  only  identi-
                fying  mark  in  a  peaceful  residential  section  to  recall  the  stirring
                military  activities  once  centered  upon  the  commanding  elevation.
                The  fortifications  long  ago  disappeared  with  their  need.
                    Fort  Moore  was  preceded  by  an  earlier  protective  project  de-
                signed  by  Lieutenant  W.  H.  Emory,  topographical  engineer  of
                General  Stephen  Kearney's staff.  The construction  was  begun  by
                sailors  and  marines  of  Commodore  Stockton's  forces  but  never
                completed  or  given  a  fort  name.
                    The  second  fort,  dedicated  July  4,  1847, by  order  of  Colonel
                ]. B.  Stevenson,  was built by  the  Mormon  Battalion after plans of
                 Lieutenant J. W.  Davidson and named  in  honor of  Captain  Benja-
                 min  D.  Moore, who was killed  in  the  Battle of  San  Pasqual.  The
                 pride of  the  fort  was  a  flagstaff  150  feet  high,  the  combination  of
                 two  giant  trees  laboriously  hauled  by  oxen  from  the  San  Bernar-
                 dino  mountains.  For  years  this  pole  stood  before  shattering  in
                 the  blast  of  a  windstorm.]]></page><page Index="5"><![CDATA[California'ss  Treaty  Shrine




























                  T    HE  MOST  historic  spot  in  California-where  on  January  13,
                         1847,  the  treaty  was  signed  that  ended  Mexico's  resistance
                        and  gave  California to  the  United  States-is marked  by  the
                  Fremont-Pico  Memorial  at  Campo  de  Cauenga  on  Lankershim
                  boulevard  oppo  ite  the  Universal  studios.
                      Here  in  the  priceless  collection  i  a  photographic  copy  of  the
                  Treaty  of  Cauenga  written  on  both  sides  of  ordinary  letter  paper
                  in  Spanish  and  etting  forth  the  capitulation  terms  agreed  upon  by
                  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  C.  Fremont  and  General  Andres  Pico,
                  commander-in-chief  of  the  remaining  California  forces  and  per-
                  sistent  revolutionist  who  earlier  had  defeated  General  Kearney  at
                  San  Pa qual.  This  agreement  was  incorporated  in  the  Treaty  of
                  Guadalupe  Hidalgo,  formally  ratified  by  the  United  States  and
                  Mexico  in  1848.
                     On  January  12,  Fremont  and  450  men,  on  a  forced  march
                  from  the  north,  arrived  at  Newhall,  where  he  was  met  by  a  mes-
                   enger  aying  that  Lo  Angeles  three  days  earlier  again  had  come
                  into  the  po  session  of  Commodore  Stockton  and  General  Kearney.
                  The  latter,  however,  had  been  unable  to  deal  with  the  leaders  of
                  the  revolution  who,  with  remnants of  the  army,  had  rallied  in  the
                  San  Fernando  Valley.
                      Fremont  marched  through  the  Pass  of  San  Bernardo  (now   ewhall
                  Pa  )  expecting  resistance.   But  the  Californians  fell  back  across  the
                  valley  toward  Cahuenga  Pass.  That  night  Fremont  sent  a  messenger
                  with  overtures  for  urrender  to  General  Pico's  camp  and,  as  he  later
                  wrote  in  his  memoirs,  "the  next  morning,  accompanied  only  by  Don  Jesus
                  Pico,  I  rode  over  to  the  camp  of  the  Californians  and  in  a  conference
                  with  Don  Andres  the  important  features  of  a  treaty  of  capitulation  were
                  agreed  upon."]]></page><page Index="6"><![CDATA[Battlefield                 of the  r:3rCesa





























                There      ARE  four  granite boulders  with  bronze  tablets  to  mark
                      the field  of  the  Battle of  the  Mesa.  Although  this  engage-
                      ment was fought  without a death  it takes its place in  history
                as  the last armed dash in  the  Mexican  resistance  to  the  occupation
                of  the  American  troops.
                   On January 8,  1847,  Commodore  Stockton  and  General  Kear-
                ney,  marching  from  the  South  to  re-take  Los  Angeles,  had  ad-
                vanced  against  the  Californian's  stand  on  the  bank  of  the  Rio
                Hondo,  near  where  Montebello  now  stands.  The  Californians,
                under Generals Flores,  Pico and Carrillo, kept up  a  harrassing  fire
                as  they  fell  back.
                   The  following  day  the  Californians  made  their  final  show  of
                fight  in  an  attack  on  the  Americans  who  had  camped  on  the  mesa.
                The Americans  drove  them  off  and  then  next  day  marched  direct
                to  Los  Angeles  to  take  possession,  which  thereafter  was  never  re-
                linquished.
                   A  sketch  of  the battlefield  made  by  Lieutenant-Colonel W.  H.
                Emory  at  the  time  of  the  engagement  and  preserved  as  a  part  of
                government  records  was  used  to  definitely  locate  the  historic  site.
                The  markers  were  placed  by  historical  societies  and  the  Los  An-
                geles  Union  Stock  Yards  Company.
                    The surrounding  area  is  now  built  up  with  teeming  plants  of
                the  Central· Manufacturing  District,  a  contrasting  monument  to
                the  growth  and  activities  of  the  Los  Angeles  of  today.
                    The most direct route to  the historic site  is  on  Santa Fe avenue
                south  to  Twenty-sixth  street  and  then  eastward  to  Downey  Road
                which,  followed southward, goes directly in  front of the monument.]]></page><page Index="7"><![CDATA[Gommodore  eJtockton' s  Headquarters










                                  •....













              .   ..

                      YPICAL  of  the  finest  residences  in  Los  Angeles  in 1847  was
                       the  adobe  home  of  Dona  Encarnacion  Abila,  now  dingily
                       hidden  away  on  the  short  Olvera  street  which  runs  from
                 Sunset  boulevard  to  Macey street  between  Main  and  Los  Angeles
                 streets.  This old  home,  bearing  the  present  street  numbers  16  to
                 24,  was  the  headquarter  of  Commodore  Robert  Field  Stockton
                 following  the  battle  Rio  Hondo  and  the  Mesa,  fought  January
                 8  and  9,  1847.
                    Dona  Abila  was  the  widow  of  Don  Franci co  Abila  of  Las
                 Cienega  Rancho and  mother-in-law of Lieutenant-Colonel Garfias,
                 a  cavalry  officer  under  the  Mexican  general  Flores.  Don  Abila's
                 rancho,  the  San  Pa qual,  also  furnished  horses  to  the  Mexican
                 cavalry.
                    Fearing  the  wrath  of  the  American  troops  under  Commodore
                 Stockton  and  General  Kearney  approaching  upon  Los  Angeles,
                 Dona  Abila  fled  to  the  outlying  home  of  a  friend.   She  left  a
                 Mexican  lad  in  charge  who  in  turn  deserted  the  home.
                    Commodore  Stockton  found  the  home  near  the  plaza  unoccu-
                 pied  and  appropriated  it  as  headquarters,  with  his  troops  camped
                 nearby.
                    Although  retaining  its  original  outward  appearance,  the  old
                 hou  e  had  fallen  into such  a  state of  decay  in  the  interior  that  the
                 health  department  has  placarded  it  against  inhabitation..  At  times
                 afforts  have  been  made  to  re  tore  the  building  becau  e  of  it  his-
                 torical  a  ociations  but  outside  of  a  new  roof  and  a  few  windows
                 the  Abila  home  ha   tood  in  later  years  apparently  forgotten  and
                 obviou  ly  neglected.]]></page><page Index="8"><![CDATA[Only Two of these  \"Frist Settlers"
































                    THE  Los Angeles  Museum  of  History,  Science  and Art at  Exposition
            In     Park  is  a  large,  unique  mural  painting  by  Charles  R.  Knight,  graph-
                   ically  restoring  a  scene  thousands  of  years  before  the  Pacific  dawn.
             The  skillful  artist,  as  a  background  for  the  parade  of  the  skeletons  which
             comprise  the  finest  Pleistocene  collection  in  the  world,  has  pictured  the ani-
             mals as they were in  relentless struggle for survivorship.
                The gummy asphaltum pits of  La Brea Rancho have been  nature's treasure
             trove  from  which  science  has  wrested  the  faunal  secrets  of  the  Glacial  period
             which  ended  something  less  than  25,000  years  ago  after  its  hold  of  2,000  to
             5,000  centuries.  Thirty  separate  deposits  in  the  La  Brea  pits  on  Wilshire
             boulevard have yielded fossils  to the amazing total of 5,000 individual animals,
             including  mastodons,  giant  ground  sloths,  saber-tooth  tigers,  primitive  oxen,
             bisons,  the  great  and  numerous  wolf,  camels,  lions,  bears,  horses, coyotes  and
             foxes.
                Of all  these  rovers  of this  area  in  the  Pleistocene  age,  the  California  gray
             fox  alone  was  adaptable  enough  to  survive.  And  in  the  air  the  giant  birds
             were  reduced  to  the  California  condor  which  only  now  is  nearing  extinction
             because of failure  to adapt claws that can catch  live  food.
                The  first  fossils,  it  is  learned  from  the  excellent  reports  prepared  for  the
             museum  by  L.  E.  Wyman,  were  uncovered  at  shallow  depths  fifty  years  ago
             by  workmen  digging  out  asphaltum  for  commercial  purposes.  It  was  little
             realized  at  that  time  what  a  priceless  collection  awaited  in  the  preserving
             strata  below.
                Scientific  exploration  of  the  field  began  in  1906  when  Dr. J.  C.  Merriam
             of  the  University  of  California  made  important  discoveries  that  attracted
             other  scientists  and  institutions.  The  searching  activities  were  restricted  in
             1913  to  Los Angeles  County  for  a  period  of  two years  to  obtain  a  wide  range
             of specimens  for  the  museum.  In  1924 G. Allan  Hancock, owner of  La  Brea
             lands,  donated  twenty-five  acres  to  the  county  for  park  purposes.
                It  is  charcteristic  that  the  fossils  have  been  found  in  groups,  ten  of  the
             thirty  deposits  yielding  the  greater  part.  For  instance,  nearly  all  of  the  ele-]]></page><page Index="9"><![CDATA[er s  ' '   of California 'I<!, main  Todav
































             phants  were  uncovered  in  one  area  fifteen  by  twenty-five  feet,  at  a  depth  of
              from  four  to  thirty-five  feet.  One  pit  contained  268  saber-tooth  tiger  skulls
             and  185  of  the  great  wolf,  a  heavy,  powerful-jawed  beast  that  outnumbered
             all  of  the  larger  animals  of  his  day.
                 Also  a  human  skull  was  found  and  given  the  name  of  "the Angeles  man."
             This discovery  created a sensation as  it  was  believed that here was direct  proof
              of  man's  greater  antiquity.  However,  it  was  the  opinion  of  Dr.  Merriam
              that  the  skull  "belonged  distinctly  to  the  modern  age  of  evolution,  measured
              in  thousands  of  years  but  probably  not  in  tens  of  thousands"  as  in  the  case  of
              the  great  beasts  whose  fossils  were  found  nearby.
                 A  theory  of  the  entrapping  of  the  animals,  especially  as  the  fossils  have
              been  found  in  apparent  "funnels,"  is  that  treacherous  wells  were  caused  by
              huge gas  bubbles.  These "wells"  filled  with  oozing  asphaltum  that held  even
              the  giant  elephants even  as  Ry-paper  entangles  the  diminutive  insect.
                 The  cries  of  the  floundering  animals  brought  the  voracious  carnivorae  to
              feed.  And  the  attackers in  turn  frequently  were caught in  their greed.  After
              them  came  the  carrion-feeders  of  the  skies,  often  to  be  carried  down  into  the
              mire  of  the  ages.  This  is  the  story  revealed  by  the  fossils.
                 The  most  spectacular  of  all  the  animals  were  the  ma todons,  forebearers
              of  the  elephant  family.  The  mastodon  was  widely  traveled,  as  fossils  found
              at  various  places  in  the  United  States  indicate.  The  Imperial  elephant  was
              the giant of them all,  averaging twelve to  fifteen  feet  high  at  the shoulder.
                 The camel,  the  fossil  history  reads, originated  in  America and  was  numer-
              ou  in  the  early  Pleistocene  period  in  this  part  of  the  world.  The  horse,  too
              was  a  distinct  American  product  and  had  evolved  to  the  one-toed  stage  at  the
              time  the  La  Brea  pits  were  gathering  their  records  to  be  read  thousand  of
              ears  later.
                 The climate then?  As no story of Southern  California would  be  complete
              without a climate  report,  it  is  determined  by  cienti  t  that the  rainfall  of  that
              period  was  much  heavier than  now,  a  excavations  have  been  made of  portions
             of  trees  that today  grow  only  in  the  more  moistened  belts  further  north.
  'f(j------------------------f]]></page><page Index="10"><![CDATA[Fremont'ss  March                            to  'Peace



























                               up  the  Newhall  Grade  and  through  the  tunnel  is
                 Scotting
                        now  so  easy  for  the  modern  motorist  that  he  gives  little
                       thought  to  this  section  of  the  road  aside  from  traffic  and
                 the  picturesqueness.  Yet  it  has  historic  and  toilsome  associations
                 dating  from  the  earliest  days  when  it  was  the  Pass  of  San  Ber-
                 nardo,  later  Fremont  Pass  and,  in  the  more  modern  times,  New-
                 hall  Pass.
                     Instead  of  travel  being  carried  through  the  tunnel  at  an  ele-
                 vation  of  17 50  feet,  the  toiling  way  was  made  up  through  the
                 narrow  rift  in  the  mountain  top  to  the  right.  This  was  the  one
                 outlet  to  the  northward.  It came  into  the  first  recorded  use  for
                 regular travel  when  the  Butterfield stages operated  from  St.  Louis,
                 Missouri,  to  San  Francisco  just  before  the  Civil  War.
                     It was  through  this  defile  that  Lieutenant-Colonel  Fremont,
                 with  450  American  troops  on  a  forced  march  from  the  north  to
                 aid  Commodore Stockton  and  General  Kearney's  army  in  the sub-
                 jugation of  Mexican  revolutionists  in  Los Angeles,  passed  on  Jan-
                 uary  12,  184 7.  Fremont  expected  to  meet  hot  resistance  in  the
                 pass,  which  was  a  natural  military  trap,  but  the  enemy  had  with-
                 drawn  across  San  Fernando  Valley  toward  Cahuenga  Pass.   It
                 was  on  the  following  day  that the  Treaty of  Cauenga was  signed,
                 as  is  told  on  another page  of  this  booklet.
                     Because  of  this  association,  the  Pass  of  San  Bernardo  later
                 became  known  as  Fremont  Pass  and  was  so  marked  by  the  San
                 Fernando  Ebell  Club  with  a  cobblestone  memorial  and  bronze
                 tablet.  This  may  now  be  seen  near  the  south  entrance  to  the  old
                 pass.
                     But  locale  was  stronger  than  history  and  Fremont  Pass  be-
                 came  Newhall  Pa  .]]></page><page Index="11"><![CDATA[Original Spanish Lime l(jln




























                               BY  "OUTDOOR"  FRANKLIN
                                  Famous  Buick  Road Scout
                O     EAR  WHERE  Western  Avenue  drops  down  from  Mount
                       Hollywood  to  join  the  River  Road  at  the  north  entrance
                       of  Griffith  Park  is  the  first  lime  kiln  operated  in  this  sec-
                 tion.  It is  marked  today  by  a  faded  wooden  sign  reading "ORIG-
                 INAL SPANISH  LIME KILNS.  OVER  100 YEARS  OLD."
                    In  the  construction  of  Mission  San  Fernando  Rey  de  Espana
                 by  Padre  Lausen  in  1797,  it  was  discovered  that  the  adobe  bricks
                 made  on  the  site,  soon  began  to  crumble  when  left  exposed  to  the
                 weather.  Padre  Lausen  sent  out  scouts  to  the  hills  to  search  for
                 a  depo  it  of  lime  rock  from  which  a  protective  covering  could
                 be  made.
                    Suitable  rock  wa  discovered  in  the  hills along the  Los Angeles
                 river.  Moreover,  there  was  at  hand  an  abundance  of  wood  with
                 which  to  make  the  fires  to  convert  the  rock  into  lime.
                    A  circular  kiln  was  dug  in  the  steep  sides  of  the  cliff.  The
                 rock  was  piled  within  and  covered  high  with  wood.  These  fires
                 burned  for  hour .  That this crude method  of  lime producing  was
                 effective  is  shown  by  the  intect covering on  the remaining buildings
                 of  the old  mis  ion.
                    The two kilns  remained  intact  until  a  few  years ago  when  one
                 was  removed  to  make  room  for  the  River  road,  skirting  at  the
                 base  of  the  hill  in  Griffith  Park.  But  the  original  kiln  remains
                 practically  as  it  was  when  the  original  mission  and  Los  Angeles
                 builders  left  it  more  than  100  years  ago .





                                                 -

                                             •
                                                 I  •]]></page><page Index="12"><![CDATA[Groundf the  Mission Grain






























              ,A HAT  1s  credited  with  being  the  first  water-driven  grist  mill
              Whaton  the  Pacific  Coast  is  El  Molino  at  Old  Mill  Road  and
                     Mill  Lane,  a  half-block  off  of  Oak  Knoll  avenue  near
              Hotel  Huntington  in  Pasadena.   With  walls  of  masonry  and
              adobe  three  to  four  and  one-half  feet  thick,  the  construction  of
              the  mill,  begun  in  1821  for  the  San  Gabriel  Mission,  was  not
              completed  until  1824.
                 These dates  conflict  with  the  "1810" on  the  bronze  tablet over
              the  door.  But  Mrs.  A.  S.  C.  Forbes,  author  of  the  very  inter-
              esting  and  authoritative  "California  Missions  and  Landmarks,"
              writes  that  the  Yankee  builder,  Joseph  Chapman,  did  not  arrive
              on  California  shores  until  1818,  when  he  appeared  with  the  buc-
              caneer,  Hipolyte  Bouchard.  Chapman,  sent  ashore  as  peace  emis-
              sary,  was  arrested,  whereat  Bouchard  sailed  away,  deserting  him.
              Despite  this  unpleasant  introduction  to  California,  Chapman  be
              came  an  active  and  honored  citizen.
                  It  was  Chapman  that  Friar  Jose  Maria  de  Zalvidea  engaged
              to  construct  the  mill  for  the  grinding  of  the  grains  raised  in  the
              mission  fields  where  the  cactus and  desert  growth  had  been  beaten
              back.
                  Those  visiting  the  modern  site  wonder  where  water  was  ob-
              tained  to  turn  the  two  mill  wheels.  A  flume  carried  the  water
              from  Los  Robles  canyon  or  Mill's  Spring  Creek.  Passing  over
              the  wheels  the  waste water was carried through  a  cement  spillway
              to  Lake  Vineyard,  later known  as  Wilson's  Lake.  Near  the  lake
              also  were a  sawmill,  tannery  and  wool-washing  place.  The latter
              long  since  have  disappeared.]]></page><page Index="13"><![CDATA[Historic              Dominguez                  Rancho




























                 The     BEST  remaining  example  of  true  Spanish-California  haci-
                       enda  architecture  is  at  the  Dominguez  Rancho  which,  in
                       the original  1785  grant  from  Governor  Fages  to  Don Juan
                 Jose  Dominguez,  extended  from  the  San  Pedro  estuary  half  way
                 to  Los  Angeles.  The  property  was  kept  in  repair  and  partially
                 restored  along  the  original  lines  in  the  long  occupancy  of  the  Do-
                 minguez succession.  More  recently the estate  was  conveyed  to  the
                 Claretian  Missionaries,  who  are  using  the  beautiful  buildings  as
                 a  school.
                    It  was  on  the  Rancho  at  what  is  now  Dominguez  Junction
                 that the battle between American and  California forces  was  fought
                 October  8,  1846.  Lieutenant  Archbald  Gillespie  had  been  left
                 with a  force  of fifty  Americans to hold  Los Angeles  under military
                 occupation  following  the  rai  ing  of  the  American  flag  here  with-
                 out  open  opposition  August  13,  1846,  by  Commodore  Stockton
                 and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Fremont.   Stringent  police  regulations
                 brought  about  a  revolt  led  by  General  Jose  Maria  Flores  who,
                 with  other  leaders,  broke  their  paroles  to  again  harass  the  Amer-
                 cans..
                    Gillespie,  after  being  besieged,  was  permitted  to  retire  armed
                 with  hi  force  to San  Pedro,  where  the Savannah,  under  command
                 of  Captain  Mervine  had  arrived.  With  reinforcement  led  by
                 Mervine,  the  Americans  started  back  to  retake  Los  Angele  and
                 camped  at  the  Dominguez  ranch  houses  the  night  of  October  7.
                 The Californians,  mounted  and equipped  with  the historic "Wom-
                 an's  Gun,"  a  small  bra  cannon,  attacked  the  next  morning  and
                 drove  the  Americans  back  to  the  protection  of  the  ship.  In  the
                 engagement  six  Americans  were  killed.]]></page><page Index="14"><![CDATA[In  the  Old STage Days




























                M     OTORISTS  who  now  whisk  by  the  old  Calabasas  and  New-

                       berry  Park  stage  stations  on  the  Coast  highway  on  their
                       one-day  drive  to  San  Francisco,  probably  seldom  pause
                 mentally  in  the  exhilaration  of  their  ride,  to  offer  up  thanks  to
                 the  motor  car  and  highway  builder.  It  is  this  popular  combina-
                 tion  that  has  revolutionized  modern  travel  in  the  long-stretched
                Golden  State and contracted the day's  horizons.
                    In the picturesque but bumpy and dusty stage days,  the average
                 time  of  travel  to  San  Francisco  was  between  90  and  100  hours,
                 with frequent stops for change of ·horses.  Calabasas,  29  miles out,
                was  the  noon  halt  for  the  "swifter"  stages  and  the  night's  stop
                for  the  slower  freighters.  A  picture  of  the  old  Calabasas  stage
                station  is  shown  above.  At  Newberry  Park,  46  miles,  where  the
                old  hotel  stands  today  as  it  did  when  abandoned  for  stage  use  40
                years  ago,  the  passengers  piled  out  for  their  first  night's  surcease
                 from  the  swaying  and  jolting.
                    However,  peaceful  sleep  did  not  always  come  to  the  wearied
                 travelers.  Bullet holes still  remaining  in  the  walls  of  the  old  bar-
                 room  tell  the  stories  of  hectic  disturbances.
                    When  the  motor  car  first  came  into  touring  use,  the  hardy
                pioneers  followed  the  same  sort  of  road,  for  the  most  part,  that
                the  stage  bequeathed,  excepting  that  stretch  between  Ventura
                and  Santa  Barbara  over  Casitas  Pass,  as  trying  a  collection  of
                curves  and  grades  as  was  ever  devised.
                    The  original  stage  road,  ousted  by  the  Southern  Pacific's
                coast  line,  followed  generally  the present causeway  route.]]></page><page Index="15"><![CDATA[Today  of Motorotoring]]></page><page Index="16"><![CDATA["Earnestly building toward  an  ideal of uncompro-
                        mising ethical merchandising, the HOWARD AUTO-
                        MOBILE  COMPANY  of  Los  Angeles  dedicates  its
                        new  building  to the pleasant task of converting the
                        elements  of  buying  and  selling  into  a  transaction
                                       between friends."




























































                         Two immense rooms, each 10,000 square feet in area
                         are given over entirely to HOWARD SERVICE.  It is
                         here that Howard  Policy finds its fullest fruition in
                         the rendering of a  service to customers that is unex-
                         celled throughout the length and breadth of the land.]]></page></pages></Search>