Transportation in and out of the Santa Clarita Valley was greatly improved on March 5, 1864, when the San Fernando Hill Road and associated Beale’s Cut were officially marked as completed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, consisting of B.D. Wilson, C. Aguilar, J.A. Morris, A. Ellis, and P. Sichel officially ...

On Feb. 15, 1939, John Ford’s “Stagecoach” premiered in Los Angeles, forever changing the landscape of the Western film genre – and featuring an iconic Santa Clarita landmark. The movie, which propelled John Wayne to stardom and set a new standard for cinematic storytelling, was largely filmed in Monument Valley. However, a small yet significant piece of “Stagecoach” history was ...

On what would be his 203rd birthday, we take a look back at the life of surveyor Edward F. Beale, who owned the land through the Newhall Pass where the Beale’s Cut Stagecoach Pass sat, providing a route between the San Gabriel and the Santa Susana Mountains. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, born on Feb. 4, 1822, in the nation’s capital, led ...