On this day in 1847, Charles Alexander Mentry, the man who would help birth California’s oil industry through his work in the Santa Clarita Valley, was born in France. Historians guess that his original name was Charles Alexander Menetry, before he came to the Newhall area in 1873 with aspirations of striking it rich. Mentry was already an experienced oil ...

On this day in 1847, Charles Alexander Mentry, the man who would help birth California’s oil industry through his work in the Santa Clarita Valley, was born in France. Historians guess that his original name was Charles Alexander Menetry, before he came to the Newhall area in 1873 with aspirations of striking it rich. Mentry was already an experienced oil ...

A group of historic abandoned buildings sits on the outskirts of the Santa Clarita Valley to this day, and the ghost town of Mentryville has long held rumors of being “haunted” by the spirits of its former residents. After exploring Mentryville’s deserted buildings with a paranormal investigator back in 2016, the KHTS Features team has returned once again, this time ...