On Saturday, the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society invited members of the community to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the golden spike driven into the tracks at Lang Station off Soledad Canyon Road, marking the railroad connection between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The event was hosted right where the Lang Station was located decades prior, being closed in May ...

On June 15, 1957, the Lang Station, a part of John Lang’s estate in Soledad Canyon, was officially registered as a historical landmark. John Lang journeyed from his hometown of Waterloo, Wisconsin, to California in 1854. He moved to many towns and cities, including Sacramento and Martinez and even traveled across the state to Nevada. Lang then moved back to ...

On May 5, 1828, John Lang was born in Herkimer County, New York. Lang would later become a well-known settler of Soledad Canyon. John Lang was the son of James P. Lang, an Irish immigrant, and Lucy Rarick, who had Mohawk and Dutch ancestry. James Lang, a farmer in Waterloo, Wisconsin, raised a family of four sons and two daughters before ...

On May 5, 1828, John Lang was born in Herkimer County, New York. Lang would later become a well-known settler of Soledad Canyon. John Lang was the son of James P. Lang, an Irish immigrant, and Lucy Rarick, who had Mohawk and Dutch ancestry. James Lang, a farmer in Waterloo, Wisconsin, raised a family of four sons and two daughters before ...