On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service. Its first director, industrialist and conservationist Stephen T. Mather, had made his fortune in the borax mines of Tick Canyon near Agua Dulce. The Santa Clarita Valley played a role in this story. In 1905, prospectors Louis Ebbenger and Henry Shepard discovered a rich ...

On this day in Santa Clarita history, part of Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds (2005), which premiered in Tokyo, was filmed at Mystery Mesa in Saugus. Located off Vasquez Canyon Road, the 380-acre Mystery Mesa property is a key filming location within the Los Angeles area’s “30-Mile Zone.” This zone, centered around the intersection of West Beverly Boulevard and ...

The Santa Clarita City Council voted to help with funding for upgrades to the SCVHistory.com site, a critical move to preserve Santa Clarita’s historical archives.  SCVHistory.com is a comprehensive digital history archive and repository for the Santa Clarita Valley, owned and operated by SCVTV. The site was established in 1996 and has grown in the last 26 years to house ...

The Santa Clarita City Council will vote on an item at Tuesday’s meeting to take over the website and historical archive of the Santa Clarita Valley’s, SCVHistory.com. The website was created by Leon Worden as a labor of love in 1996. Over the years the site has grown to tens of thousands of pages, pictures, videos and interviews. It’s a ...

March 12 marks the 89th anniversary for the start of one of the worst disasters in California history. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. From a previous story: St. Francis Dam Fails 87 Years Ago, Santa Clarita Historians Host Tour The construction of the dam began in August of 1924 and began ...

Ed. Note: Leon Worden, SCVHistory contributed to this report. Rare film footage of the St. Francis Dam aftermath has been found by the same archaeologist  who compiled the list of the 431 names of victims in the disaster. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Ann Stansell, of Los Angeles, is a California State ...

Another western star was inducted to Newhall’s Walk of Western Stars on Thursday night as part of the “Country Throwdown” themed SENSES block party on Main Street. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Stunt coordinator, Diamond Farnsworth, unveiled his new star in front of Marigold Salon in Newhall. Farnsworth has worked as a ...

Eighty-seven years ago, the St. Francis Dam collapsed in San Francisquito Canyon and hundreds were killed when the 18-story wall of water roared through the Santa Clarita Valley. Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society members gave a presentation and tour to residents Saturday. The presentation was held at the SCV Historical Society office at Heritage Junction at Hart Park in Newhall. ...