President Teddy Roosevelt visits California Governor Henry T. Gage at the grand Acton Hotel during a historic stop in the Santa Clarita Valley. The lavish Acton Hotel was a two-story Victorian hotel built by Richard E. Nickel, known as the “Father of Acton,” who first arrived in town on October 11, 1887. Nickel, the town’s second resident after his father-in-law, ...

President Teddy Roosevelt visits California Governor Henry T. Gage at the grand Acton Hotel during a historic stop in the Santa Clarita Valley. The lavish Acton Hotel was a two-story Victorian hotel built by Richard E. Nickel, known as the “Father of Acton,” who first arrived in town on October 11, 1887.  Nickel, the town’s second resident after his father-in-law ...