On August 16, 1947, Newhall Hardware opened its doors at 725 Spruce Street, marking the start of what would become one of the Santa Clarita Valley’s most beloved and enduring businesses. Founded by Don Guglielmino, a former Notre Dame football player and World War II Army Air Corps veteran with family ties to a local ranch, the store quickly became ...

On this day in SCV History, May 23, 1941, Newhall legend William S. Hart opened Santa Clarita’s first movie theater! After one year of construction, and five years before Hart’s death, the American Theater opened its doors on the corner of Spruce and Eleventh Street.  Up to that point, guests in William S. Hart’s house could watch films in his ...