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The Heritage Junction Dispatch a Publication of the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society The Heritage Junction Dispatch A Publication of the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society Volume 37, Issue 2 March-April 2011 Calendar President’s Message by Alan Pollack Sunday, March 13 Free lecture on the St Francis t never ceases to off Vasquez Canyon Road, the 380 acre Dam Disaster Iamaze me what property happens to be one of the major 11:00 AM Saugus Station we have right here locations for filming of movie and television Bus tour to St Francis Dam site in our own backyard productions in the Los Angeles area. It is 12:00 PM Leaves from Heritage in the SCV! Another located within the entertainment industry’s Junction. $35. See below and page 3 example of this popular “30 Mile Zone”, an area within 30 was demonstrated miles of the intersection of West Beverly Monday, March 28 during E.J. Stephens’ Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 PM Saugus Station exciting and colorful in Los Angeles in which TV and film “Newhallywood” productions can pay lower “studio rates” to Friday, April 1 movie class tour in their employees, thereby holding down the Deadline for the May - June January. After an interesting visit to Vasquez costs of their artistic endeavors. Dispatch Rocks in Agua Dulce, where we learned Mr. Fix unlocked a chain link fence along Saturday, April 16 about some of the film-making history at Vasquez Canyon Road which allowed us to Annual Spring Tea the Rocks, a caravan of movie history buffs traverse a steep winding dirt road leading 11:00 AM, Saugus Station drove down Sierra Highway to the historic See page 8 up to a gateway with a sign simply stating Half Way House Cafe. The Cafe has been “Mystery Mesa Sanctuary”. There before us Monday, April 25 a popular filming location since the 1930’s. laid a nondescript grassy plain embedded Board of Directors Meeting There we met up with William Fix, property within the surrounding mountains, which 6:30 PM Saugus Station manager of S.O.S. Filmworks. From there, has been the setting of countless and well Mr. Fix led us on a magical safari to an known movie and television productions isolated plateau in the mountains southwest over the years. According to Michael of Agua Dulce called Mystery Mesa. Located Continued on Page 2 Check www.scvhistory.org for other upcoming events. annual tour of the site of the st francis dam march 13, 2011 call 661 254-1275 for reservations Articles and inquiries regarding The Dispatch may be made to 254-1275 see page 3 PAgE 2 THE HERITAgE JUNCTION DISPATCH VOLUME 37, ISSUE 2 President’s Message Continued from page 1 Ballard, author of the Santa Clarita geology Page (www. HAPPENINgS AT THE JUNCTION scvresources.com/geology/), Mystery Mesa, also known as This month marks the launch of our 2011-12 Capital Cruzan Mesa, is an ancient remnant of the Santa Clarita Campaign for the Historical Society. Our goal is to raise Valley which has survived millions of years of uplift and $200,000 for the restoration of the Pardee House, and erosion. The Cruzan Mesa contains vernal pools which the establishment of a new state of the art museum are one of the last remaining habitats of the fairy shrimp, of local history within that historic building! We know a fact which has saved this plain from proposed home economic times are hard, but now is our chance to leave developments in the area. a legacy for future generations. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Being a remote location with no neighbor closer than 500 Every dollar you donate will bring us closer to creating a feet away, Mystery Mesa is a popular site for productions local history center that will make you, your children and which require loud and fiery explosions. As related by your grandchildren proud of the Santa Clarita Valley! In Mr. Fix, one explosion, during the production of Steven appreciation for your tax-deductible donations, various Spielberg’s 2005 movie War of the Worlds, was so large that honors will be available for your generosity. Honors it was seen from the 14 freeway, resulting in numerous (depending on the level of contribution) may include having 911 calls to the authorities! The valley war sequence of your name and/or dedication placed on a “virtual brick wall War of the Worlds with star Tom Cruise was also filmed of fame” on a new website dedicated to the Campaign, at the Mesa. More recently, a scene from the 2010 movie honorable mention in the Heritage Junction Dispatch Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey Jr., was filmed at the newsletter and listing on the donor page on the new Mesa, which involved huge pyrotechnics as 40 cars were website, having your name or dedication placed on a brick unceremoniously blown up! in the new “Walk of Fame” area in Heritage Junction on the ground in front of the new history center, having your For aficionados of vehicles driving off cliffs with fiery name placed on a plaque on the “Donor Wall of Fame” in crashes in the depths below, Mystery Mesa has been the the new history center in the Pardee House, having your location of one of the more famous crashes in Hollywood name placed at the entrance to a room in the new history history. In the Steven Spielberg 1971 movie Duel, the final center in the Pardee House to signify principle sponsorship, scene featured the movie’s star killer truck driving off a and sponsorship for the new history center with associated Mystery Mesa cliff. That same cliff, which is actually only 120 plaque and name on the exterior wall of the Pardee house. feet tall, was used in a recent commercial promoting Conan Other honors will be available when our new Capital O’Brien’s new show. According to E.J. Stephens, in the Campaign website goes live in the near future. Stay tuned promo a Dodge Dart filled with explosives, illegal fireworks, for further details on making your contribution to this and un-popped popcorn is driven off a “900 foot” cliff to important mission for the Historical Society. a fiery inferno below. O’Brien emerges from the flames, looks at the camera and exclaims “That was expensive!!” In January we welcomed three new members to our Board Stephens also says about the mesa: “It was later used as of Directors. Congratulations to Mike Jarel, Paul Duryea, the desert airport in The Aviator, and around the same time and Ed Marg, Jr.! We know you all will make significant it doubled for ancient Egypt in The Scorpion King. More contributions to the mission and goals of the Society. We recently, the mesa became the island of Iwo Jima in the would also like to thank Nancy Cordova and John Boston, South Pacific for Clint Eastwood’s Letters From Iwo Jima.” who left the Board in January. Your dedication to the Society will not be forgotten. In earlier days, Mystery Mesa was used as a site for Christian tent revivals in the 1920’s. Famous silent movie We also want to take this opportunity to pay tribute and actor (and Newhall resident) William S. Hart used the give special thanks to long time Board member Laurene Mesa for location shoots in some of his movies. Want to Weste. Laurene has given many years of dedicated service see film sites like this for yourself? Join us in March as E.J. to the Board and Society. Her wisdom and contributions Stephens leads us on another odyssey through movie and to the Board will be sorely missed. The preservation of the television history in the next edition of his popular class history of Santa Clarita is extremely important to Laurene. “Newhallywood On Location: History of Film/TV in the We know she will continue to participate with the Society SCV”. The class series will begin on March 5. Call 626 483- and help protect the heritage of our historic valley. 1205 for enrollment information. Continued on Page 3 VOLUME 37, ISSUE 2 THE HERITAgE JUNCTION DISPATCH PAgE 3 President’s Message ChaplinFest, Take 2 by Ayesha Saletore Continued from page 2 March 12, 2011, marks the 83rd anniversary of the second few years ago, E.J. Stephens worst disaster in California history. On this date in 1928, A approached the Hart the St. Francis Dam experienced a catastrophic collapse in Museum with an idea of San Francisquito Canyon, and the resulting flood caused celebrating silent films in Santa the deaths of up to 600 people in the Canyon and along Clarita. That first year happened th the Santa Clara River Valley. To mark the anniversary, local to be the 85 anniversary of dam expert Frank Rock will be giving his annual talk on the the release of Charlie Chaplin’s disaster and leading a tour to the site of the dam. Don’t “The Pilgrim” which was miss our most popular event of the year. The event will be partially filmed at the Saugus held on Sunday, March 13, starting with a free lecture at Train Station, now located within William S. Hart Park. 11:00 AM. The bus tour to the dam site will leave at 12:00 PM On March 8, 2008, a team from the Santa Clarita Valley and return to Heritage Junction at 3:00 PM. Tickets for the Historical Society, William S. Hart Museum, and Natural bus tour are $35 per person. To sign up for the bus tour, History Museum of Los Angeles County launched A make your reservations now at 661 254-1275.
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