Frontier Days In Crescenta Valley Portraits Of Life In The Foothills Jo Anne Sadler by Jo Anne Sadler 9781625850423, 9781626195080, 1625850425, 1626195080 instant download after payment.

Modern Crescenta Valley practically defines the notion of
quiet suburbia with its lovely homes and tree-lined streets. Yet the
communities that lie north of Los Angeles between the Verdugo and San Gabriel
Mountains once formed a vast, isolated, treeless, windstorm-swept dell. The
settlers who stayed in this valley found day-to-day subsistence challenging.
They farmed, hunted, tried bee ranching, gathered greasewood, cultivated
vineyards and dodged rattlesnakes. As settlement in the area continued to
develop, such refinements as literature and photography flourished. Join author
Jo Anne Sadler as she brings the Valley’s frontier days to life, recounting
such quirks as a visit from a “rainmaker” and the reasons behind the construction
of the gaudy local landmark the Gould Castle.