Crescenta Valley History: Hidden in Plain Sight (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781635001105)

Crescenta Valley History reveals six ordinary sites with extraordinary pasts shaping neighborhood perception.

The Crescenta Valley is a typical suburb of the metropolis of Los Angeles, containing residential neighborhoods nestled in chaparral-covered hills. But hidden in these typical neighborhoods are remnants of an atypical past, a past made up of Hollywood legends, Prohibition-era bootleggers, and pioneers in women's rights.
Crescenta Valley History: Hidden in Plain Sight tells the stories behind six places in the community that residents pass by every day, with no idea of the amazing events that took place there--six innocuous locations with impressive histories.
A little shack behind an apartment that was once the home of John Steinbeck; the overgrown ruins of a former speakeasy; an abandoned sanitarium that once housed aging Hollywood stars, and now houses their ghosts; a mystical religious sanctuary run entirely by women; a former resort and Olympic training site buried deep under a suburban shopping mall; and a park created by professional baseball players and movie stars.
All these sites are right here in your neighborhood! You'll never look at the Crescenta Valley the same way again.

Author: Mike Lawler
ISBN-10: 1635001102
ISBN-13: 9781635001105
Publisher: America Through Time
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2026
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback