St. Francis Dam Tour

Tickets are sold out for this event, but you can ask to be added to the waiting list: The popular annual tour of the ruins of the St. Francis Dam, presented by the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society. Participants will join four SCVHS historians as they tell the story of the quest to bring water to the arid land of 1920s Los Angeles and how one man’s attempt to make it happen turned into the second-worst disaster in California’s history. The tour will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a short presentation on the history of the dam by SCVHS President Alan Pollack, archaeologist Ann Stansell, Dianne Hellrigel and “Dam Man” Frank Rock. After the presentation, buses will take participants into San Francisquito Canyon for an immersive experience, narrating at important points of interest to the disaster. More information: tinyurl.com/3u2bp3by.