Chatsworth

09/21/2005 | 24m 50s | Video has closed captioning.

Huell visits five historically significant locations in Chatsworth which include Olive Trees, a Pioneer Church, Stoney Point and a barn that was home to TV’s Mr. Ed. He ends at Homestead Acre, home to the Chatsworth Historical Society.

Aired: 09/21/05

Rating: NR

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Visiting with Huell Howser is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal | KCET.

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"VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER" IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE FROM THE RALPH M. PARSON'S FOUNDATION.

HELLO EVERYBODY I'M HUELL HOWSER IS HERE IN BEAUTIFUL TOWN DOWNTOWN CHATSWORTH AND A CUP MANY OF MONTHS AGO, WE WERE HERE TO VISIT ONE OF THE LANDMARKS "THE LUNCH BOX" WHICH HAS THE BEST HAM BERGERS AND ROOT BEER FLOATS AND CHILLY FRIES.

WE WERE HERE NOT JUST TO DO THE STORY ON GOOD BURGERS, BUT IT HAS A DISTINCTION.

>> YES IT DOES.

>> Huell: WHAT'S THE DISTINCTION?

>> IT'S ONE OF LOS ANGELES HISTORICAL MONUMENTS.

>> Huell: AND YOU WOULD KNOW AND SO ANDRE AND?

>> LINDA.

>> Huell: AND LINDA BECAUSE YOU'RE MEMBERS.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> Huell: AND WE CAME TO DO A STORY THAT THIS PLACE WAS MADE A LANDMARK.

WE HAD FUN.

BUT TO BE HONEST, VIRGINIA -- YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

SHE WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE WERE NOT GIVEN PROPER ATTENTION TO THE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS IN CHATSWORTH BECAUSE CHATSWORTH HAS SIX OFFICIAL LOS ANGELES CITY CULTURAL LANDMARK.

>> YES THE MUNCH BOX IS THE NEWEST.

>> Huell: YES, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM.

>> YES.

>> Huell: AND SHE WAS VERY POLITE AND VERY NICE, AND WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME BUT THE BOTTOM LINE WAS AS WE LEFT, YOU PUT IN A STRONG PLUG FOR US TO COMEBACK SO YOU CAN TAKE US TO THE OTHERS.

>> YES, I DID.

>> Huell: DID YOU THINK WE WERE GOING TO COMEBACK?

>> I WAS NOT SURE BUT I'M GLAD YOU DID.

DID I NOT CALL YOU?

>> YES, YOU DID.

>> Huell: AND SHE'S GOT ALL OF HER INFORMATION, AND YOU'RE GETTING READY TO TAKE US ON A TOUR.

>> YES, I AM GOING TO TAKE YOU TO OTHER LANDMARKS.

>> Huell: BY THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, WE WOULD HAVE COVERED THEM ALL.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Huell: STARTING ON MUNCH BOX, DECIDING ON WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE MUNCH BOX, BUT IT REALLY IS A CLASSIC PLACE.

>> ABSOLUTELY, SINCE 1956 CHL >> >> Huell: SO IT DESERVED TO HAVE LANDMARK STATUS?

>> YES, IT DID.

>> Huell: BASED ON WHAT?

>> WELL NOT ONLY THE FOOD BUT IT'S WHERE EVERYBODY MEETS AND YOU'VE GOT GENERATIONS, PEOPLE WHO CAME AS KIDS COMEBACK AS KIDS.

IT'S JUST A FUN SPOT.

>> FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S AN ATTORNEY OR WORKING GUY WITH A HARLEY.

YOU SIT NEXT TO THEM AND SAY HOW ARE YOU AND YOU SEE THEM MAYBE NEXT SATURDAY.

>> Huell: IT'S A CLASSIC PLACE, AND I GUARANTEE YOU HAVING MY HICKORY BURGER, SO I'M READY TO GO.

ARE YOU READY TO TAKE US TO TAKE US ON THE TOUR?

>> I SURE AM.

>> Huell: WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO SEE THE OTHER FIVE HERE IN CHATSWORTH.

OKAY.

VIRGINIA, OUR FIRST STOP IS HERE UNDER THESE ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT OLIVE TREES.

TELL US WHAT THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE TREES ARE AND WHY THEY'RE HISTORIC LANDMARK.

>> THESE TREES WERE PLANTED IN 1908.

AND WE BELIEVE THEY WERE FROM CUTTINGS AT THE SAN FERNANDO MISSION.

SO THEY'RE VERY OLD.

HE'S THE MAN THAT GAVE THE LAND FOR THE SCHOOL AND CHURCH AND FIRST FIRE STATION.

>> Huell: DIDN'T YOU TELL ME, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN CHATSWORTH, THIS IS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS.

>> YES, ABOUT 1911, THIS WAS THE CENTER OF TOWN.

THE TRAIN STATION WAS OVER THAT WAY.

IT WAS THE CENTER OF TOWN.

>> Huell: NOW -- LET'S WALK DOWN THIS WAY.

WHY WOULD YOU MAKE THESE TREES HISTORIC LANDMARK?

>> SO THEY WILL NOT GET LOST.

SO PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, YOU DIDN'T JUST GO TO NURSERY, YOU HAD TO GET CUTINGS AND THEY WERE PLANTED FOR SHADE AND FOOD.

>> Huell: BOY, THEY'RE BIG.

>> 49 OF THEM.

>> Huell: BEAUTIFUL TREES.

OBVIOUSLY THE CITY TAKES GOOD CARE OF THEM.

>> YES, WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TO GET THEM GOOD TAKEN CARE OF.

>> Huell: AND DO YOU HAVE OLIVES ON THE TREES?

>> YES.

>> Huell: THEY MAKE A MESS?

>> YES, THEY DO BUT WE KEEP THEM WELL CLEANED UP.

VOLUNTEERS HAVE GOTTEN THE SUCKERS AND THEN THE CITY PRUNES THE TREES.

>> Huell: SO WHEN YOU COME TO CHATSWORTH'S THESE ARE ON LASON STREET RIGHT OFF?

>> AT THAT -- TOPANGA BOULEVARD.

HISTORIC LANDMARK NUMBER 19.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO AD TO THE OLIVE STORY?

>> WELL YES, BILL SHEPLER WAS THE ONE THAT WANTED TO SAFE THEM.

AND HE'S THE ONE THAT THEY SHOULD BE HISTORIC.

>> Huell: WOULD THEY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED?

>> YES, THEY WERE GOING TO WIDEN IT.

>> Huell: THE OLIVE TREES, REMAIN.

NOW WE'VE COME TO AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PLACE HERE IN CHATSWORTH.

THIS IS LANDMARK NUMBER?

>> 14.

THIS WAS OUR VERY FIRST MONUMENT.

>> Huell: BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THIS CHURCH WHICH IS LOCATED HERE -- IS THIS THE CHATSWORTH SEM CEMETERY?

>> THE PARK.

>> Huell: WE'RE STILL ON LASON STREET WHERE THE OLIVE TREES WERE.

>> RIGHT.

>> Huell: BUT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE CHURCH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THESE BEAUTIFUL HILLS, COVERED IN THESE BEAUTIFUL BOULDERS.

>> WE HAD A KOREY BACK HERE AND THE STAGECOACH CAME DOWN HERE CAME ON THE EDGE.

>> Huell: BOY THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL BOULDERS AND REALLY SAY CHATSWORTH.

>> I THINK THEY DO.

THEY'RE SAND STONE.

AND THERE ARE BUILDINGS IN LOS ANGELES STILL THAT WERE MADE FROM THE STOEP THAT CAME FROM THE KOREY HERE.

>> Huell: OKAY, WE'RE HERE NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE CEMETARY OR KOREY BUT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL CHURCH.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS CHURCH.

>> IT'S 100 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.

IT WAS STARTED IN JANUARY 1903, IT WAS BUILT WITH COMMUNITY LABOR AND IT WAS ALMOST A COMMUNITY CHURCH BUT CAME UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF METHODIST CHURCH.

>> Huell: AND IT WAS NOT ALWAYS HERE.

>> NO IT WAS ON TOPANGA BOULEVARD.

>> Huell: WHY DID THEY HAVE TO MOVE IT?

>> THE LAND HAD BEEN SOLD AND THEY WERE GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE CHURCH TO BUILD A SHOPPING CENTER.

SO THE SOCIETY WAS STARTED SO THAT WE CAN SAFE IT AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH IT.

>> Huell: BUT YOU ENDED UP MOVING IT HERE.

>> RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

THE OAKLAND MEMORIAL PARK GAVE US LAND.

AND IT TOOK US TWO YEARS TO GET THE MONEY TO MOVE IT.

>> Huell: AND THIS WAS BACK IN?

>> 1965.

>> Huell: ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT THE OLIVE TREES AND CHURCH, BOTH OF THOSE THINGS PLUCKED FROM EXTINCTION?

>> YES.

>> Huell: YOU SAVED THEM.

>> YES, THAT'S WHY OUR ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED.

>> Huell: ARE YOU LISTENING TO THIS?

>> YES, IT'S JUST ABOUT RIGHT.

>> Huell: INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> >> I'M FATHER ANTHONY PAUSH.

>> Huell: AND I'M THE MINISTER.

>> Huell: DO YOU A SENSE OF HISTORY HERE?

>> YES, AND MANY ANCESTORS WERE BAPTIZED HERE OR WHATEVER IT MAYBE.

AND MANY PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BE BURIED HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHURCH.

>> Huell: SOME FAMOUS PEOPLE CONNECTED.

>> YES, ROY ROGERS AND THEIR FAMILY.

>> Huell: HOW DID THEY COME ABOUT?

>> THEY LIVED IN CHATSWORTH AND THEY USED TO GO TO THE CHURCH WHEN IT WAS ON TOPANGA AND WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE THE CHURCH, WE ASKED THEM.

AND BY THAT TIME THEIR ONE DAUGHTER HAD BEEN KILLED.

SHE SAID I'VE BEEN THINKING WHAT I WOULD DO WITH THE MONEY IN HER BANK ACCOUNT.

IT WAS GREAT.

ROY CAME FOR OUR 90th ANNIVERSARY BUT NOW IT'S 100th.

>> Huell: WERE YOU HERE WHEN ROY SHOWED UP?

>> YES, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MEET HIM AND HE WAS SHORTER BUT HE WAS NOT ON HORSEBACK.

>> Huell: HE REALLY WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH?

>> OH YES, SHE PLAYED THE PIANO FOR THE NURSERY AND SACK SANG-- SANG IN THE CHOIR.

>> Huell: BOY, THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

THEY REALLY WERE CONNECTED WITH CHATSWORTH'S HISTORY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

>> VERY MUCH.

THEY LIVED HERE IN THE OTHERs AND THEIR RANCH IS STILL HEESH >> >> Huell: WAIT A MINUTE THERE IS A TRIGGER LANE?

>> YES.

WE'LL DRIVE BY IT.

>> Huell: BETTER BE CAREFUL YOU'LL TRY TO MAKE IT A HISTORIC.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Huell: IT'S REALLY GOT A WONDERFUL LOOK TO IT.

>> IT HAS.

WHEN WE MOVED IT UP HERE, IT WAS TURNED THE OTHER WAY AND THE CEMETARY ASSOCIATION PAID EXTRA MONEY TO HAVE IT TURNED THIS WAY.

>> Huell: IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE DO YOU CALL THIS?

>> WE LIKE TO SAY NEW ENGLAND STYLE BUT THERE IS NO NEW ENGLAND STYLE.

THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS AND THEY MIGHT HAVE DESIGNED IT.

>> Huell: DOES THE BELL STILL RING?

>> YES, IT DOES.

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR IT.

>> Huell: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BRING THE PEOPLE TO CHURCH IF YOU RING IT.

THAT WILL BE GREAT.

IT'S GOT A NICE LOOK TO IT.

THIS LOOKS LIKE AN OLD ENOUGH BUILDING THAT IT WOULD NOT BE EASY TO MOVE IT HERE.

>> NO, IT WASN'T AND IN ORDER TO MOVE IT.

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE SPEEPLE BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER TOOK THE WIRES AND PUT THEM BACK UP SO WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT MOVING THEM.

>> Huell: THERE GOES THE BELL.

AND I'M LOOKING AT THE STEEPLE AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE CADDY CORNER TO IT.

>> YES, IT'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

>> Huell: WELL WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME.

YOU'RE CONGREGATION IS BEGINNING TO COME N-I HOPE YOU HAVE A SERMON READY.

IT'S TUESDAY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GET AN EARLY START.

[BELLS RINGING] [BELLS RINGING] >> Huell: WELL I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE WHILE WE'RE STANDING HERE, BECAUSE THAT ROCK LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO COME DOWN.

WHERE ARE WE?

>> WE'RE AT STONEY PARK, IT'S LOS ANGELES PARK AND ALSO HISTORIC MONUMENT NUMBER 132.

>> Huell: AND WHY IS THIS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK?

>> THIS HAS BEEN HERE SINCE PREHISTORIC TIME.

>> Huell: I IT'S OLD, I KNOW THAT.

>> AND THE INDIANS WAS HERE.

AND THIS WAS MARKING THE WAY OF SANTA SUSANA SO THE FATHERS WOULD PASS HERE AND THERE IS BEEN LOTS OF MOVIES MADE HERE.

>> Huell: LIKE?

>> A LOT OF WESTERNS AND SILVESTER STALLONE MADE "CLIFF HANGER."

>> Huell: I TELL YOU THIS IS A CHATSWORTH LANDMARK, YOU CANNOT MISS IT.

YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO AD?

>> BASICALLY, THIS WAS SCHEDULE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT A FAST FOOD PLACE AND THIS AS THE BACKDROP.

AND LUCKILY, SOME PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED INCLUDING THE COUNCIL MAN.

AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT THE LAND FOR CITY PARK.

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, DURING THE WEEK END, YOU CANNOT PARK HERE.

THERE IS A LOT OF CARS PARKED HERE.

>> Huell: WHAT DO PEOPLE DO AROUND HERE?

>> CLIMB ROCKS.

>> IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, IT TAKES YOU HALF A DAY, THERE IS A BACK WAY.

BUT THE YOUNG KIDS, THIS IS A FAVORITE CLIMBING SPOT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO WYOMING OR ANY OF THE BACK ROAD AREAS.

>> Huell: WOW, THIS IS GREAT.

AND ONCE AGAIN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS BATTLING THREE FOR THREE.

YOU SAVED THIS FROM DEVELOPMENT?

>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COUNCIL BERNSON HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IT AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 20-25 YEARS AGO?

>> WE GOT IT IN 1982 WAS THE DEDICATION OF THE PARK.

AND THAT WAS 22 ACRES.

BUT RECENTLY GOT ANOTHER 54 SO A TOTAL OF 76 ACRES.

>> Huell: THERE IS A STRONG DRIVE.

>> THE FEELING OF THE CHATSWORTH'S COMMUNITY IS TO TRY TO SAFE AS MUCH AS OF THIS AS WE CAN.

WHETHER IT'S THIS OR CHATSWORTH RESERVOIR OR THE OUTLINING AREAS, WE WANT TO SAFE IT.

>> Huell: IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAST FOOD RESTAURANT RIGHT HERE WITH ASPHALT PARKING.

>> OH GOD!

SDMIE.

A BIG NEON SIGN GOING.

YOU DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> I LOVE NEON BUT NOT HERE.

>> NOT IN MY BACK YARD.

>> Huell: NOW I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, VA VA, -- VIRGINIA, IT'S BIG RED BARN.

>> THIS IS WHERE MR. ED WAS CONCEIVED AND BORN.

>> Huell: MR. ED?

>> THE TALKING HORSE OF TELEVISION.

>> Huell: YOU'RE LAUGHING.

HAS A TRIGGER LANE, WHY SHOULD HE NOT HAVE A BARN.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE WAS NO SUCH THING ABOUT MR. ED.

>> IT WAS NOT REAL?

>> Huell: SERIOUSLY.

>> THE HORSE WAS REAL, HE DID NOT TALK BUT HE WAS BORN HERE.

THIS IS THE HOME OF PALOMINO HORSE ASSOCIATION.

>> Huell: SO MR. ED'S?

>> FATHER.

>> Huell: WAS BORN HERE AND MR. ED -- >> NO, MR. ED'S FATHER WAS NOT HERE.

>> MR. ED'S FATHER CAME FROM HERTZ CASTLE.

HIS FATHER IS BURIED RIGHT HERE.

>> Huell: WHERE?

>> RIGHT HERE.

>> Huell: RIGHT HERE IN THE DRIVEWAY?

>> RIGHT HERE.

>> Huell: COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE BETTER THAN THAT.

>> I WAS NOT HERE, 1965.

>> Huell: YOU BETTER INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> I'M DAN HOFFMAN.

>> Huell: THIS IS YOUR LAND?

>> MINE AND OTHERS.

>> Huell: BUT IT'S AN OFFICIAL LANDMARK.

>> LANDMARK, 645.

>> Huell: THAT'S AMAZING, LET'S TALK OVER HERE.

WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT -- AND WHAT DID YOU PUT IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR IT TO BE MADE A CULTURAL LANDMARK?

>> WELL, IT WAS A LANDMARK, AND IT WAS ALSO THE HOME OF HARVESTER FARMS WHICH WAS A NICE HORSE RANCH.

>> IT'S THE LAST REMAINING ORIGINAL BARN IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY.

>> Huell: THAT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE IT CHATSWORTH'S LOS ANGELES LANDMARK NUMBER?

>> 645.

>> Huell: LET'S GET A LOOK AT IT.

THAT'S THE BIRTHPLACE OF MR. ED.

>> AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BARN.

IT HAS A LOT OF PLACE WHERE YOU WHERE YOU CAN PUT HAY DOWN.

>> VERY NICE.

YEAH.

>> HAS BARNEY.

>> Huell: HI BARNEY.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>> Huell: WELL MR. ED IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND BUT WE DID FOUND -- VIRGINIA HAS FOUND RIGHT IN THE PEN NEXT TO THE BARN, BARNEY THE DONKEY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, A LITTLE BURRO.

>> Huell: WHICH IS PART OF THE HISTORY OF CHATSWORTH AS WELL.

>> IT'S TRUE CALIFORNIA.

>> Huell: IS THERE ANY DONKEY HISTORY.

>> WELL -- NO THE FACT THAT THE STAGECOACH, THEY DID USE BURROS TO GET THROUGH THE INDIAN DAYS.

>> AND SO DID THE FATHERS.

THEY ROAD THE BURROS.

>> Huell: SO THIS IS A HISTORIC DONKEY.

>> ALL DONKEYS ARE HISTORIC THEN.

>> Huell: BOY, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND THIS LOOKS HISTORIC.

WE'VE COME TO ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PARK HERE IN CHATSWORTH AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS.

THIS IS AN FARM HOUSE?

>> YES, THIS IS THE HOMESTEAD EXERCISE AND -- ACRES AND MONUMENT NUMBER 133.

>> Huell: WHAT'S THE SICK ANS OF-- SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS HOUSE?

>> IT'S A BUNGALOW AND PART OF THE LAND THAT WAS HOMESTEADED IN 1886.

>> Huell: WHO CAME TO CHATSWORTH IN THOSE DAYS?

WERE THEY FARMERS OR RANCHERS?

>> RANCHERS THEY CALL THEM IN CALIFORNIA.

AND THE TONGUE WAS LAID OUT FOR TEN ACRES PLOTS FOR FAMILY FARMS.

>> Huell: WHAT KIND OF THINGS WOULD THEY BE GROWING?

>> WHEAT, AND THINGS THAT WOULD SUSTAIN THEM.

THERE WERE FIGURES, THAT WENT INTO THE 50s, AND 60s, AND I KNOW THERE WAS ALSO CHICKENS.

BUT IN THIS PART OF THE VALLEY A LOT OF ORCHARDS.

>> Huell: SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A TYPICAL FAMILY HOUSE.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THESE AROUND AND THIS IS THE LAST REMAINING.

>> YES, WE THINK THIS IS THE LAST HOMESTEAD COTTAGE LEFT, WITH A GARDEN.

>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU MEAN A KITCHEN GARDEN?

>> A GAERND WHERE YOU GREW THINGS TO EAT AND CAN.

IT WAS CALLED A KITCHEN GAERND.

>> Huell: THIS IS GORGEOUS.

>> AND IT HAS ALMOST EVERY ONE OF FRUIT TREE, YOU PLANTED IT FOR SHADE AND FOOD.

>> Huell: AND THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR FAMOUS CHATSWORTH'S ROCK.

THEY KEEP POPPING UP.

OH HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

I'VE NOTICED DRIVING AROUND TOWN.

HOW THE PEOPLE INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE LANDSCAPE.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

YOU CANNOT MOVE IT.

THERE IS AN UTILITY ALSO THAT WAS AN ACTUAL OUT HOUSE.

>> Huell: BEHIND THE ROCK?

>> YES, TOWARDS THE BACK OF IT.

>> Huell: THAT IS A HISTORIC LANDMARK AS WELL.

>> I GUESS IT COULD BE.

>> WE DIDN'T SAFE IT.

>> Huell: THIS IS JUST GREAT.

THIS WONDERFUL -- >> THIS IS THE INDIAN LEACHING FACE BASE.

>> Huell: A LEACHING BASE?

>> YES, WHERE THEY TOOK THE ACID OUT OF THE CORN MILL.

>> Huell: OH THIS RIGHT HERE AT THE BOTTOM?

>> UH-HUH.

>> Huell: WOW, THIS IS GREAT.

THEY SAVED GRAIN WATER IN IT AND THE INDIANS -- >> Huell: OH YOU MEAN THIS RIGHT HERE.

>> YES.

AND THEN THE FAMILY THAT WAS HERE, THEY SAVED RAIN WATER AND THEN USED AS A BIRDBATH.

>> Huell: WAS THIS CARVED OR A NATURAL FORMATION.

>> I THINK IT WAS NATURAL AND THEN THE FAMILY MADE IT BIGGER.

>> Huell: THIS SHOULD BE PART OF A LANDMARK AS WELL?

>> THIS IS.

>> Huell: IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME THING.

>> YES, IT IS.

>> Huell: OKAY, WE'RE ENDING UP POSING WITH ALL THE?

>> THE WORKER BEES.

>> Huell: THE WORKER BEES.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.

>> Huell: AUR PAID UP MEMBERS OF THE CHATSWORTH'S HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

>> RIGHT.

>> Huell: AND YOU DO A LOT OF WORK AROUND HERE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, FOR FREE.

>> Huell: AND YOU'RE ALL TO BE CONGRATULATED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GRAND TOUR.

AND I HAVE SEEN YOUR HISTORICAL CULTURAL LANDMARKS, AND YOU SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR CITY AND OF YOUR CITY'S HISTORY.

>> WE ARE.

>> 40 YEARS.

YES.

>> Huell: WHILE WE'RE ENDING UP HERE, YOU SAID THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF EVENTS TAKE PLACE.

>> WE'VE GOT TWO, ONE IN SPRING AND ONE IN FALL.

AND THOSE ARE OUR FUNDRAISERS.

AND THAT'S HOW WE PAY FOR THE EXPENSES.

WE PAY FOR OUR OWN WATER, INSURANCE, OUR OWN DAY-TO-DAY THINGS.

SO THOSE TWO EVENTS, USUALLY IN A GOODYEAR WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

>> Huell: AND THEY TAKE CARE OUT HERE -- WHAT ARE THEY LIKE A TEA PARTY?

>> NO, PIONEER DAYS.

>> I CHAIR IT.

I'M THE FUNDRAISER.

>> Huell: WHAT IF WE WANT TO INVITE PEOPLE OUT.

>> IT'S EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE IN THE OLD DAYS, WE'VE GOT KNITTING, AND BARBWIREING, AND WE SHOW THE CHILDREN THE THINTIONZ -- THINGS THAT WENT ON YEARS AGO IN CHATSWORTH.

>> Huell: AND IT ALL TAKES PLACE HERE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR HOME NUMBER AND INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT TO CHATSWORTH.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC CITY.

>> I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKE IT.

>> Huell: THANK YOU FORGIVING US THE TOUR.

AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE VERY VERY PROUD.

>> WE ARE.

>> Huell: OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND HISTORY.

>> AND WE HAVE A GARDEN FESTIVAL TOO.

>> Huell: A GARDEN FESTIVAL?

>> YES.

>> I CHAIR THAT TOO.