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Bronson Canyon is located in the southwest section of Griffith Park near the north end of Canyon Drive, which is an extension of Bronson Avenue. In 1903, the Union Rock Company founded a quarry, originally named Brush Canyon, for excavation of crushed rock used in the construction of city streets–carried out of the quarry by electric train on the Brush Canyon Line. [1]
Many locations around the Los Angeles area were used, including the famous Vasquez Rocks and Bronson Caves, both of which have appeared in many films and television episodes. Shooting was problematic. Niciphor said that it became "hell" from the third day of shooting.
Shawnee Cave is the last of three underground passages, totaling just over 8,000 feet, of a stream that originates southeast of the park, and flows through Twin Caves and Bronson Cave, within the park. Shawnee Cave can be entered through the Bronson Cave Entrance and exited via the Donaldson Entrance.
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The Painted Cave Fire was a devastating wildfire in June, 1990 that burned in the Santa Ynez Mountains and the city of Santa Barbara, within Santa Barbara County, California. The fire, which began near Painted Cave , was intentionally set near the intersection of Highway 154 (San Marcos Pass Road) and Painted Cave Road, burned 5,000 acres (20 ...
The 1999 Jones Fire was a destructive wildfire in the U.S. state of California's Shasta County.The fire ignited on October 16, and was contained on October 19, 1999. [1] It burned 26,200 acres (10,600 ha), destroyed 954 structures, and resulted in one fatality, [2] becoming the then-second most destructive wildfire ever recorded in California, behind only the Oakland firestorm of 1991. [3]
One fire in 1904 was reported to have "utterly devastated" not only Nichols Canyon but also "Laurel Canyon adjacent to it," "many square miles" being "denuded of timber and all vegetation." [ 12 ] A fire was extinguished on an extension road in Astral Drive between Curson and Nichols Canyon in September 1956. [ 13 ]
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