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Hockley Woods is a large woodland in south-east Essex. It is a Local Nature Reserve, [1] [2] and parts are a Site of Special Scientific Interest. [3] [4] It is owned and managed by Rochford District Council. [3] Hockley Woods are the largest residual area of the wildwood, which covered much of Essex after the Ice Age, 10,000 years ago. Hockley ...
Historic South Central Los Angeles is a 2.25-square-mile neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, within the South Los Angeles region. It is the site of the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. [1] [2] From the late 1800s to early 1910s, African Americans began relocating to the area, mostly organizing around landholdings of Los Angeles pioneer Biddy Mason ...
Camp Josepho, Pacific Palisades (1941–2025) is a year-round camp owned and operated by the Western Los Angeles County Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The 110-acre (45 ha) camp is located in the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles County and has been serving Scouting and community groups since 1941.
Hosted by writer and historian Nathan Masters, [1] each episode of Lost LA brings the primary sources of Los Angeles history to the screen in surprising new ways and connects them to the Los Angeles of today. Much of the past is lost to history, but through the region's archives, we can rediscover a forgotten Los Angeles.
The three-day, adult women-only camp, which started at $600 per person, offered a schedule similar to traditional sleepaway camps. Its attendees could try archery, rock climbing, yoga, and kayaking.
This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. The list includes Hollywood, as well as Griffith Park and the communities of Los Feliz and Little Armenia. There are more than 148 Historic-Cultural Monuments (HCM) in this area. They are designated by the city's Cultural Heritage ...
The camp was at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) elevation and the geographic location coordinates of former camp are 12] Circle B replaced the former summer camp of Tulakes located in the Barton Flats area, a camp operated by Old Baldy Council from 1924 until 1953, when they sold their lease to Grayback Council. It was on a 50-year lease from the forest ...
In 2013 Locomotive 2641 was named in tribute to Gene O'Lague, a long time Southern Pacific engineer who was one of the original employees of Roaring Camp. A third locomotive, a Whitcomb 45-ton diesel switcher numbered 20, was retired in 1996 and stored; as of August 2022, the locomotive is being restored to operation for work train service. [ 7 ]