34.2322° N 118.2354° W
La Crescenta
Named by Dr. Benjamin Briggs for the crescent-shaped landforms he saw from his home. Foothill homes against the San Gabriels and Montrose's Honolulu Avenue.
History
How La Crescenta came to be.
- 1881
Dr. Benjamin Briggs arrives and lays out the first streets, schools and churches.
- 1888
The post office adopts the name La Crescenta.
- 1913
Montrose is founded, its name picked in a contest.
- 1934
A New Year's flood follows the 1933 fires, destroying more than 400 homes.
- 1934
The Army Corps of Engineers begins the flood-control system that protects the valley today.
Points of interest
Places that define La Crescenta
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
A famous bear.
A black bear nicknamed Meatball wandered the neighborhoods in 2012.
Woody Guthrie sang about it.
He wrote a song about the 1934 flood.
The Screen Actors' Sanitarium.
Rockhaven treated Hollywood figures including Billie Burke.
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