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Bill Adams operates the only year-round pack train in the country and the last one in the San Gabriel Mountains. Adams carries supplies to the 84 cabins in the Chantry Flat area of the Angeles National Forest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper337
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. A-4 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. A-4 photo
Subjects
Adams, Bill
Item ID
337AN
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Bobcat Fire - Most Chantry Flat cabins survived - 62 of 80 structures, historic Adams Pack Station did not burn down in massive Bobcat Fire which broke out September 6.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35860
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Vanni, Greg
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Effort underway by Arcadia resident and environmentalist Cameron Stone to save historic Adams Pack Station after Bobcat Fire destroyed 15 of the 100-year-old cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon above Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35853
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Adams Pack Station
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Stone, Cameron
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The historic Adams' Pack Station is having a fundraiser tomorrow. The funds are needed for the 50+ year old general store at Chantry Flat, to make upgrades to meet health codes. The pack station, originally established in Sierra Madre before it moved to Chantry Flat in 1936, uses a team of donkeys to carry supplies to the cabins in the Big Santa Anita Canyon, a camp owned by the United Methodist Church.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31997
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2010
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p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2010
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Adams' Pack Station
Burgess, Deb
Historic sites
Item ID
32177AN
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Kim Kelley, owner of the Adams pack station near Chantry Flat, has decided to sell the historic station for financial reasons. The heavily damaged roads to Big Santa Anita Canyon have hurt her business.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Adams Station
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Chantry Flat
Kelley, Kim
Pack stations
Item ID
29976AN
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Forest fire in the San Gabriel Mountains above Arcadia near Chantry Flats Road.

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Date
1967
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Date
1967
Subjects
Forest fires
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
963
Collection
Photographs
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Chantry Flat Station, part of Angeles National Forest. Ranger trucks are to the right of station.

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Date
July 8, 1987
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Date
July 8, 1987
Subjects
Arcadia(City)-History-1980-1989
Chantry Flat Station
Physical Description
4x6 color
ID
1200
Collection
Photographs
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A cabin is lost, but memories endure. Greg Vanni of Arcadia, had a cabin among the 80 historic Chantry Flat cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon. It burned to its foundation in the Bobcat Fire. It was a 350-foot cabin built in 1910 during "The Great Hiking Era," a time between the 1880s to the late 1930s in Southern California, when settlers from the city were drawn to the San Gabriel Mountains looking for adventure. The historic Adams Pack Station survived the fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35859
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
Subjects
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Cabins
Chantry Flat
Fires
Schoth, Lauren
Vanni, Greg
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The Adams' Pack Station, owned by Deb Burgess, in the Chantry Flat area, 3 miles up a road starting from the top of Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, fights to remain open as it faces costly upgrades required by the Los Angeles County Health Department. Forest authorities want it to remain a historic landmark, which would limit the amount and types of renovations that can be done.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31930
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Adams' Pack Station
Burgess, Deb
Chantry Flat
Conforti, Rich
Item ID
32127AN
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Damage saps fun from Angeles forest. Angeles National Forest's Chantry Flat Road remains closed after suffering damage from the 2020 Bobcat fire and subsequent fires. Storms and fires force closure of trails, roads and campgrounds, some for years. The forest's second-most visited area, Chantry Flat, in the section north of Arcadia, Monrovia and Sierra Madre, has been closed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. A sign in Arcadia (photo) advises motorists of the Chantry Flat Road closure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36507
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Chantry Flat
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Ranney Adams.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1958
Pages
p. 13
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1958
Pages
p. 13
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Adams, Sumner Payne
Item ID
16324AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Ranney C. Adams, Feb. 15.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1958
Pages
p. 14
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1958
Pages
p. 14
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Adams, son
Item ID
16332AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Gene Adams, Dec. 29.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1953
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1953
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Adams, Mark William
Item ID
11996AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Calvin P. Adams, Apr. 18.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9960
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 29, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 29, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Adams, Patricia Mae
Item ID
9915AN
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Lynn Adams and Pete Skibba, both of Arcadia, pose with a copy of the Pasadena Star News in Patagonia, Chile.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29069
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8. 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8. 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Adams. Lynn
Skibba, Pete
Item ID
29255AN
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William Howard "Bill" Lewis, 50, a longtime Arcadia resident and community leader, died Friday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia following a heart attack.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1925
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Lewis, William Howard "Bill"
Item ID
1921AN
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Don's Chevron Station at the southwest corner of Duarte Road and Second Avenue was demolished by fire. Owner Don Shepherd was attempting to repair a leaking gas tank on a station wagon when a light broke and ignited the gasoline. Damage was estimated at $200,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1597
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 1, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 1, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
1596AN
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Chantry Flat and other areas of the Angeles National Forest have been closed to the public due to extreme fire conditions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29146
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Closures
Chantry Flat
Item ID
29331AN
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Adams’ Pack Station in the Angeles National Forest for sale. It’s the last animal-assisted goods delivery system in SoCal. Pack donkeys carry 130 pounds of roofing material, flooring, food, tools, wood, whatever the cabin owners or renters need for their stays in Big Santa Anita Canyon, above Sierra Madre and Arcadia. Deb Burgess has owned it since 2006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35276
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 16, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 16, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Adams’ Pack Station
Burgess, Deb
Burgess, Sue
Donkeys
Mules
Item ID
35465AN
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98,000 acres of forest in the Angeles National Forest that was burned in the 2009 "Station Fire" will reopen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32397
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Fires
Item ID
32595AN
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