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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
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
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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Arcadia resident Bill Adams recalls a fire in 1953 and describes the small community around the Chantry Flat ranger station.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18067
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Adams, Bill
Fires
Item ID
18269AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
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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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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Newspaper
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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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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29791
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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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Adams Pack Station
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Stone, Cameron
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Newspaper Index
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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 Mule Pack Station owner Kim Kelley has been given a reprieve to continue operating her business in the Angeles National Forest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20402
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Chantry Flat Mule Pack Station
Kelley, Kim
Item ID
20636AN
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Newspaper Index
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House of Representatives appropriations bill to offer money for shuttle system to forest area. Nearly $1 million will provide for project to local areas. US Forest Service planning a shuttle to Chantry Flat, a forest site north of Arcadia and Sierra Madre, that links to trails and Sturtevant Falls.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35990
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2021
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2021
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Chu, Judy
Forests
Transit
Transportation
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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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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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Newspaper Index
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Chantry Flat Station, part of Angeles National Forest. Ranger trucks are to the right of station.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1209
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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Huge California conservation bill heads to vote in Congress today. The Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act, or House Resolution 803, seeks to preserve 1 million acres of public land in California. Part of it is the San Gabriel Mountains and Rivers Protection Act, authored by Rep. Judy Chu-D. to extend the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument designation by adding 109,143 acres of the western front-facing Angeles National Forest. This includes popular hiking areas within Chantry Flat, located just north of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35914
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Chu, Judy
Congress
Conservation
Environment
Legislation
San Gabriel Mountains
Schiff, Adam
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Due to high temperatures and gusty winds the gate to Chantry Flat Road and the Angeles National Forest will be closed over the weekend.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26612
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Angeles National Forest
Winds
Item ID
26812AN
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Newspaper Index
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President Biden sending official to hear public views on the proposed expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Chantry Flat, a hiking and picnic spot north of Arcadia and Sierra Madre, closed for several years, is proposed for inclusion in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36570
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Biden, Joe (President of the United States of America)
Forests
Legislation
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Wilkes, Homer
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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1958
Pages
p. 13
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Adams, Sumner Payne
Item ID
16324AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Vineyards on Baldwin Ranch. View is north from a point of present Huntington Drive. Chantry Flats Road is visible at right edge of photo. San Gabriel Mountains form background.

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Date
c.1900
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Date
c.1900
Subjects
Agriculture
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" - Wines and winemaking
San Gabriel Mountains
Physical Description
8x10 b&w 2 prints 2 slides
ID
2
Collection
Photographs
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Arcadia has new hiking shuttle. U.S. Forest Service starts bus service to Chantry Flat trails from Arcadia Gold Line station. The shuttle goes to Chantry Flat Road, an area that connects to trails that lead to Sturtevant Falls, Hermit Falls, and historic Mount Wilson. The shuttle will run the next three weekends. Plans to make it permanent have not been formulated. See also Pasadena Star News, September 21, 2016, p. A7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34675
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bus
Chantry Flat
Hiking
San Gabriel Mountains
Shuttle Service
United States Forest Service
Item ID
34867AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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