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royo San Pasqual." The Pasadena, Ramona and lyos Angeles railroad 

 (now the Southern Pacific) partly cuts the course of this Raymond canyon. 



lyOS RoBLES Canyon. — At the toot of I^os Robles Avenue, where it 

 ends blunt against the I^os Robles ranch fence [Stoneman's], which is the 

 south line of Pasadena city, there is a body of springy land which gives rise 

 to the east branch of the stream that forms this canyon — its first spring 

 being on the south side of WalHs street. Then a few rods westward there 

 is another spring brook, which is the outlet of another body of boggy or 

 marsh land that extends northward to and above the junction of Euclid 

 Avenue and Maine street, and thence diagonally across lyOS Robles Avenue 

 northeastward nearly to California street. These two brooks come together 

 and form lyOS Robles creek and canyon near the upper line of J. E. Jardine's 

 picturesque and beautiful five-acre home place on its west bank. Below this 

 place it turns eastward and joins 



Oak Knoll Canyon. — This takes its rise in some water-bearing land 

 on the west side of Oak Knoll tract on line with the foot of Moline [El 

 Molino] Avenue. Here the O. K. company has sunk wells, water trenches, 

 and tunnels to provide pipe water for their subdivision ; but the original 

 streamway or canyon extends down between Oak Knoll and Allendale to 

 the head of Willowdale creek, where it is joined by Los Robles creek.* 

 And it was near this point that the Mission Fathers started their ancient 

 ditch which led these waters along on the side of the bluff down to their 

 stone flouring mill. This stream has been called " Mill Spring creek," be- 

 cause of the padres' use of it; also "Willowdale creek," from the name 

 "Willowdale" given to his place by Capt. J. Elwood Ellis, .who resided 

 here during the early years of the Pasadena colony settlement ; also 

 " Hutchinson's creek," from a Mr. Hutchinson, who commenced in 1858-59 

 to raise strawberries, vegetables, etc., on its banks; also "Richardson's 

 creek," from Solomon Richardson, who became a partner with Hutchinson 

 in 1868, and resides there yet. Of course the first name has the historic 

 preference. 



Mill Canyon. — This canyon rises at the foot of Lake Avenue, and 

 debouches at the historic " Old Mill " built by Father Zalvidea of the San 

 Gabriel Mission about 18 10 to 181 2, and the mill was run by water from 

 this and Los Robles canyon. In 1892 Mr. Shorb bored an artesian 

 well in this canyon, 259 feet deep, and made a geological sample case show- 

 ing depth and kinds of formations successively passed through — the only 

 instance I have found of this being done. The Alhambra Water Company 

 has some tunnels in the upper part of this canyon from which water is piped 

 down to their main reservoir. And from this canyon E. L. Mayberry has 



*"Capt T E. Ellis owned au eighteen-acre place called" Willowdale," lying south of Bayard T. 

 Smith's "Oak Knoll "ranch, west of Col. Mayberry's, and nortV? Gov. Stoueman si his tract has 

 much spring land upon it, and was bought last week by S Richardson for l'«.50°-.Mn Richardson 

 owns fitly acres just below it, and wanted to secure the bountiful water supply which it attords. —Pasa- 



dena Union, June 11, iS 



