RUINS HOLD STORY OF FORMER COLONY.Byline: - Daily News LLANO lla·no n. pl. lla·nos A large, grassy, almost treeless plain, especially one in Latin America. [Spanish, plain, from Latin pl - Crumbling stone walls and pillars beside Highway 138 are the last signs of an experiment in socialism that ended more than 80 years ago. Llano del Rio Llano del Rio was a socialist colony located in Antelope Valley, California. It was founded in the year 1914 by Job Harriman. Although it was established as a corporation it was intended to adhere to the principles of socialism. was founded in 1914 by Job Harriman, a Socialist attorney who twice ran for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. mayor and once for vice president of the United States Noun 1. Vice President of the United States - the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate V.P., vice president - an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain . At its height, Llano del Rio had a tent city of 900 inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. , a dairy, a communal laundry, a blacksmith shop, a print shop that published a Socialist newsletter, 75 acres of gardens, a post office, and hundreds of acres of alfalfa alfalfa (ălfăl`fə) or lucern (l  sûn`), perennial leguminous plant (Medicago sativa and grain, according to ``Bread and Hyacinths,'' a Harriman biography. The colony lasted only four years - from 1914 to 1918. The colonists moved to Louisiana. The ruins, a state historical landmark listed in the California Register of Historical Places, are expected to be spared by a proposed widening of the nearby highway. Caltrans officials have recommended taking the highway a few feet to the south. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) Among the facilities at Llano del Rio, a former socialist colony, was a dairy barn. (2) The sun shines in on the silo at Llano del Rio, a former socialist colony established in 1914 that, at its height, had a population of 900 people. (3 -- 4) All that remains of the hotel in Llano del Rio is a stone chimney. The ruins of the colony, a state historical landmark, will be spared by a proposed widening of the nearby highway. The silo is the most recognizable of the ruins of Llano del Rio, an experiment in socialism that lasted from 1914 to 1918. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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