TRACING PALMDALE'S HISTORY EXPERTS SET TO ILLUMINATE CITY'S PAST IN PHOTOS.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Old photos from Palmdale's early days will be the basis for a presentation next week by local historians on the city's history. The Palmdale City Library and the West Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Historical Society are cooperating to host ``Local Voices: The Story of Palmdale'' from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Lilac Room of the Chimbole Cultural Center, 38350 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . The event will feature displays of old photos from the city's Strasburg Collection and talks by historians David Earle and Milt Stark. ``We hope to connect local historians with the photo collection so they can talk about what they know about the photos,'' said Dana Hicks, the archivist ARCHIVIST. One to whose care the archives have been confided. for the Strasburg Collection. ``We will have tables set up with the photos. We hope the public will recognize some of the photos.'' Earle, president of the West Antelope Valley Historical Society, said he will be discussing the city's history from the late 19th century through the 1920s. ``We have people arriving here who don't realize there's a history here,'' Earle said. Stark, the historical society's first vice president, will talk about the community in the 1930s. Stark also plans to discuss four key figures from that era, community leader Bill McAdam; Rollie Galbraith, who was the community's lone lawman for a time; school Principal Joyce Paul; and Paul Schoeller, a surveyor who marked out the first Angeles Forest Highway The Angeles Forest Highway traverses the Angeles National Forest and connects the Los Angeles basin to the Antelope Valley by going up and over the San Gabriel Mountains. The highway is variously known as County Road N-3 or FH-59 or the Palmdale cutoff. It is about 25 miles long. and later got into trouble with the law. The event will also introduce people to some of the holdings of the Strasburg Collection - a collection that includes genealogy material, local history books, old documents, photos, maps and other materials gathered by the late Fred Strasburg, a former Tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as Elementary School elementary school: see school. principal. ``The Strasburg Collection provides a window into how to do historical research,'' Earle said. ``Fred was a great role model - not only for how to do historical research, but for his love of history.'' The presentation is free. For more information, call the city library at 267-5600. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) From left, David Earle, president of the West Antelope Valley Historical Society; Milt Stark, the historical society's first vice president; Dana Hicks, the archivist for the Strasburg Collection; librarian Diane Hanville; and Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford look at old city pictures at a press conference. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (2 -- 4; 4 -- ran in AV edition only) Above, Antelope Valley High School's first football team, in 1916; upper right, a crowd watches in 1979 as the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Columbia is transported from the Rockwell facility in Palmdale to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. ; at right, from left, pilots Pete Knight, Bob Rushworth, Joe Engle, Milt Thompson, Bill Dana Bill Dana may refer to:
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