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1928 Map of Dry Canyon

Name: 1928 Topographic Map of Dry Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1928
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1928

About this map

The San Fernando Valley landscape is captured here during a pivotal transition from ranch land to residential grid, just as the rural outposts of Owensmouth and Girard were beginning to define the western valley. Large historical land grants like Ex Mission San Fernando and Escorpion still dominate the cadastral layout, set against the rising terrain of Topanga Canyon and the Dry Canyon drainage.

Transportation corridors that would become legendary are visible in their earlier forms, including the emerging path of Mulholland Highway and the commercial spine of Ventura Boulevard. The presence of the Calabasas School near the Los Angeles City Boundary highlights the localized nature of the community before the post-war population surge. This survey preserves the exact alignment of early thoroughfares like Victory Boulevard and Van Owen Street during the era of Los Angeles County Surveyor J.E. Rockhold.