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Photograph article dated December 11, 1948 partially reads, "Its name is Freemont [sic] Pass - the defile which once carried all traffic between the Valley and the desert. The name was taken from General John C. Fremont, the first man to bring the Stars and Stripes into the San Fernando Valley. That was in 1847. It could very appropriately have been named Portola Pass because it is not improbable that the early Spanish explorer used the historic pass en route to Monterey. Portola was the first white man in San Fernando Valley. In 1769, the records show, he discovered the famous springs at Rancho Encino. Freemont [sic] Pass, nonetheless, is the name." Super highway speeds traffic over mountain where early-day travelers toiled slowly - Engineers find better, easier way than narrow pass through which General John C. Fremont reputedly came to Valley.; See image #00118206 for additional photo in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Roads--California, Southern Mountain passes--California, Southern Trucks--California--Los Angeles County Mountains--California, Southern Newhall Pass (Calif.) United States Highway 99 Valley Times Collection photographs
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