Today In SCV History: August 25, 1916 – National Park Service Created

On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service. Its first director, industrialist and conservationist Stephen T. Mather, had made his fortune in the borax mines of Tick Canyon near Agua Dulce. The Santa Clarita Valley played a role in this story. In 1905, prospectors Louis Ebbenger and ... The post Today In SCV History: August 25, 1916 – National…