The San Gabriels: A Historical Guide to America's Newest National Monument

[Wrightwood]

KCET Departures has constructed a narrative of America's 110th National Monument and its eponymous watercourse, The San Gabriel River. We explore its past and profile its present in three chapters, THE SIERRA MADRE, MOUNTAIN FEVER/BUILDING A FOREST, and WILDERNESS FOR ALL, highlighting the historical and cultural impact of the San Gabriels on one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world.

http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/san-gabriel-river/the-san-gabriels-a-historical-guide-to-americas-newest-national-monument.html

[Joe Schmoe]

Lots of old pictures of Big Pines halfway down this page: http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/san-gabriel-river/peering-into-the-chasm-vanished-canyon-resorts-of-la.html