Fun Fact: the Woodland Hills suburb of Los Angeles, tucked away in the San Fernando Valley, used to be a sketchy landowner's self-made town meant to swindle early LA residents! #losangeles #history Sources: LA Curbed Article: la.curbed.com/2014/4/16/10115040/how-a-visionary-scoundrel-created-woodland-hills-in-the-1920s Valley Relics Museum: valleyrelicsmuseum.org/general-museum-news/valley-relics-early-history-scandals-of-the-1920s New York Times Article: nytimes.com/2024/09/05/us/woodland-hills-los-angeles-heat-wave.html#:~:text=Woodland Hills.,a record for the region. West Valley Museum: digital-collections.csun.edu/digital/collection/SFVH/id/2298 Water and Power Asssociates Virtual Museum: waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_the_San_Fernando_Valley_4_of_10.html Los Angeles Public Library: tessa2.lapl.org/digital/search/searchterm/girard