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A

AAA

Abbey House

Abbot Kinney Pier

Abbott, Carl

Abbott and Costello

ABC television

Abruzzo, Ben

accidents

Adams, Ansel

The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)

advertising. See also

billboards; signs

Aeroscope attraction

Agua Caliente racetrack

The Alameda

alcohol

Alex Foods

Alex Madonna Memorial Highway

Al G. Barnes Circus

Alice Cooper

Allied Architects

Always Something to Do in Salinas (Steinbeck)

Amboy CA

American Graffiti (film)

amusement parks. See also attractions

casualties of

Gay’s Lion Farm

Jungleland USA

Santa Monica Pier as

Selig Zoo

types of

Venice of America

“Amusement Parks USA” (Beach Boys)

Anaheim CA

Andersen, Anton

Andersen, Juliette

Andersen, Robert

Andersen’s Electrical Café

Anderson, Frank

Anderson, Maxie

Angelo’s Burgers

animals

camels

elephants

flooding and

Jungleland USA

Leo the lion

lions

Mary the monkey

oil spill and

panther

Penngrove Hatchery

Sam the hippo

selling of

western snowy plover

zebras

zoos

the Animals

The Annex

Anthony, Earle C.

Antony, Marc

Apache Trail

Aragon Ballroom

Arcade Saloon

Arcadia CA

Arcata CA

ARCO

Arizona Daily Star (newspaper)

Arkansas

Armas Canyon Road

Arnaz, Desi, Jr.

Arrowhead Trail

Arroyo Creek

Arroyo Grande

Arroyo Hondo Bridge

Arroyo Hondo Creek

art colony

Arthur, Chester A.

Arthur, Gavin

ASCAP

associations, criticism of

Astair, Fred

Atascadero CA

Atascadero Motor Lodge

Atascadero Printery

Atchison rail line

Atlantic Highway

Atlantic Oil

Atlantic-Pacific Highway

attractions. See also amusement parks; roller coasters

Aeroscope attraction

Al G. Barnes Circus

Aragon Ballroom

Big Sur

Bon Ton Ballroom

Calico Log Ride

Calico Railroad

Chalk Mountain Golf Course

Chandelier Tree

Cheetah Club

Confusion Hill

Corbin Bowl

Crystal Tangle funhouse, defined

Del Mar Racetrack

Disneyland

Dome Theater, elephant seal rookery

Ferris wheel

Flight to Mars spaceship ride

flower fields as

Giant Dipper

Giant Orange stands

Grand Canyon Electric Railway

Hearst Castle

infant incubator

Knott’s Berry Farm

Long Street Home

Morro Rock

Mystery Island Banana Train Ride

Octagon Barn

One Log House

Piedras Blancas Light Station

Safari Ride

Sea Circus

Timber Mountain

Tivoli Gardens

Toboggan Railroad

Tom Sawyer ride

Whip attraction

World Famous Tree House

Yokayo Bowl

zoos

Autobiography of a Yogi (Yogananda)

auto camps

Automobile Club of Southern California

automobiles. See also accidents

Avalon Motel

Avenue of Flags

Avenue of the Giants

Avery, Cy

Avila Beach CA

A&W

B

Babbitt, Bruce

Babe, the Blue Ox

Babe’s Lighting and Muffler

Baby Burger

Baez, Joan

Bakersfield CA

Baldwin Park

Baltimore MD

Bankhead Highway

Bank of Cambria

Bareco Oil

Barnes, Al

barns, signage and

Barnsdall Oil Co.

Barnsdall-Rio Grande gas station

Barrett, Syd

Barstow CA

Baryshnikov, Mikhail

Bassi, Louis

Bayshore Boulevard

Bayshore Highway

The Beach Boys

Beacon Coffee Shop

Beacon Inn

Beacon Motel

Beacon Motor Apartments

Beautysleep Motel

Beckett, A.J.

Bell, John Stewart

Bell, Katherine “Kate” Den

Bellamy, Ralph

Bell Canyon

Bello Street

bells

Belmont Park

Benbow CA

Benbow Inn

Ben Hur Racer

Benny, Jack

Berlin, Irving

Bertrand, Mabel

betting, racetracks and

Bianchi Lane

Big Boy

Big Sur

Billboard magazine

billboards. See also advertising

Bill’s, photo of

Bishop, Thomas

Bishop Ranch

Bitter Creek Western Railroad

Bixby, Charles

Bixby Creek Bridge

blackout, Los Angeles CA and

Blue Streak roller coaster

Bondi, Beulah

Bon Ton Ballroom

Bonus Act

Boomerang roller coaster

Borradori Garage

Bourdon, Eric

Bow, Clara “The It Girl”

Boysen, Rudy

Bracero Memorial Highway

Bradley Bridge

Bradley CA

Brea CA

Brewer, William

bridges

Bixby Creek Bridge

Bradley Bridge

Bradley CA and

Carmel CA and

Carquinez Bridge

Cattlemen Bridge

Cedar Creek Bridge

Douglas Memorial Bridge

Eel River

Fish Creek Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge

Mountain House Road

Pacific Coast Highway and

Pennsylvania truss bridge

photo of

Redwood Bridge

Redwood Highway

Richardson Bay

Russian River

Salmon Creek

San Bruno Canal

Villa Creek

Brisbane, Arthur

Brisbane Auto Camp and Trailer Space

Brisbane CA

Broadway (street)

Brooks, Charles

Broughton, R.J.

Brown, Jim

Brown, Joe E.

Brown, Pat

Brown, Percy

The Brownsville Zoo

Brynner, Yul

Buckboard Motel

Bucksport

Buellton CA

Bull Creek CA

bum blockade

Bunnell, Dewey

Bunte, H.D.

Bunte, Sam D.

Bunte General Store

Bunyan, Paul

Burbank CA

Burger Family

Burke, Billie

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

bus, accident of

Business

Butrica, Bill

the Byrds

C

Cabot Road

Cabrillo, Joao Rodrigues

Cabrillo Highway

The Cactus Patch

Cadillac Café

Cahuenga Pass

Cahuenga Pass Freeway

Calabasas CA

Calabasas Garage

Calico Log Ride

Calico Railroad

California

billboard legislation within

Dust Bowl and

oil production within

State Parks

Supreme Court

California-Banff Bee Line

California Petroleum Refineries

California State Automobile Association

Calling All Cars (radio program)

Caltrans

Cambria CA

Cambria Meat Market & Grocery

camels

Camino Capistrano

Camino Del Mar

Camozzi’s Bar and Hotel

Camp DeMille

Camp Pendleton

Capistrano Beach

Carlsbad CA

Carlsbad Highway

Carlsbad-Oceanside Freeway

Carlsbad Village Drive

Carlstroem, Charles

Carlton Hotel

Carmel CA

Carney’s

carousels

Carpinteria CA

Carquinez Bridge

Casa de Fritos

Casa Dumetz Wines

Casey, Joseph

Cash, Johnny

Cato, E. Raymond

cattle drives

Cattlemen Bridge

Cattlemen Road

causeways

caution signs

C-blocks

CBS television

Cedar Creek Bridge

Central Freeway

Chalk Mountain Golf Course

Chandelier Tree

Chandler, Harry

Channel Islands

Chaplin, Charlie

Chavez, Pearl

Checker, Chubby

Cheetah Club

Chester, Jack

Chevron

Chico CA

Chualar CA

Church, Fred

Civic Center (San Francisco)

Cloverdale CA

Coastal Commission

Coca-Cola

Coffee Station

Cohen, Shelly

Colbert, Claudette

Collier’s Magazine (magazine)

Colma CA

Colorado Gulf Highway

Conejo Grade

Confusion Hill

Confusion Hill Slide

Confusion Hill Viaduct

Congress, billboard regulation by

ConservFuel station

construction, highways and

Cooke, Sam

Cooke, William George, Jr.

Cooley, Space

Coolidge, Calvin

Cooper, Gary

Copper Café

Cops (TV show)

Corbin Bowl

Cordero, Miguel

Corliss, Wilson

Correa, Jose

Cotati CA

Cottage Grove OR

Crawford, Joan

Crescent City CA

Cripe, Robert E.

Crosby, Bing

Crystal Tangle funhouse

The Cuban Queen

Cuesta Grade

Cuesta Horseshoe

Cuesta Pass

Cuesta Springs Road

cycling

D

Daastol, Erling

Daisy Dell

Daley, John

Daley Double

Daly City CA

dancing

Dashew, Steve

Davies, Marion

Davis, Al

Davis, Bette

Davis, James “Two-Gun”

Davis, Sammy, Jr.

Davis, Sammy, Sr.

Dead Man’s Curve

Deepwater Horizon

DeLay, Maurice

Del Mar CA

Del Mar Racetrack

Del Mar Turf Club

Del Norte County

DeMille, Cecil B.

Den, Nicholas

Diblee, Albert

Diblee, Thomas

DiMaggio, Joe

dining

Andersen’s Electrical Café

Bill’s

Camozzi’s Bar and Hotel

Carney’s

Casa de Fritos

Daley Double

Eel River Café

Elkhorn Bar

El Torito

Evergreen Camp restaurant

Fjord’s

41 Café

Foster’s Freeze

Francisco’s Country Kitchen

Graham’s Drive-In

In-N-Out Burger

Oakdale Bar & Clam House

The Old Clam House

101 Café Oceanside

Owl Café

Pea Soup Andersen’s

Pick’s Drive In

rail cars and

Randy’s

Roberto’s

Sambo’s Pancake House

7 Mile House (tollhouse)

Star and Garter

Tommy’s Family Restaurant

Tustin Garage

21st Street Drive-In

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Village Rendevous

Walter Knott and

Winkins’ Drive-In

Disney, Roy

Disney, Walt

Disneyland

Dixie Highway

Dixie Overland Highway

Doctor Dolittle (film)

Dolphin Hotel

Dome Theater

Don Miguel Foods

the Doors

Doritos

Dorsey, Tommy

Double Eagle III

Douglas Memorial Bridge

Dragnet (TV show)

Dragon Gorge Scenic Railroad

drive-in theaters

drought

Durante, Jimmy

Dust Bowl

Dyerville Giant

E

Earth Day

earthquakes

East Village (Cambria CA)

Ebsen, Buddy

Ecke, Paul, Jr.

Eclectic Medical College

Edna CA

Eel River

Eel River Café

Eel River Viaduct

El Bar Rio Café

El Camino Real, overview of

El Camino Real Association

elephants

elephant seal rookery

Elinor Pepperwood CA

Elkhorn Bar

Ellwood CA

Ellwood Pier

Ellwood station

Ellwood strike

El Monte CA

El Rancho Tropicana

El Torito

Enchanted Forest

The Enchanted Hill

Encinitas CA

Encinitas Temple of the Self-Realization Fellowship

Encino CA

Encyclopedia Americana

Endert’s Beach Road

Entwistle, Lillian “Peg”

environment, protection of

Environmental Quality Act

Erhart, Alan

Escondido CA

Espinoza, Francisco

Eternal Tree House

Eureka CA

Evans, Dale

Evans, Vince

Evergreen Camp restaurant

Evergreen Highway

Evergreen Park

Everly Brothers

Eysaman, Hattie Holloway

F

Fairbanks, Douglas

fairs, history of

Farmhouse Motel

farming

Fell Street (San Francisco)

Ferdinand VII

Ferris wheel

ferry transportation

Fields, W.C.

films. See also specific films

fires

Abbott Kinney Pier

Brea

Bunte General Store

Cabrillo Highway

Dragon Gorge Scenic Railroad

Elkhorn Bar

Eternal Tree House

Giant Dipper

Grand Canyon Electric Railway and

Hollister mansion

Hollywood sign

Jungleland USA and

Madonna Inn and

oil tank

Pacific Ocean Park

roller coaster

SLO

Wilson Corliss and

World Famous Tree House

Fish Creek Bridge

Fisher, Carl

Fjord’s

Flight to Mars spaceship ride

flooding

Flynn, Errol

Fontaine, Joan

Forbell, Charles

Forbes, Harrie

Ford, Anita

Ford, Jack

Fortuna CA

Fortuna Theatre

41 Café

Foster and Kleiser

Foster’s Freeze

Founders Tree

14 Mile House

Fourth Interceptor Command

France, conflict of

Francisco’s Country Kitchen

Fraser, A.F.

Frazee, Frank

Frazee Flowers

Free Fallin (film)

Fremont, John C.

Fremont Theatre

French Street, San Luis Obispo

Fresno CA

Fresno Scrapers

Frito-Lay

Front Street, Avila CA

Frostie Freeze

Fruit and Vegetable Workers’ Union

fruit stands

Fuller, Jeanne

G

Gable, Clark

Gabler, Neil

Gage, Luther

Gaines, William

Galindo, Arturo

Galvez, Cesar

Gamble, Mr.

gambling, racetracks and

Garapata Creek

Garberville CA

Garberville Inn

Garbo, Greta

Gardner, Ava

Garverville Theatre

Gaskins, Blanche

Gaskins, Charles

gasoline

gas stations

Barnsdall-Rio Grande gas station

Bradley CA

Buellton CA and

Calabasas Garage

Coffee Station

ConservFuel station

design of

General Petroleum Violet Ray station

Gilmore Gas Station

King City Auto Camp

Las Cruces Station

Las Cruces Store

locations of

Music Gas Station

Oak Garage

photo of

Pit Stop

Redwood Tree Service Station

Richfield Beacon stations

Rincon Café

Sagebrush Cantina

San Ardo CA

Seaside Service Station

Sherman Oaks Service Station

signage for

Tustin Garage

Wilshire Gas stop

World’s Largest Redwood Tree Service

Station

The Zoo

Gaviota Area Bridge

Gaviota CA

Gaviota Creek

Gaviota Pass

Gaviota State Park

Gaviota Tunnel

Gaviota Village Bicentennial Backgammon Tournament

Gay, Charles

Gay, Muriel

Gay’s Lion Farm

General Petroleum Violet Ray station

Genthe, Arnold

ghosts

Giant Dipper

Giant Orange stands

Gibson, Lester H.

Gilmore fuel

Gilmore Gas Station

Gilroy CA

Girard CA

Glen Annie canyon

Globe Petroleum

Goebel, Louis

Goebel’s Wild Animal Farm. See Jungleland USA

Goff, Harper

Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Lotus Temple

Golden State Warriors

Goleta CA

Gonzales CA

Goodman, Benny

Grable, Betty

The Graduate (film)

Graham, John

Graham’s Drive-In

Grand Canyon Electric Railway

Grand Theft Auto V (video game)

Granite Creek

The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)

grasshoppers, infestation of

Great Depression

Great Highway

Greenfield CA

Green Mill Inn

Guadalupe dunes

Guam

Guinn, J.M.

Gulf of Mexico

Gulick, Nick

Gyllstrom, Paul

H

Haley, Jack, Jr.

“Halfway to Hell Club”

Hapfield, Ezra

Hap-Pea

Happy Days (TV show)

Harbor Boulevard

Hardy, Oliver

Hargitay, Zoltan

Harmon, Barbara

Harmony CA

Harper, Harvey G.

Harper, Harvey M.

Harpman, Fred

Harrison, Rex

Haupt, Marguerite

Hayes Valley Gang

Hayworth, Rita

Hazel, Hattie

Healdsburg CA

Hearst, William Randolph

Hearst Castle

Hefner, Hugh

Heineman, Arthur S.

Helwer, Sam

Hendrix, Jimi

Hess, Eugene

Hess, Marguerita Tico

Heston, Charleston

High Boy Roller Coaster

Highway

Highway Beautification Act

Higuera Street

Hill, Christopher, Jr.

Hissong, J.E.

A History of Corte Madera,

Hi-Way Drive-In

Hobby, Lyle

Hobby, Zera

Hochleutner, Ronnie

Hoffman, Dustin

Hollister, Annie James

Hollister, William Welles

Hollister Avenue

Hollister CA

Hollister Estate Company

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood CA

Hollywood Freeway

Hollywoodland development

Hollywood Split

Hollywood Subway

Homestead Motel

Hoover, Herbert

Hope, Bob

horse racing

Horseshoe Trail

Hotel Del Coronado

Hotel Del Mar

Hotel Halfway and Coffee Shop

Hotel Keisker

Hotel Laguna

Hotel Petaluma

hotels. See motels/hotels

Houdini, Harry

Hovanitz, Karl

Humboldt County

Humboldt Redwoods State Park

Humboldt Standard (newspaper)

Humboldt State University

Humboldt Times,

Hunt, Myron

Huntington, Henry

Huntington Beach CA

Huntington Library

Huntley, Will

Hymes, Lefty

I

Illinois

Immortal Tree

I’m No Angel (film)

Independence MO

Indiana

infant incubator

Ingersoll, Frederick

In-N-Out Burger

International Fiberglass

Interstate

J

Jackson, Michael

Jackson Highway

James, Frank

James, Henry

James, Jesse

Jan & Dean

Jefferson Davis Highway

Jefferson Highway

John, Elton

Johnson, Annie. See Ford, Anita

Johnson, Bessie Julia. See Ford, Anita

Johnson, Bill

Johnson, Lady Bird

Johnson, Ollie “Dink”

Jonata Park Road

Jones, Henry

Joplin, Janis

Juarez, Benito

Judge (magazine)

Jungleland USA

K

Kabat, Roy

Kansas

Karnak, gates of

Kay, Irving

Keith, Brian

Keith, Robert

Kern County Zoo Society

Keystone Highway

Kimball, Frank

King City Auto Camp

King City CA

King of Trails Highway

King Richard and the Crusaders (film)

Kinney, Abbot

Kirstein, Bob

Klamath CA

Klamath River

Klamath Tour-thru Tree

Kleinberger, Victor Girard

Knott, Cordelia

Knott, Walter

Knott’s Berry Farm

Knox, Frank

Kockritz, Herman

Kovar, Michael

L

La Cuesta Encantada (“The Enchanted Hill”)

Ladd, Alan

Ladies’ Home Journal (magazine)

Lady Gaga

La Esperanza

L’Affaire Lettuceburg (Steinbeck)

Laguna Road

Lake Arrowhead Village

La Monica Ballroom

Lamour, Dorothy

Landmarks Club

Langdon, Dick

Lange, Dorothea

Lange, Jessica

La Nopalera

La Paloma Theatre

La Salsa

Las Armas Canyon

Las Armas Road

Las Cruces CA

Las Cruces Station

Las Cruces Store

Las Vegas NV

Laughton, Charles

Laurel Canyon

Laurelwood

Lawford, Peter

Lee Highway

Leggett CA

legislation, billboards and

Legislative Route Number 2 (LRN 2)

Leo the lion

lettuce, industry of

Levin, Floyd

Lewis, Edward Gardner

Liberace

Lick, Charles

Lick Pier

Life Begins at 40 (film)

Ligaroti

lightning

Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Park CA

Lindbergh, Charles

Lion Head Motor Oil

lions

lizzies, use of

Locke, H.S.

lodging. See motels/hotels

Logan UT

The Log Cabin

Loma Prieta Earthquake

Lompoc Model T Club

Lone Star Trail

Long Beach Independent (newspaper)

Long-Bonetti Ranch

Longden, Johnny

Long Street Home

Looff, Arthur

Looff, Charles

Lorre, Peter

Los Alamos CA

Los Angeles Athletic Club

Los Angeles CA

air-raid sirens at

Arrowhead Trail and

blackout within

dance legislation by

National Old Trails Road and

Plaza Church bell

the Red Car line within

Spring Street

Los Angeles Herald (newspaper)

Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Los Angeles Plaza Mission

Los Angeles Railway

Los Angeles Times (newspaper)

Los Angeles Turf Club

Los Berros Road

Loy, Myrna

LRN 2 (Legislative Route Number 2)

Luton-Bell No.

M

MacMurray, Fred

Madonna, Alex

Madonna, Connie

Madonna, John

Madonna, Karen

Madonna, Phyllis

Madonna Inn

Madonna Inn: My Point of View (Madonna)

Madonna Mountain

Madonna Road

maintenance, highway

Malibu CA

Malpaso Creek

Mama Burger

Mammoth Lakes CA

The Man From U.N.C.L.E (TV show)

Mann, May

Mansfield, Jayne

Mansfield, Mariska

Mansfield, Miklos

Marshall, Garry

Martindale, Wink

Martinelli’s

Martinez, Jesus

Mary the monkey

mascots

Matterhorn

Maximilian I

Mayfair Theatre

Mayo, Virginia

McCarter, Bill

McCartney, Paul

McFarland, P.A.

McIntyre, O.O.

McKean, Patrick

McKinleyville CA

McLeod, Harry

McVay, Bob

Melody Ranch Motel

Melrose Brothers Music Co.

Mendocino County

Meridian Highway

Merriam, Frank

Merrill Farms

Mexico City

Mexico Theatre

MGM

Midland Trail

migrant labor

“Migrant Mother”

migration

The Milestone Corporation

Millbrae CA

Miller, Don

“Million Dollar Highway”

Minnesota

Miranda CA

Mission Beach CA

mission bells

Mission District (San Francisco)

Mission Dolores

missions

Los Angeles Plaza Mission

Mission Dolores

San Buenaventura Mission

San Carlos Mission

San Fernando Mission

San Francisco de Solano

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

San Miguel Arcángel mission

Santa Barbara Mission

Mission San Miguel

Mission Street

Mission Viejo CA

Mix, Tom

Mobil Oil

Molina, Al

Monkeyland

Monroe, Marilyn

Montclair CA

Montecito CA

Monterey Road

Monterey Street

Monte Vista Motel

Moon Over Burma (film)

Moore, W.M.S.

Morehart, John M.

Moreno, Diego

Morgan, Frank

Morgan, Julia

Morgan, Walls & Clements

Morro Bay

Morro Rock

Mortensen, Mike

Morton, Ferdinand “Jelly Roll”

Motel Inn

motels/hotels

Atascadero Motor Lodge

Avalon Motel

Beacon Inn

Beacon Motel

Beautysleep Motel

Benbow Inn

Buckboard Motel

Camozzi’s Bar and Hotel

Carlton Hotel

Dolphin Hotel

El Rancho Tropicana

Farmhouse Motel

Green Mill Inn

Homestead Motel

Hotel Del Coronado

Hotel Del Mar

Hotel Halfway and Coffee Shop

Hotel Keisker

Hotel Laguna

Hotel Petaluma

innovation of

King City Auto Camp

The Log Cabin

Melody Ranch Motel

The Milestone Corporation

Monte Vista Motel

Motel Inn

Outpost Motel

Ragged Point Inn

Rancho Tee

River Lodge Motel

Santa Maria Inn

Sea Plane Inn

Shady Rest Motel

Stafford Inn

Topanga Ranch Motel

Town House Motel

TraveLodge

Union Hotel

Victorian Mansion

Western Motel

Wheeler’s Inn

motion pictures. See also specific films

motorcar. See automobile

motor courts

Mountain House Estate

Mountain House Road

Mount Shasta CA

Mozzi’s Saloon

mudslides

Muffler Men

Mullen, Ed

Muller, Rudy, “The Muse of Music”

music, Dust Bowl and

Music Gas Station

Myers Flat CA

Mystery Island Banana Train Ride

Mystic Theatre

N

National City CA

National Environmental Policy Act

National Old Trails Road

National Park to Park Highway

National Ranch Grange

natural disasters

drought

earthquakes

floods

grasshopper infestation

highways and

Loma Prieta Earthquake

mudslides

oil industry and

Oilport and

Pacific Coast Highway and

San Luis Obispo CA and

Santa Monica Pier and

West Village (Cambria CA)

natural gas

Nazz

Nebraska

Neil, Milt

neon signs

Neptune, King

Neuman, Alfred E.

Nevada

Neville, Harry

Newcomb Pier

Newhart, Bob

New Santa Fe Trail

New York

New York National Roosevelt Midland Trail

New York Times (newspaper)

Nicholson, Jack

Nimoy, Leonard

Nine Inch Nails

1941 Fox Theatre

Nipomo Barber Shop

Nipomo CA

Nipomo Mesa

Nishino, Kozo

Nixon, Richard

North Bay marshes

North Dakota

North-South National Bee-Line Highway

North-South National Trails

Noyo Theatre

Nunes, Ginger

O

Oakdale Bar & Clam House

Oak Garage

Oakland Raiders

Oakland Tribune (newspaper)

Oaks Drive-In

O’Brien, Pat

Ocean Highway

Ocean Park Pier

Oceanside CA

Oceanside-Carlsbad Freeway

Oceanside Theatre Company

Octagon Barn

Ohio

oil industry

Oilport wharf

Old

The Old Clam House

Old Creamery Road

Old Redwood Highway

Old Santa Fe Trail

Old Spanish Trail

Old Stage Coach Road

Old Stage Road

Olive CA

Olive Mill Road

1 Mile House

101 Alternate

101 Bypass

101 Café Oceanside

One Log House

Ontario Road

Operation Lifeline

Orange CA

Orange County CA

Orange Drive-In Theatre

oranges

O’Shaughnessy, Michael

Otis, Harrison Gray

Outpost Motel

Owens, Cleo Leroy

Owl Café

Oxnard milling company

Oxnard Press-Courier (newspaper)

P

Pacific Coast Highway

Pacific Electric Railway

Pacific Highway

Pacific Lumber Company

Pacific Ocean Casino

Pacific Ocean Park (P.O.P)

Padre Trail

Palm City CA

panthers

Papa Burger

Parra, Angelina

Pasear Tour

Paso Robles CA

Patrick’s Point Drive

Pearce, Clint

Pea Soup Andersen Boulevard

Pea Soup Andersen’s

Pea-Wee

Pelican State Prison

Penngrove Hatchery

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania truss bridge

People’s Wharf

Pepperwood CA

Petaluma Argus-Courier (newspaper)

Petaluma CA

Petty, Tom

Phenicie, Emily

Phillipsville CA

Pickering, Ernest

Pickford, Mary

Pick’s Drive In

Piedras Blancas Light Station

Pierce, Ray Vaughn

Pierce, Valentine Mott

piers

Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway

Pillsbury, Arthur

Pillsbury, Grace

Pinard, Peg

Pincay, Laffit

Pink Floyd

Pismo Beach CA

Pismo Detailing

Pit Stop

Plaza Church

Pleasure Pier

Pohl, Frank

Point Mugu

Polesie, Midge

Pollard, Frances

Pollard, Neil

Pons, Lily

Porter, Cole

Portland OR

Porto, Virgilio Del

The Postman Always Rings Twice (film)

Powell, Dick

Powell, J.F.

Preston, Jim

Prewitt, Bob

Prewitt Fiberglass

Prior, Frank

Prohibition

Prundale, CA

Prunedale Cut-off

Python, Monty

Q

Quailwood Lane

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Quigley, William

Quintana Road

R

racetracks

Ragged Point

Ragged Point Inn

rail cars, dining within

railroads

Atchison rail line

Bitter Creek Western Railroad

highways and

Santa Fe Railroad

signage for

Southern Pacific Railroad

Topeka rail line

Ramona Freeway

Rancho Tee

Randy’s

Ranson, David

Rathbone, Basil

Reagan, Ronald

Red Car line

Redcrest CA

Redwood Bridge

Redwood Drive

Redwood Empire

Redwood Highway

Redwood Theaters

Redwood Tree Service Station

Reed, William

Regakis, Tony

Reich, Howard

Reliance Oil

Reno Evening Gazette (newspaper)

restaurants. See dining

retail, signage for

Richardson, Spec

Richardson Bay

Richfield Beacon stations

Richfield Oil Corporation

Richfield Tower

Rincon Café

Rincon Sea Level Road

Rio Grande Oil Co.

Rios Caledonia Adobe

Ripley’s Believe It or Not,

Ripon CA

River Lodge Motel

Robeldo, Dolores

Robeldo, Roberto

Roberto’s

Roberts, Jack

Robinson, Edward G.

Robles, Paso

Rocky Creek

Rod’s Auto Body

Rogers, Roy

Rogers, Will

Rolle, Thomas

roller coasters

Ben Hur Racer

Blue Streak roller coaster

Boomerang

Dragon Gorge Scenic Railroad

Giant Dipper

High Boy Roller Coaster

Knott’s Berry Farm and

Santa Monica Pier

Sea Serpent

Toboggan Railroad

West Coaster

Whirlwind Dipper roller coaster

Xcelarator

Roosevelt, Eleanor

Roosevelt, Franklin

Roosevelt, Theodore

Roosevelt Highway. See El Camino Real

Roosevelt Highway Association

Ross, Gertrude

Rossi Dairy

Roth, Louis

Route

Route 66 (TV show)

Royal Road. See El Camino Real

Roy’s Motel and Café

Rudd, Mike

Rundgren, Todd

Runnymede

Russell, Kurt

Russian River

S

Safari Ride

Sagebrush Cantina

Salinas CA

Salinas Ice Co.

Salinas Valley

Salinas Valley Road

Salmon Creek

Salt Lake City UT

Sambo’s Pancake House

Sam the hippo

San Ardo CA

San Bruno CA

San Bruno Canal

San Bruno House

San Bruno Toll Road

San Buenaventura Mission

San Carlos Mission

San Clemente CA

San Diego CA

San Diego County CA

San Diego County Horticultural and Agricultural Display

Sands, Al

San Fernando Mission

San Francisco CA

Bayshore Boulevard

casualties within

ferry transportation within

Golden Gate Bridge

Great Highway

Legislative Route Number 2 (LRN 2) and

Lincoln Highway and

Mission District within

The Old Clam House and

photo of

Seals baseball team

signage within

Skyline Boulevard

San Francisco Chronicle (newspaper)

San Francisco de Solano

San Jose CA

San Juan Bautista CA

San Juan Capistrano CA

San Juan Grade

San Juan Road

San Lucas CA

San Luis Creek

San Luis Obispo CA

Foster’s Freeze

Fremont Theatre in

Homestead Motel

Madonna Inn in

The Milestone Corporation in

Motel Inn

natural disaster within

photo of

routes to

Sunset Drive-In in

San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram (newspaper)

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

San Mateo Avenue

San Mateo CA

San Miguel Arcangel mission

San Miguel CA

San Miguel Mission

San Quentin State Prison

San Simeon CA

Santa Ana CA

Santa Ana Freeway

Santa Ana Register (newspaper)

Santa Anita Park

Santa Barbara CA

Santa Barbara Mission

Santa Clara CA

Santa Claus Lane

Santa Cruz Evening News (newspaper

Santa Cruz Sentinel (newspaper)

Santa Fe NM

Santa Fe Railroad

Santa Fe Trail

Santa Margarita CA

Santa Margarita Lake

Santa Maria CA

Santa Maria Inn

Santa Monica Boulevard

Santa Monica CA

Santa Monica Pier. See also Pacific Ocean Park (P.O.P)

Santa Nella CA

Santa Rosa CA

Santa Rosa Marketplace

Saroyan, William

Saturday Night Live (TV show)

Save the Redwoods League

Scenic Drive

Schafer, May

Schafer, May Kovar

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

Scotia CA

Seabiscuit

Sea Circus

Seals baseball team

Sea Plane Inn

Searsville CA

Sea Serpent roller coaster

Seaside Service Station

Seeber, A.H.

Selig, William

Selig Zoo

Selma CA

Sennett, Mark

7 Mile House

7 Mile House (tollhouse)

17 Mile House

Seymour, Fred

Shady Rest Motel

Shargas, Hap

Shasta County

Shell Beach (Huntington Beach)

Shell Beach Road

Shell station

Sherman Oaks Service Station

Shively CA

Shoemaker, Bill

Shrine Drive-thru Tree

Sidehill Viaduct

Siegel, Aneta

Sierra Club

sign parks

signs. See also advertising; billboards barns and

Carlsbad CA

color of

Encinitas CA

locations for

materials of

Muffler Men

neon

origin of

shape of

silos and

symbols on

variety of

silos, signage and

Sinatra, Frank

Sinclair, Upton

Sinclair Oil

16 Mile House

Skelton, Red

Skyline Boulevard

“Slaughter Alley”

Sleeper, Jim

Smithicus, Phoebecus

Smith River

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (film)

Society for the Preservation of Missions

Socony Oil

So Dear to My Heart (film)

Solana Beach CA

Soledad CA

Solvang CA

Sonoma County CA

Soto’s True Earth Market

South Coast Land Company

South Dakota

Southern California Hot Jazz Society

Southern Pacific Railroad

South Fork CA

Spanish-American War

Spike N Rail Steakhouse

Spiritualists, Summerland and

sports

Spring Street, Los Angeles

Sprotte, Anna Ruzena

Spud Inn

S.S. Rex

Stafford CA

Stafford Inn

stagecoach routes

Standard Oil

Stanford, Al

Staniff, Estelle

Star and Garter

Stark, Mabel

Star Theatre

State Coach Road

State Highways Act

State Route

State Route

State Route

State Route 254

State Route 271

The Station

statues. See mascots

St. Augustine FL

Stearns Wharf

Steinbeck, John

Stephens, Diane

Steppenwolf

Stevenson, Christine

St. Nick’s Bar-B-Q

stoplights

stop signs

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Stratford Square

Strauss, Joseph

Strub, Charles “Doc”

Studio City CA

Studio City Theatre

Summerland

Sunset Drive-In

Sunshine Brooks Theater

“Surfin’ USA” (Beach Boys)

Swami’s State Beach

T

Talbert, Tom

Tank Farm Road

Tarzan (film)

Tarzana CA

Tarzana Safari Walk

Tarzan Movie Festival

‘T’ Club Speedway

Tecolote Gardens

Tecolotito Canyon

Teen Burger

telephones

Templeton CA

The Ten Commandments (film)

Texas Company

Theater Alliance

theaters

drive-in

Fortuna Theatre

Fremont Theatre

La Paloma Theatre

Mystic Theatre

1941 Fox Theatre

Oaks Drive-In

Orange Drive-In Theatre

Redwood Theatres

signage for

Star Theatre

Studio City Theatre

Sunshine Brooks

Towne Theater

Ukiah Theatre

Theatre Drive

Theodore Roosevelt International Highway

They Saved the Crops (Miller)

Thirteen Women (film)

Thompson, Ernest

Thompson, Florence Owens

Thompson, Jimmie

Thompson, Katherine

Thompson, Ruby

Thorpe, Mr.

Thorpe’s Place

Thousand Oaks CA

3-Mile House

Tijuana Mexico

Timber Mountain

Tivoli Gardens

Toberman, C.E.

Tobin, Margaret

Tobin, Thomas

Toboggan Railroad

Toledo WA

tollhouse, Mile House

Tomkins Hill Road

Tommy’s Family Restaurant

Tom Sawyer ride

Topanga Beach Auto Court

Topanga Beach Motel

Topanga Canyon Boulevard

Topanga Ranch Motel

Topeka rail line

tourist attraction. See attractions

Towne 3 Theatre

Towne Cinemas

Towne Theater

Town House Motel

Tracy, Spencer

Traffic Way

trail associations

train, accident of

Transcontinental Trails

Transmission & Clutch Express

transportation. See also railroads

accidents of

automobiles

ferries

fire truck

photo of

Red Car line

trolleys

Yellow Car line

TraveLodge

Travolta, John

Treadwell, J.B.

Trees of Mystery

trolleys

Tustin CA

Tustin Garage

21st Street Drive-In

The Twilight Zone (TV show)

Twin Trees CA

U

Ukiah CA

Ukiah Theatre

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Union Asphalt

Union Hotel

Union Oil

Union Oil station

Union Town CA

Uniroyal, Miss

Universal Studios

Unocal

U.S. 40

U.S. 48

U.S. 50

U.S. 70

U.S. 80

U.S. 90

U.S. 99

U.S. 101. See also El Camino Real

101 Alternate

101 Bypass

construction of

features of

history of

locations of

photo of

rail lines and

signage for

signage on

varieties of

U.S. 199

U.S. Bureau of Public Roads

Utah

V

Vacuum Oil Co.

Valentino, Rudolph

Valley Drive-in Theatre

“Valley Girl” (Frank and Moon Zappa)

Van Nuys News (newspaper)

Van Winkle, Kellogg

Vasquez, Tony

Veach, Henry

Venice of America

Venice Pier

Ventura Boulevard

“Ventura Boulevard” (Everly Brothers)

Ventura County

Ventura Free Press (newspaper)

Ventura Freeway

Ventura Highway

“Ventura Highway” (America)

viaducts

Victorian Mansion

Victory Highway

Villa, Pancho

Villa Creek

Village Rendevous

Villalpando, Francisco

W

Wadleigh, Frank

Wakeman, Rick

Wallace, E.E.

Walloch, Richard

Walt Disney’s Disneyland (TV show)

Ward, Kelly

Warner Bros.

warning signs

Warren, Earl

Watkins family

Watsonville CA

Wayne, John

Wayne’s World 2 (film)

Welk, Lawrence

West, Mae

West Coaster

Western Motel

Western Regional Trails

western snowy plover

Westinghouse

West Village (Cambria CA)

wharfs

Wheeler, Hilda

Wheeler, Laurence

Wheeler’s Inn

Where the Highway Ends (Hamilton)

“Where the Turf Meets the Surf” (Bing Crosby)

Whip attraction

Whirlwind Dipper roller coaster

Whitten, Alicia

Wian, Bob

Wilcoxon, Henry

Wilcoxon, Larry

Wildcat Creek

William Penn Highway

Williams, Andy

Williams, Bill

Williams, Elize

Williams, Henry

Williams, Steve

Willits CA

Willows CA

Wilshire Gas stop

Wilson, Flip

Winchester Canyon Road

Windsor Castle

Winkins’ Drive-In

Wisconsin

women, advertising to

The Wonderful World of Disney (TV show)

Wood, Thomas B.

Woodland Hills

Woodruff, Richard

Woolf, George “Iceman”

Works Progress Administration

World Famous Tree House

World Jungle Compound. See Jungleland USA

World’s Largest Redwood Tree Service

Station

World War II

WPA Guide

Wright, Lloyd

X

Xcelarator roller coaster

Y

Yellow Car line

Yellowstone Trail

yield signs

Yogananda, Paramahansa

Yokayo Bowl

Young, Dan

Z

Zappa, Frank

Zappa, Moon

zebras

The Zoo

zoos