ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book could not have been written without the existence and support of several institutions and individuals. Historical societies were an important source of photographs and other information. I would like to acknowledge the Pasadena Museum of History, Burbank Historical Society, Malibu Lagoon Museum, San Pedro Bay Historical Society, Topanga Historical Society and California Historical Society.

I would like to acknowledge the staff of the following public libraries: Los Angeles Public Library, Central Branch; County of Los Angeles Public Library; and public libraries in the cities of Azusa, Burbank, Corona, Fullerton, Glendale, Glendora, Pasadena, Pomona, Ontario, Santa Monica, Simi Valley and Torrance.

Academic libraries (including Special Collections departments) that were invaluable included University of California institutions at Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara; California State University institutions at Fullerton, Los Angeles, Northridge, Pomona and San Diego; University of La Verne; University of Southern California; Pepperdine University; Fullerton College; and Mount San Antonio College.

Libraries specializing in transportation—such as the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority), the Harmer E. Davis Transportation Library (Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California–Berkeley) and the Transportation Library at Northwestern University—also enabled much of the research that made this book possible.

The law libraries of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties provided access to California Railroad Commission/California Public Utilities Commission decisions and other legal documents. The Huntington Library; the Library of Congress; the California State Library; the National Archives and Records Administration (in Washington, D.C., and Riverside, California); the Los Angeles City Records Center; and the National Air And Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, all provided access to important historical records.

Special thanks goes to Matthew Barrett, librarian of the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library, for making its archives available when I needed them; Christina Rice of the Los Angeles Public Library, for her assistance with the library’s photo collection; Michael Holland of the Los Angeles City Records Center; and to Simon Elliott of the UCLA Library Special Collections, for helping me to obtain pictures from the Los Angeles Times collection.

I would like to thank the following individuals for granting interviews (in person or by mail, phone or e-mail): Ryan Snyder, Steve Weathers (Bug Line), Bill Forsythe (Forsythe and Associates), Peter Mobley (representing the Carson family), Michael Kadletz (Pink Bus), Mac Barnes (Ground Link), Donald Spivack (LA CRA), Barry Goldwater Jr. (Frank Hendler), Walter Williams (Thomas W. Matthew) and Richard Katz (LA River Freeway).

I would also like to thank the members of Internet Writer’s Workshop (IWW) Writing and Nonfiction mailing lists for critiquing my writing and suggesting improvements. The following members of the IWW Nonfiction list stand out as being particularly helpful: G.K. Adams, Diane Diekman, Ellen Dreyer, Tim Elhajj, Paul Fein, June Gallant, Pam Gregory, Mel Jacob, Janaki Lenin, Sarah Corbett Morgan, Cathy Moser, Gary Presley, Loretta Russell and Mona Vanek. However, all of the members on both mailing lists provided much-needed assistance and support.

My commissioning editor, Jerry Roberts, and my cartographer, Tom Wilcockson (Mapcraft.com), also deserve special recognition for all of the ups and downs we went through as we prepared this book. I must also thank Loren P. Meissner, author of A Brief History of Eastvale (The History Press, 2013) for letting The History Press know about my book.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife, Angelia, and daughter, Mackenzie, for their support and patience during the seven years required to bring this book to light. All of my family members—my parents, Charles and Marva Hobbs; my in-laws, Hayward and Kizzie; my sisters, Sharon and Susanne; and my wife’s siblings, Adriene, Annette and Leroy—helped in one way or another. And above all, thanks to God for perseverance and strength.