Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1904
"In October 1904, a fire that began in the mountains back of the Soldier's Home raged for two days before descending into Rustic and Santa Monica canyons. The handful of residents in Rustic Canyon fought the fire successfully in the early evening, but a breeze fanned the flames the following morning, burning all of the Forestry Station structures except a windmill and a tower. Although much of the growth and seedling stock was lost, the trees survived and the essential structures were replaced the following year.
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" . . . some of the large specimens Kinney planted near the bluffs in Huntington Palisades and those at the Forestry Station in Rustic Canyon remain as a . . . legacy of his enterprise . . . "