SIGNPOST 2
Single-car Garage Site. The Ramsey's used their car to go to Inyokern and other places.

SIGNPOST 3
"Olla" or water cooler concrete base. A large pottery jug kept drinking water from the aqueduct cool. It was filled from the top and let out by a little faucet down low.

SIGNPOST 4
Desert Cooler foundation. A box frame covered with burlap had a water-filled can on top with more burlap hanging out. The cloth soaked up the water and kept the inside of the box cool. Food on screen shelves kept fresh for up to a few days.

SIGNPOST 5
Work Camp Barracks. Foundations of 2 total of 4 built during World War II in the early 1940's. Used by aqueduct guards. They worked 12 hour shifts and were assigned to guard houses on each slope of the siphon, as the aqueduct was called. Their job was to prevent sabotage during the war. The barracks were used again by a work crew repairing damages after the October 1945 flood in Sand Canyon.

East of the barracks stood a Mess House/Kitchen where the men ate their meals.

SIGNPOST 6
Swimming Pool. Used at least since the 1930's. The aqueduct water was very cold. Litha Crowell Mattis, in the 1940's drained it each week to scrub off algae. Then after refilling it, she had to wait a couple of days for the water to become less cold.

SIGNPOST 7
House site of Litha Crowell Mattis. The Oscar Crowell family lived here from 1942 to 1948. Litha's father was Head Patrolman for the L.A> Aqueduct from Boulder PEak on the north to Sand Canyon on the south. Litha was 10 years old and in the 5th grade when they moved to Sand Canyon.

The house had thick concrete walls, a living/dining room, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom with a flush-toilet! They also had electricity (DC). There were also screened porches on the front and sides. On a separate back porch was the wood-burning stove for cooking.

SIGNPOST 8
Garage Site. Before the flood there was room for the LADWP pickup truck, the family's car, and equipment. The flood waters washed the garage and car away. The car as smashed against a pylon support of the siphon.

SIGNPOST 9
Remains of Chimney. The chimney was bulldozed here when LADWP demolished the house. After the 1940's, other means were used to monitor the aqueduct. There was no longer a need to have patrolmen stationed in Sand Canyon. (The house was rented as a vacation house for a few years in the 1950's.)