Museum Open Sunday For Tours

     The Minnie Hill Palmer Homestead Acre, where the

Virginia Watson Chatsworth History Museum is located

at 10385 Shadow Oak Drive, will be open for tours from

1-4  p.m. Sunday,  September 4.

     Chatsworth Park South is closed but the museum

(at the front of the park)  is open.

There is plenty of free parking in the area across the

driveway from the building . There is no admission

charge to visit either the museum or the beautiful gardens.

     Docents from the Chatsworth Historical Society

will give the tours.

     Most of the land that became Chatsworth Park

South was part of a 230 acre ranch that was homesteaded

before Chatsworth had a name.  The ranch belonged to

James David and Rhoda Jane Hill, parents of Minnie

Hill Palmer who inherited the land. Minnie’s parents

and other family members,  worked the ranch and sold

dynamite to the people who built the three railroad

 tunnels through the mountains,

     The museum has many pictures of the pioneer

residents of the area and the circa 1911-built cottage

is furnished in the same theme.

     The property belongs to the Los Angeles City

Department of Recreation and Parks with the

Chatsworth Historical Society serving as Conservator.

     For more information call (818) 882-5614.