In an attempt to keep all my research straight, I’ve collected quite a few links to helpful resources! Here’s a “pile” of links having to do with the Ridge Route that’s continuously growing
RIDGE ROUTE GENERAL INFORMATION
PDF – National Register of Historic Places Paperwork
LOCATION – Ridge Route Communities Museum
Ridge Route Preservation Organization
BOOKS – Ridge Route, Lost Hotels of the Ridge Route by Harrison Scott
“The Forgotten Highway: Riding California’s Ridge Route” – Neil Shirley, Road Bike Action Magazine
2005, “Landslide on the Old Ridge Route” – Peter Gray, Snowflake Trails
“Touring the Ridge Route, A Journey into the Past” – RidgeRoute.com/The Bakersfield Californian
“Ridge Route History” – Harrison Scott, RidgeRoute.com
“Ridge Route Map” – Harrison Scott, RidgeRoute.com
“Ridge Route history: The long and winding road” – Andy Kehe/The Bakersfield Californian
“The Story of the Ridge Route: Part 3” – Clairitige Press
BOOK – “A Short History of the Ridge Route” – Karen Dustman
ROAD MARKERS
Most of these markers are now sunbleached and illegible. I’ve always wondered what they said but luckily some wonderful people had documented them!
Ridge Route Directory – The Historical Marker Database
National Forest Inn – The Historical Marker Database
Swede’s Cut – The Historical Marker Database
Reservoir Summit – The Historical Marker Database
Tumble Inn – The Historical Marker Database
Liebre State Highway Camp – The Historical Marker Database
Liebre Summit – The Historical Marker Database
Sandberg’s Summit Hotel – The Historical Marker Database
The Old Ridge Route – The Historical Marker Database
The Ridge Route – Pyramid Lake- The Historical Marker Database
The Ridge Route – 5×126 – The Historical Marker Database
SANDBERG’S SUMMIT HOTEL
Sandberg’s Summit Hotel – SCV History
Sandberg’s Summit Hotel – RidgeRoute.com
“Sandberg’s Lodge on the Old Ridge Route” – Clairitage Press
“California’s Fool’s Gold, Exploring Sandberg’s” – Eric Brightwell
Late 1920’s Photo – Sandberg’s Summit Hotel Ridge Route – CaliSphere
1920’s Photo – Sandberg’s Hotel Elevation 4170 – CaliSphere
Photo – Stone & Webster construction camp, LBSP. ; Antelope Valley. Palmdale Inn. ; … – CaliSphere
Lillian Grojean – Sandberg’s Summit Hotel – SCV History
KELLYS HALFWAY HOUSE, KELLY/KNAPP RANCH & THE LOST PADRE MINE
These are 3 separate places but their stories are very closely tied together. The land that the ranch and the inn are on was claimed in hopes of finding the mine. This one is a wild ride!
Annie Rose Briggs & The Lost Padres Mine – SCV History
Photos of Knapp Ranch – Snowflake Trails
2019 Photos of Knapp Ranch – Lost in the Los Padres
“Frank Knapp Lives Hermit Existence in Wilds of Angeles Forest” – LA Times/SCV History
Frank Knapp, Antiquarian Extraordinaire. – The Signal/SCV History
Kelly’s Halfway Inn – The Historical Marker Database
TUMBLE INN
“Memories of the Tumble Inn” – Paul T. Mill/SCV History
Photo – Tumble Inn, 1944 – Paul T. Mill/SCV History
Photo Collection – Paul T. Mill/SCV History
Photo – “The Tumble Inn Hotel and Restaurant on the Ridge Route, 1910s-20s.” – SCV History
RESERVOIR SUMMIT
Reservoir Summit – RidgeRoute.com
SWEDE’S CUT
PHOTO: Road to Swede’s Cut, Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
PHOTO: Ridge Route Swede’s Cut, Fran Rodgers, Wikipedia
NATIONAL FOREST INN
PHOTO: National Forest Inn – SCV History
PHOTO: National Forest Inn – SCV History
PHOTO: National Forest Inn Business Card – SCV History
PHOTO: Travelers at the National Forest Inn – SCV History
PHOTO: Ridge Route National Forest Inn Steps – Fran Rogers, Wikipedia
VIEW SERVICE STATION
MARTINS
CORDOVA RANCH
PHOTO: Dolores Cook Family at Cordova Ranch – SCV History
Castaic Range War: Jenkins-Chormicle Feud Revisited. – SCV History
POWER
https://phys.org/news/2015-06-penn-historian-discusses-threat-birds.html
https://www.plugsocketmuseum.nl/NorthAm2.html