Mentryville’s Barn

In the 1890s, Mentryville's barn and chicken coop were built to house the mules, horses, and chickens that were critical to the oil field's operation. The larger animals pulled equipment and transported oil wagons to Newhall. Before pipelines were established to support the town, they also hauled barrels of clean drinking water from a nearby canyon. Some of Mentryville's residents kept their own livestock in other parts of Pico Canyon.

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