![Five ponds were once at the center of Frazier Mountain Park. In 1925, before air-conditioning in homes, Frazier Park was developed by the mayor of Glendale as a cool summertime recreational resort for Glendale residents. People bought lots and built cabins. [image courtesy of Ridge Route Museum]](https://mountainenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/FRAZIER-PARK-GLENDALE-ponds-Sepia-324x225.jpg)
Five ponds were once at the center of Frazier Mountain Park. In 1925, before air-conditioning in homes, Frazier Park was developed by the mayor of Glendale as a cool summertime recreational resort for Glendale residents. People bought lots and built cabins. [image courtesy of Ridge Route Museum]
A brief overview of the history of Frazier Park
and the park at its heart
By Bonnie Ketterl Kane
Historian, Ridge Route Communities Museum and Historical Society
The first settlement in the area of the future Frazier Park was a summer village of the Chumash Indian people located in a magnificent oak grove at the base of the mountain they called “Toshololo.” You can see some of those ancient oaks in Frazier Mountain Park today.
The village was called…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)
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Five ponds were once at the center of Frazier Mountain Park. In 1925, before air-conditioning in homes, Frazier Park was developed by the mayor of Glendale as a cool summertime recreational resort for Glendale residents. People bought lots and built cabins.
Photos above, left: Gold miner Warren Frazier and his miner’s cabin; Right: Marcus Cuddy with his wife Dessie, who sold Frazier Park to the mayor of Glendale for a resort development.
Two of the original ponds in Frazier Mountain Park
The first gas station and market in Frazier Park was west of The Mountain Enterprise office building today at the corner of Mt. Pinos Way and Los Padres Drive.
Above: Frazier Mountain Park gained a reputation as a snow play destination, including ice skating on the park’s ponds. Here, in 1944, snow covered cars in February.
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— Community Meeting —
All are invited to attend a meeting about creating a
Frazier Mountain Park Master Plan
to guide the future development of the park.
Join in the community conversation on
August 27, 6:30 p.m. at the Frazier Mountain Park Community Center.
This is part of the August 14, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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