The Whittier Narrows is located at the southern boundary of the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California. It is a gap in the Puente Hills where the Rio Hondo and the San Gabriel River diverge.
It is known as the epicenter of the October 1, 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, which measured 5.9 on the Richter Scale.
Read more about Whittier Narrows: Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, Whittier Narrows Dam
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“O Time and Change!—with hair as gray
As was my sire’s that winter day,
How strange it seems, with so much gone
Of life and love, to still live on!”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
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