The City of Calabasas has a fun history

By: Mickey Nathans

What is now the “Sagebrush Cantina” was originally a group of small stores built in the early 1920′s.  The parking lot was once a local jail.  Outside was the famous hanging tree, dead, but still standing today.

Lack of water in the Calabasas area was always a major concern. When the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District was founded in 1958, was water supply was assured and the area began its development boom.

The first subdivision in Calabasas was called Park Moderne and was built in 1928.  It was located in what is now Mulwood near Calabasas High School.  It was a retreat for artists, craftsmen and writers.

The first Calabasas high school was built in 1880 on the south side on Calabasas Road.  A second school, built on the same site in 1924-1925, was a one-teacher school for the area until 1948, when it joined with Liberty, Cornell, and Las Virgenes to form the Las Virgenes Unified School District

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