Obituary - Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by Charles F. Bostwick
"Historian and businessman Glen Settle, who was born into a Palmdale railroad worker's family in 1911 and spent decades chronicling and preserving Antelope Valley history, has died at age 98.
For the Kern-Antelope Historial Society, which he co-founded, Settle wrote and edited books whose contents included the two oldest histories of Lancaster, memoirs of Valley pioneers and tales about Valley mining, cattle-ranching, railroading and other industries.
At the Tropico Gold Mine, which he and his wife, Dorene, operated as a tourist attraction from the 1950s into the 1980s, Settle preserved some of the Valley's oldest buildings, including the 1888 Palmdale schoolhouse, now restored at McAdam Park, and the railroad section foreman's home in which he was born, destined to go to the Lancaster Cemetery.
'He just believed in preserving the history of this Valley, and he loved this Valley so much,' said Dayle DeBry, manager of the cemetery and a historian herself.
Settle was on the first elected board of trustees for Antelope Valley College in 1961 and was a leader or member of numerous organizations, including the Antelope Valley Progress Association, Rosamond Chamber of Commerce, the California Mining Council, Edwards Air Force Base Civilian Advisory Committee, and the Eastern California Museum Association.
In 1967 Settle was appointed by Gov. Ronald Reagan to the State Historical Resources Commission, on which he served for 10 years...
After graduating from Antelope Valley High School in 1929, Settle got an athletic scholarship to play football and basketball at Texas A&I, but he left after his freshman year when the college cut back its athletic program because of the Great Depression. He got an athletic scholarship to Ripon College in Wisconsin, but attended Fresno State College instead...
When World War II broke out, Settle enlisted in the Navy and was put to work as a physical training instructor in San Diego and in Maryland, served on the destroyer U.S.S. Purdy in the Atlantic and then went to the Philippines.
In 1948, Settle married Dorene Burton, whose family owned the Tropico Gold Mine...Settle and his wife began offering tours (of the mine) to the public.
The mine was used as a set for more than 50 television shows, motion pictures, documentaries and commercials. The World Championship Chili Cookoff was celebrated for years on the mine property, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. The mine was also host to an annual gold-panning championship.
The mining camp tours were halted in 1980 when Settle decided to retire, and tours of the mine stopped in 1986, when liability insurance got too expensive..."
"Historian and businessman Glen Settle, who was born into a Palmdale railroad worker's family in 1911 and spent decades chronicling and preserving Antelope Valley history, has died at age 98.
For the Kern-Antelope Historial Society, which he co-founded, Settle wrote and edited books whose contents included the two oldest histories of Lancaster, memoirs of Valley pioneers and tales about Valley mining, cattle-ranching, railroading and other industries.
At the Tropico Gold Mine, which he and his wife, Dorene, operated as a tourist attraction from the 1950s into the 1980s, Settle preserved some of the Valley's oldest buildings, including the 1888 Palmdale schoolhouse, now restored at McAdam Park, and the railroad section foreman's home in which he was born, destined to go to the Lancaster Cemetery.
'He just believed in preserving the history of this Valley, and he loved this Valley so much,' said Dayle DeBry, manager of the cemetery and a historian herself.
Settle was on the first elected board of trustees for Antelope Valley College in 1961 and was a leader or member of numerous organizations, including the Antelope Valley Progress Association, Rosamond Chamber of Commerce, the California Mining Council, Edwards Air Force Base Civilian Advisory Committee, and the Eastern California Museum Association.
In 1967 Settle was appointed by Gov. Ronald Reagan to the State Historical Resources Commission, on which he served for 10 years...
After graduating from Antelope Valley High School in 1929, Settle got an athletic scholarship to play football and basketball at Texas A&I, but he left after his freshman year when the college cut back its athletic program because of the Great Depression. He got an athletic scholarship to Ripon College in Wisconsin, but attended Fresno State College instead...
When World War II broke out, Settle enlisted in the Navy and was put to work as a physical training instructor in San Diego and in Maryland, served on the destroyer U.S.S. Purdy in the Atlantic and then went to the Philippines.
In 1948, Settle married Dorene Burton, whose family owned the Tropico Gold Mine...Settle and his wife began offering tours (of the mine) to the public.
The mine was used as a set for more than 50 television shows, motion pictures, documentaries and commercials. The World Championship Chili Cookoff was celebrated for years on the mine property, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. The mine was also host to an annual gold-panning championship.
The mining camp tours were halted in 1980 when Settle decided to retire, and tours of the mine stopped in 1986, when liability insurance got too expensive..."
Obituary - Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 by Charles F. Bostwick
"Historian and businessman Glen Settle, who was born into a Palmdale railroad worker's family in 1911 and spent decades chronicling and preserving Antelope Valley history, has died at age 98.
For the Kern-Antelope Historial Society, which he co-founded, Settle wrote and edited books whose contents included the two oldest histories of Lancaster, memoirs of Valley pioneers and tales about Valley mining, cattle-ranching, railroading and other industries.
At the Tropico Gold Mine, which he and his wife, Dorene, operated as a tourist attraction from the 1950s into the 1980s, Settle preserved some of the Valley's oldest buildings, including the 1888 Palmdale schoolhouse, now restored at McAdam Park, and the railroad section foreman's home in which he was born, destined to go to the Lancaster Cemetery.
'He just believed in preserving the history of this Valley, and he loved this Valley so much,' said Dayle DeBry, manager of the cemetery and a historian herself.
Settle was on the first elected board of trustees for Antelope Valley College in 1961 and was a leader or member of numerous organizations, including the Antelope Valley Progress Association, Rosamond Chamber of Commerce, the California Mining Council, Edwards Air Force Base Civilian Advisory Committee, and the Eastern California Museum Association.
In 1967 Settle was appointed by Gov. Ronald Reagan to the State Historical Resources Commission, on which he served for 10 years...
After graduating from Antelope Valley High School in 1929, Settle got an athletic scholarship to play football and basketball at Texas A&I, but he left after his freshman year when the college cut back its athletic program because of the Great Depression. He got an athletic scholarship to Ripon College in Wisconsin, but attended Fresno State College instead...
When World War II broke out, Settle enlisted in the Navy and was put to work as a physical training instructor in San Diego and in Maryland, served on the destroyer U.S.S. Purdy in the Atlantic and then went to the Philippines.
In 1948, Settle married Dorene Burton, whose family owned the Tropico Gold Mine...Settle and his wife began offering tours (of the mine) to the public.
The mine was used as a set for more than 50 television shows, motion pictures, documentaries and commercials. The World Championship Chili Cookoff was celebrated for years on the mine property, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. The mine was also host to an annual gold-panning championship.
The mining camp tours were halted in 1980 when Settle decided to retire, and tours of the mine stopped in 1986, when liability insurance got too expensive..."
"Historian and businessman Glen Settle, who was born into a Palmdale railroad worker's family in 1911 and spent decades chronicling and preserving Antelope Valley history, has died at age 98.
For the Kern-Antelope Historial Society, which he co-founded, Settle wrote and edited books whose contents included the two oldest histories of Lancaster, memoirs of Valley pioneers and tales about Valley mining, cattle-ranching, railroading and other industries.
At the Tropico Gold Mine, which he and his wife, Dorene, operated as a tourist attraction from the 1950s into the 1980s, Settle preserved some of the Valley's oldest buildings, including the 1888 Palmdale schoolhouse, now restored at McAdam Park, and the railroad section foreman's home in which he was born, destined to go to the Lancaster Cemetery.
'He just believed in preserving the history of this Valley, and he loved this Valley so much,' said Dayle DeBry, manager of the cemetery and a historian herself.
Settle was on the first elected board of trustees for Antelope Valley College in 1961 and was a leader or member of numerous organizations, including the Antelope Valley Progress Association, Rosamond Chamber of Commerce, the California Mining Council, Edwards Air Force Base Civilian Advisory Committee, and the Eastern California Museum Association.
In 1967 Settle was appointed by Gov. Ronald Reagan to the State Historical Resources Commission, on which he served for 10 years...
After graduating from Antelope Valley High School in 1929, Settle got an athletic scholarship to play football and basketball at Texas A&I, but he left after his freshman year when the college cut back its athletic program because of the Great Depression. He got an athletic scholarship to Ripon College in Wisconsin, but attended Fresno State College instead...
When World War II broke out, Settle enlisted in the Navy and was put to work as a physical training instructor in San Diego and in Maryland, served on the destroyer U.S.S. Purdy in the Atlantic and then went to the Philippines.
In 1948, Settle married Dorene Burton, whose family owned the Tropico Gold Mine...Settle and his wife began offering tours (of the mine) to the public.
The mine was used as a set for more than 50 television shows, motion pictures, documentaries and commercials. The World Championship Chili Cookoff was celebrated for years on the mine property, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. The mine was also host to an annual gold-panning championship.
The mining camp tours were halted in 1980 when Settle decided to retire, and tours of the mine stopped in 1986, when liability insurance got too expensive..."
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