Carl Boyer III (1937-2019) was pivotal in the creation of the City of Santa Clarita – although his dream was that it would be its own county. Hailing from the Philadelphia area, Boyer was educated at Trinity University in San Antonio and the University of Cincinnati. It was in the latter city where he met Ada Christine “Chris” Kruse (1942-2018); they married in 1962 and soon moved to SoCal. Boyer would teach government at San Fernando High School for decades, even though the couple and their daughters moved to Newhall in 1966. Here Boyer became active in community affairs, including a failed campaign to carve off the SCV as “Canyon County”. He was elected to Santa Clarita’s first City Council in 1987 and served (including two turns as mayor) until 1998. Carl Boyer Drive was named that year as a retirement present. Boyer was a foster parent and a world traveler who claimed to have visited 165 countries.
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