Men came to the aid of their neighbors for little to no pay. There were no trucks. No digital mapping systems or GPS. No Twitter updates. They pushed their horse-drawn fire engines uphill on dirt roads into the belly of the beast.

They were L.A.’s bravest. The year was 1900.

Photo from the USC Digital Archive

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