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The history of Santa Barbara, California, begins approximately 13,000 years ago with the arrival of the first Native Americans.The Spanish came in the 18th century to occupy and Christianize the area, which became part of Mexico following the Mexican War of Independence.
Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning ' Saint Barbara ') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
José María Covarrubias (c. 1809 – April 1, 1870) was a Californio politician and a signer of the Californian Constitution in 1849. [1] He served as mayor of Santa Barbara from 1853 to 1854, and represented the city in the California State Assembly for several terms between 1849 and 1862.
The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was a military campaign during the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California), then part of Mexico, lasting from 1846 to 1847, and ending with signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga by military leaders from both the Californios and Americans.
Presidio of Santa Barbara: 636: Presidio of Santa Barbara: El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park: Santa Barbara: Also on the NRHP list as NPS-73000455 Santa Barbara County Courthouse: 1037: Santa Barbara County Courthouse: 1100 Anacapa St.
The Santa Barbara County area, including the Northern Channel Islands, was first settled by Native Americans at least 13,000 years ago.Evidence for a Paleoindian presence has been found in the form of a fluted Clovis-like point found in the 1980s along the western Santa Barbara Coast, as well as the remains of Arlington Springs Man found on Santa Rosa Island in the 1960s.
El Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara, also known as the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara, is a former military installation in Santa Barbara, California, United States. The presidio was built by Spain in 1782, with the mission of defending the Second Military District in California.
Santa Barbara, a 2014 South Korean film "Santa Bárbara bendita", a traditional song of the Asturian coal miners "Santa Barbara", a 1978 song by Ronnie Milsap, b-side of "Back on My Mind Again" Santa Barbara, a fictional nation, a setting of the novel Sard Harker