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El Capitán State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California. The most easterly of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast , it is located about 20 miles (32 km) west of downtown Santa Barbara , in Santa Barbara County .
Antonio M. de la Guerra. Antonio Maria de la Guerra was born in 1825 in Santa Barbara. He served in the California Senate from 1851 to 1852 and twice as Mayor of Santa Barbara, from 1856 to 1858 and 1859 to 1864. [8] He served on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors for several terms, including one as
In modern times, the Presidio serves as a significant tourist attraction, museum and an active archaeological site as part of El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park. [ 3 ] The park contains an original adobe structure called El Cuartel, which is the second oldest surviving building in California; [ 4 ] only the chapel at Mission San ...
El Rancho Tajiguas is a 3,600 acres (1,500 ha) working ranch that was developed with two luxury homes over a period of 40 years under the ownership of Mansour Ojjeh. [58] [59] The 1,800 acres (730 ha) Las Varas Ranch was purchased by Charlie Munger and donated to the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2018. [60]
The site is currently owned and operated by the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation as a historic house museum. The address is 15 East De la Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, California . The time when José lived in the casa it was known to locals as the casa grande (big house), as the thirteen room structure dwarfed the surrounding one ...
It is located in southern Santa Barbara County, California, about 33 miles (53 km) west of the city of Santa Barbara. [1] One of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast, it extends from the Pacific coast to the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains, and is adjacent to Los Padres National Forest. The 2,787-acre (1,128 ha) park was established in 1953.
Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 6 or 7, 1736 [1] – December 19, 1788) was an expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire.
Santa Barbara was an important part of the U.S. silent film industry from 1910 to 1922. The American Film Manufacturing Company, founded in Chicago in 1910, formally moved its western Flying A Studios from La Mesa, California to Santa Barbara in August, 1912.