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A 5 page research paper that offers an overview of the history of Santa Barbara, California and compares this history to the history of the state as a whole. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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ago and, by the time, the Spanish explorers arrived, their population numbered around 18,000 people living in 150 independent villages located throughout the Channel Islands and along the coast (Dickson).
This expansion was made possible by their use of the "seagoing plant canoe" or "tomol," which is believed to have been invented roughly 2,000 years ago (Dickson). The Chumash are
also known for their "fine basketry," as well as their "mysterious cave paintings" (Dickson). One of the most interesting features of their economy was that their currency consisted of
trading sea shells (Dickson). The Rancho Grants On December 4, 1602, the Spanish explorer Sebastian Viscainos ship sailed up channel, which Viscaino promptly named the "Channel of Santa Barbara" due
to the December 4 is held "sacred to the memory of Saint Barbara" in the Catholic liturgical calendar ("Santa Barbara County History"). While the mission itself was never considered to
be part of a rancho land grant from the Spanish government, the city of Lompoc, located in Santa Barbara county, can trace its inception to a land grant. The
1837 Lompoc Rancho land grant was tremendous in size, as 38,335 acres were granted to Jose Antonio Carrillo ("Santa Barbara County History"). Lompoc was incorporated as a town in 1874
("Santa Barbara County History"). The founding of Santa Barbara and its original characteristics The next stage of Santa Barbara history begins in the spring of 1782 when Father Junipero
Serra founded the mission of Santa Barbara ("Mission Santa Barbara"). However, much to Father Serras consternation, the Spanish governor changed his mind and the actual building of the mission was
left to Father Fermin Lasuen in 1786. From its inception, the Franciscans of the Santa Barbara Mission had an amicable relationship with the local Native Americans, who, as parishioners, quickly
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