Santa Barbara County History

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Source:
A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara,
San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California
by Yda Addis Storke
Published in 1891 in Chicago by the Lewis Publishing Co.


	THE EXPORTS 

from Santa Barbara from March to September, 1847, amounted to $27,780. 

In the summer of 1848 the United States steamship Edith went ashore on the coast between Point Sal and Point Arguello. There were assertions that she was purposely 
wrecked, as some of the crew were eager to leave service and go to the newly discovered 
gold mines. The wreck was sold to Captain William G. Dana, owner of the great Nipomo 
rancho, who entertained at his house the officers and the crew until arrangement could 
be made for their transportation to Monterey, then the State capital and headquarters 
on this coast for the army and navy.