Ventura County
History
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A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, |
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San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California |
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by Yda Addis Storke |
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Published in 1891 in Chicago by the Lewis Publishing Co. |
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This is a transcription of the Ventura County section only. |
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Sandy Neder, 2006 |
Ventura County
| Early Settlement (pp. 183-194) | The More Murder | |
| Government and Business | Rancho Sespe | |
| Division from Santa Barbara | Fillmore | |
| Organization and Annals | Bardsdale | |
| General Description (pp. 195-202) | An Earthly Paradise, Piru City | |
| Water Supply | Rancho Camulos | |
| Timber Supply | Rancho San Francisco | |
| San Nicolas Island | Western Portion of Ventura (pp. 226-228) | |
| Geology | Rancho Canada San Miguelito | |
| Climate | Rancho Canada Larga o'Verdo | |
| Churches of Ventura | Ojai Rancho | |
| Public Schools | The Ojai Valley | |
| Eastern Portion of Ventura (pp. 203-209) | Santa Ana Valley | |
| Santa Clara Valley | Rancho Santa Ana | |
| Rancho La Colonia | San Buenaventura (pp. 229-241) | |
| Hueneme | Its Institutions | |
| Guadalasca Rancho | Floriculture | |
| Las Posas Rancho | County Hospital | |
| Simi Rancho | Court-House | |
| Rancho Tapo | Jail | |
| Springville | Banks | |
| Calleguas Rancho | Churches | |
| Rancho El Conejo | The Press | |
| Newbury Park | Bench and Bar | |
| Timberville | Resources (pp. 241-260) | |
| Central Portion of Ventura (pp. 210-225) | Agriculture | |
| Rancho San Miguel | Horticulture | |
| Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy | The Year's Exports | |
| Town of Santa Paula | Stock-Raising | |
| Saticoy | Bee-Keeping | |
| New Jerusalem | Mining | |
| Montalvo | Mineral Oils | |