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Santa Margarita / Cheri Roe and the Santa Margarita Historical Society.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roe, Cheri, author.
- Santa Margarita Historical Society (Calif.), author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ranches--California--San Luis Obispo County--History--Pictorial works.
- Ranches.
- Ranches--California--San Luis Obispo County--History.
- Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.).
- San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)--History, Local--Pictorial works.
- San Luis Obispo County (Calif.).
- Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.)--History.
- San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)--History, Local.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- Santa Margarita de Cortona was founded in 1775 as part of the original Spanish mission system. Its asistencia, in fact, has been considered a lost mission. Santa Margarita Ranch was later founded from a Mexican land grant. In 1889, the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with its terminus in Santa Margarita, created a boomtown with dance halls, blacksmiths, hotels, pool halls, saloons, and a jail. And with the popularity of auto travel half a century later, Santa Margarita was once again revitalized with garages, gas stations, motor inns, restaurants, and bars. It fell into a deep sleep, however, as Highway 101 bypassed the town in the mid-1950s. Landlocked by the 17, 000-plus-acre Santa Margarita Ranch, the town has remained frozen in time until recently.
- Contents:
- The First People and the mission era
- Rancho days
- Railroad days
- School days
- The town of Santa Margarita
- Rural Santa Margarita.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-5368-2
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