Legendary Locals Of Oxnard

Author : Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100564

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Legendary Locals of Oxnard by Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt Pdf

The roots of Oxnard history begin on the fertile plain of western Ventura County. A century after the Native Chumash were interrupted by the Spanish Mission system, the rancho period that followed was slow to develop on the Oxnard Plain. By the late 19th century, groups of newcomers from Europe, Latin America, and the post-Civil War states began settling on the agricultural terrain. After experimenting with various dry crops, the introduction of the cash crop of sugar beets brought about the next wave of emigration from Asia, as well as a steady flow of emigrants from the Latin countries. As Oxnard has grown, so has its diverse population and the contributions from the many residents who have made this area their home for generations. Legendary Locals of Oxnard offers a glimpse of some of these individuals.

Author : Evie Ybarra
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439651827

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Legendary Locals of Fillmore by Evie Ybarra Pdf

Since its beginning as a Southern Pacific Railroad town 100 years ago, Fillmore has been the setting of many legends and true tales, like the St. Francis Dam disaster, the 1994 earthquake, and the Hollywood film shoots. Joaquin Murietta hid in the hills, and the story of the T. Wallace More murder in Rancho Sespe in 1877 was the “murder of the century.” Rancho Camulos, owned by the del Valle family until 1924, signifies the last of the Californios. Today, it is owned by the descendants of August Rubel. Tales of the sycamore tree abound, and it is an icon on Highway 126, as is the tower of the Sanitary Dairy, which was ordered from the Sears, Roebuck & Company in Chicago. Oil was discovered early in Shiells Canyon and brought Texaco to town. The fruit industry prospered, and Sunkist was welcomed. Hugh Warring installed indoor plumbing in the Piru Mansion. The likes of “Booty” Sanchez, Marcelino “Woody” Ybarra, Gene Wren, Kevin Gross, Jim Fauver, and Dorothy Shiells still influence the community.

Author : Evie Ybarra
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467101929

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Legendary Locals of Fillmore by Evie Ybarra Pdf

Since its beginning as a Southern Pacific Railroad town 100 years ago, Fillmore has been the setting of many legends and true tales, like the St. Francis Dam disaster, the 1994 earthquake, and the Hollywood film shoots. Joaquin Murietta hid in the hills, and the story of the T. Wallace More murder in Rancho Sespe in 1877 was the "murder of the century." Rancho Camulos, owned by the del Valle family until 1924, signifies the last of the Californios. Today, it is owned by the descendants of August Rubel. Tales of the sycamore tree abound, and it is an icon on Highway 126, as is the tower of the Sanitary Dairy, which was ordered from the Sears, Roebuck & Company in Chicago. Oil was discovered early in Shiells Canyon and brought Texaco to town. The fruit industry prospered, and Sunkist was welcomed. Hugh Warring installed indoor plumbing in the Piru Mansion. The likes of "Booty" Sanchez, Marcelino "Woody" Ybarra, Gene Wren, Kevin Gross, Jim Fauver, and Dorothy Shiells still influence the community.

Author : Pat Jollota
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1467100013

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Legendary Locals of Vancouver, Washington by Pat Jollota Pdf

Profiles Vancouver's most notable and notorious residents, from the city's namesake, British Captain George Vancouver, and explorer William Clark to modern day musicians and philanthropists.

Author : Christopher P. Obert,Nancy S. Obert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0738589012

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Legendary Locals of Haverhill by Christopher P. Obert,Nancy S. Obert Pdf

Author : Chris Epting
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467101868

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Legendary Locals of Huntington Beach by Chris Epting Pdf

For over 100 years, Huntington Beach, a.k.a. "Surf City, USA," has come to represent the true beach culture of Southern California. Originally called Pacific City, it was when railroad magnate Henry Huntington first ran his train line down in 1904 from Los Angeles, approximately 40 miles north, that the then-quaint beach town took on the name that made it famous around the state and around the world. In 1914, the legendary George Freeth put on a surfing exhibition the day the city's vaunted concrete pier was opened, which christened Huntington Beach as a soon-to-be surfing mecca. It became a boomtown after oil was discovered in 1920 and, several decades later, morphed once again into a cradle of aerospace engineering when companies such as Boeing arrived. Throughout its tumultuous and dramatic history, Huntington Beach has always boasted a cast of colorful and profound characters. From the first mayor, Ed Manning, to Medal of Honor-recipient Chris Carr, from the Zamboni family (who invented the ice-cleaning machine) to baseball star Jeff Kent: the list is almost endless. But it is not just professional athletes, actors, and rock stars; it is the teachers, crossing guards, merchants, and activists that give Huntington Beach its well-earned reputation as one of the most interesting and charismatic cities in the state.

Author : Margo Porras & Sandra Porras
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467141819

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Growing Up in La Colonia: Boomer memories from Oxnard’s barrio by Margo Porras & Sandra Porras Pdf

La Colonia is half a square mile of land separated from the rest of Oxnard by the railroad tracks and home to the people who keep an agricultural empire running. In decades past, milpas of corn and squash grew in tiny front yards, kids played in the alleys and neighbors ran tortillerias out of their homes. Back then, it was the place to get the best raspadas on Earth. It was a home to Cesar Chavez and a campaign stop for presidential candidate Robert Kennedy. As one Colonia native put it, "We may not have had what the other kids had, but we were just as rich." Through the voices of the people, the authors share the challenges and triumphs of growing up in this treasured place.

Author : Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1531616755

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Port Hueneme by Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt Pdf

Port Hueneme is a city of 25,000 residents surrounded on three sides by the City of Oxnard, with the Pacific Ocean as its western front. Port Hueneme's identity and character have endured valiantly despite the outside influences of the much larger city, a sometimes violent ocean, and the world's greatest armada. The U.S. Navy arrived in an enormous way at Port Hueneme during World War II to take command of the only deep-water port between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The servicemen stayed during the Korean War, maintaining an abiding relationship with the community. And still, the town itself has the strength of longevity, being three decades older than Oxnard and with a pioneering legacy of farmers, fishermen, merchants, and families. They survived, repeating the requisite spelling and pronunciation ("Y-nee-mee") of their city's name, which is Chumash Indian for "halfway" or "resting place" between Point Mugu and the estuary of the Santa Clara River.

Author : Frank P. Barajas
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496229038

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Curious Unions by Frank P. Barajas Pdf

A social, cultural, and economic history of the Mexican and Mexican American community in agricultural California, focusing on the community of Oxnard.

Author : Dean C. Ferraro
Publisher : Digital Biz Media
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781737836711

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Murder in Santa Barbara by Dean C. Ferraro Pdf

One of the top trial attorneys in the state, Deputy District Attorney Joshua Rizzetti prosecutes crime in the scenic, coastal town of Santa Barbara. He's successfully tried several murder cases, all without a scratch. Suddenly, in preparing a simple misdemeanor case for trial, everything changes. At the eleventh hour, the defendant's trial date gets postponed by a murder, seemingly unrelated to the case. Or is it? After Josh suspects there is a connection between his case and the murder, he digs further. But the deeper he goes, the more dangerous it gets. Greed, corruption, deceit and revenge lead to threats and murder knocking on his door. Caught in the crosshairs, the young prosecutor races to find the link to his case and uncover the mystery behind the murder. And if he can't quickly figure out their connection, the next murder will be his.

Author : Gina Nichols
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439631119

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The Seabees at Port Hueneme by Gina Nichols Pdf

In 1942, the navy sought a location for an advance base on the West Coast to ship construction materiel, equipment, and men into World War II's Pacific theater. Port Hueneme's deepwater harbor, rail system, and rural setting made it the ideal site from which to send 20 million measurement tons of war materiel and a quarter of a million men onto island specks that later became headlines: Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Philippines. Seabees later deployed from Port Hueneme to serve in the Korean, Vietnam, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and Iraqi conflicts, as well as in peacetime, for more than 60 years. Charged with building air bases, ports, combat camps, hospitals, and other support facilities as part of military and humanitarian efforts around the world, the Seabees remain at home in Port Hueneme.

Author : Peter Diel,Eric Menges
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Verlag
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781841262413

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Surfing by Peter Diel,Eric Menges Pdf

A guide to surfing offers information on the origins of the sport, essential equipment, techniques, and the best surfing locations in the United States, Hawaii, Australia, and Europe.

Author : Martha Menchaca
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292778474

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The Mexican Outsiders by Martha Menchaca Pdf

People of Mexican descent and Anglo Americans have lived together in the U.S. Southwest for over a hundred years, yet relations between them remain strained, as shown by recent controversies over social services for undocumented aliens in California. In this study, covering the Spanish colonial period to the present day, Martha Menchaca delves deeply into interethnic relations in Santa Paula, California, to document how the residential, social, and school segregation of Mexican-origin people became institutionalized in a representative California town. Menchaca lived in Santa Paula during the 1980s, and interviews with residents add a vivid human dimension to her book. She argues that social segregation in Santa Paula has evolved into a system of social apartness—that is, a cultural system controlled by Anglo Americans that designates the proper times and places where Mexican-origin people can socially interact with Anglos. This first historical ethnographic case study of a Mexican-origin community will be important reading across a spectrum of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, race and ethnicity, Latino studies, and American culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Feminism
ISBN : UCSC:32106017171890

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Bitch by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard A. Santillán, José M. Alamillo, Anna Bermúdez, Juan J. Canchola-Ventura and Al Ramos
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467117159

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Mexican American Baseball in Ventura County by Richard A. Santillán, José M. Alamillo, Anna Bermúdez, Juan J. Canchola-Ventura and Al Ramos Pdf

Mexican American Baseball in Ventura County pays tribute to the legendary teams and players from Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Santa Paula, and other surrounding neighborhoods. From the early 20th century through the 1950s, baseball in Ventura County safeguarded opportunities for nurturing athletic and educational skills, asserting ethnic identity, promoting political self-confidence, developing economic autonomy, and redefining gender roles for women. Outside the ball field, these players and their families helped create the multibillion-dollar agricultural wealth that relied heavily on their backbreaking labor. These extraordinary photographs and remarkable stories shed unparalleled light on the long and rich history of baseball and softball in this celebrated region of California.