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With large gourds resting on their heads, these women travel around the mercado with flowers, vegetables, and fruit.

A palm-reader wearing a traditional silk shawl engages audiences in Fiesta activities.

Woman in Fiesta costume standing in front of archway

Woman in embroidered shawl.

A community zine made by attendees of the 2022 Community History Day Event at the El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Park

This small wooden house was built c. 1871 for Concepcion Valdez, who resided on the property for over forty-five years. It is occupied by the Santa Cruz Island Foundation.

Captain Horatio Gates Trussell built this house in 1854 from adobe bricks and from wood salvaged from the shipwreck of the "SS Winfield Scott." Sheathed in wood, this adobe reflects the influence of its builder, a native of New England. Wooden…

Born in the Santa Barbara area in 1942, Tommy Chung and his family moved to the Presidio neighborhood after the construction of his father’s restaurant – Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens – was completed in 1946 and an attached…