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As you may know, I was the Channel Coast District Superintendent for CA State Parks from August 2000 until December 2006, before retiring from State service in 2007. During my tenure as District Superintendent, my focus in working with the SBTHP was…

I feel like the intersection of Canon Perdido and Santa Barbara Streets has been the center of my universe for the entire 1.5 years I have lived in Santa Barbara. I came here to be the Presidio Research Center Librarian so this place has been the…

Michael Hardwick came to Santa Barbara in the 1960s to attend UCSB. While he began as a pre-med student, he developed an interest in local Santa Barbara history and decided to pursue his degree in archaeology. He became involved with SBTHP in 1970…

Pressed flower on a handwritten note.

Dam and bridge located at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Mission wall, buttress, and colonnade pillars in ruins; image taken from west end

colonnade and façade ruins

interior of chapel from choir loft

mission with ruins

Deteriorating façade of chapel

View of cemetery outside the chapel

View of bell tower before 1931 when the top bell was replaced