Monthly Archives: July 2017

The Lost Treasure of San Roque Canyon (1895)

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Jack Elliott

“There were three Santa Barbara boys who started aviation careers with their kite-flying. They were the Loughead brothers, Victor, Malcolm, and Allan, whose mother, Flora Haines Loughead, was a writer for the Independent, one of Santa Barbara’s three newspapers at … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara | Tagged Adventure, History, Los Padres National Forest, Newspapers, Reading, San Roque Canyon, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Travel, Treasure, Writing | 2 Comments

Desert Pictograph Boulder

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Jack Elliott

The thermometer bounces between 108 and 111 degrees as I drive into the Mojave Desert on a recent June afternoon. Several days earlier in 115 degree heat, not all that far away, a middle-aged man had left a tour bus … Continue reading →

Posted in California | Tagged Adventure, Anthropology, Archaeology, Desert, History, Indians, Mojave, Native Americans, Nature, Pictographs, Rock Art | 1 Comment