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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Category Archives: Ventura County
Indian Cave
This cave is located in Ventura County. It sits overlooking a gushing perennial spring in otherwise very dry landscape. There are numerous bedrock mortars in the cave and around the immediate area. There are traces of soot on its walls … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Archaeology, Caves and Rocks, Chumash, History, Indian, Mortars, Native American
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The Death of Happy Jack (1879)
A photo of a whiskey lovin’ drunk circa 1907. Nineteenth century police blotter from the Ventura Signal newspaper, March 1, 1879: Daniel Collins, commonly called “Arizona Jack,” or “Happy Jack,” died at Saticoy on the night of the 25th of … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Alcohol, Events, History, Life, Liquor, Miscellaneous, Miscellany, Photos, Pics
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