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Tag Archives: San Roque Canyon
The Lost Treasure of San Roque Canyon (1895)
“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 →
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Tagged Adventure, History, Los Padres National Forest, Newspapers, Reading, San Roque Canyon, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Travel, Treasure, Writing
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Flight of the Condor, Rare Santa Barbara Roost
A condor over Sespe Wilderness in December, 2013. (Return to Whiteacre Peak Or Day of the Condor) Earlier this month I stood on a ridge along Arroyo Burro Trail gazing from afar into the rocky mouth of San Roque Canyon … Continue reading →
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Tagged Condors, Hiking, iPhoneography, Los Padres National Forest, Mariposa Lily, Nature, San Roque Canyon, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wildlife
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Stealing Condor Eggs (1899)
An illustration originally published in the San Francisco Call newspaper in 1911. “CALIFORNIA CONDOR A RARE BIRD WHOSE EGGS ARE VALUED AT $18,000 A DOZEN It is not generally known that among the fads of the day the collecting of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Birds, Condors, History, Nature, Non-fiction, Photos, San Roque Canyon, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wildlife, Writing
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