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The Hathaway Ranch & Oil Museum in Santa Fe Springs, California is a museum of five generations of Hathaway family and Southern California history. The five-acre facility includes hundreds of artifacts and buildings showing the initial usage of the land in farming and ranching, as well as the major transition when oil was discovered in the area.
The Clarke Estate is a historic mansion in Santa Fe Springs, California, U.S.. It was built from 1919 to 1921 for Chauncey Clarke and his wife, Marie Rankin Clarke. [2] It was designed by architect Irving Gill. [3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 4, 1990. [4]
The Old Spanish Trail (Spanish: Viejo Sendero Español) is a historical trade route that connected the northern New Mexico settlements of (or near) Santa Fe, New Mexico with those of Los Angeles, California and southern California. Approximately 700 mi (1,100 km) long, the trail ran through areas of high mountains, arid deserts, and deep canyons.
Santa Barbara: 1782 Barracks Part of the Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara. Third oldest extant building in California. Ruins of Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia: Santa Margarita: 1787 Church Significant portions of the asistencia walls and foundations have been preserved within a large barn owned by Santa Margarita Ranch. [3] [4] [5 ...
Location of Santa Cruz County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Cruz County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates ...
Santa Fe Springs is the birthplace of the Shelby Cobra. In 1962 Carroll Shelby set up shop in Dean Moon's speed shop in Santa Fe Springs. Shelby had AC Cars of Surrey, England ship cars without a motor or drive train to the Santa Fe shop. Shelby shoe-horned a 260-cubic-inch V8 into the tiny, lightweight British roadster and the Cobra was born ...
Containing the most sweeping collection of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the park preserves one of the most important pre-Columbian cultural and historical areas in the United States. [2] Between AD 900 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancestral Puebloans.
in the 1890's, chauncey moved to phoenix, arizona, for his health they moved to california in 1904, shortly after building this home oil was discovered and the smell and noise forced the,to leave. the site is now owned by santa fe springs and used as a wedding venue