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The history of Santa Maria, California, starts with the native Chumash people, who lived there for several thousand years before the Spanish Empire colonized the region in the 18th century. Later, it was a part of the Mexican Empire , California Republic , and finally, the United States .
Santa Maria (Spanish for "St. Mary") is a city in the Central Coast of California in northern Santa Barbara County.It is approximately 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Santa Barbara and 150 miles (240 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Santa Maria High School athletic teams are nicknamed the Saints, and its mascot is Sammy the Saint. Since 2018, the school has competed in the Central Coast Athletic Association, a conference affiliated with the CIF Central Section. Previously, SMHS was a long-time member of the CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) and the Los Padres League.
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 ...
The Pacific Coast Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway on the Central Coast of California.The original 10-mile (16 km) link from San Luis Obispo to Avila Beach and Port Harford was later built southward to Santa Maria and Los Olivos, with branches to Sisquoc and Guadalupe.
This was the only time Santa Maria had nonstop mainline jets to LAX and SFO at the same time. DC-9 jet flights ended in 1976 and Hughes Airwest F-27 flights to Santa Maria ended in 1979. A number of commuter airlines served the airport. In 1968 Cable Commuter Airlines was flying de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters to LAX. [12]
The Chapel of San Ramon, also known as the Benjamin Foxen Memorial Chapel [2] or the Sisquoc Chapel, [3] is a chapel and cemetery located in Santa Maria, California, United States. It is listed on the list of California Historical Landmarks and is also the first historic landmark listed by Santa Barbara County, California. [4]
Santa Maria–style barbecue [1] is a regional culinary tradition rooted in the Santa Maria Valley in Santa Barbara County on the Central Coast of California. This method of barbecuing dates back to the mid-19th century and is today regarded as a "mainstay of California's culinary heritage".