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The city's second semipro football team, the Santa Maria Football Club, was founded in 1967. In 1968, they were renamed to the Santa Maria Hawks. In 1969, they were contracted to play as extras in the movie M*A*S*H. They disbanded in 1970. [20] In 1974, the Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum was opened at its current site. [20]
The craft was a full-size replica of the Santa María, one of three ships Christopher Columbus used in 1492 during his first voyage to the Americas. The ship was displayed in Columbus from 1991 to 2014, when it had to be relocated due to the Scioto Mile project reshaping the riverbanks. The Santa Maria has sat on a city-owned lot since its ...
Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum: Santa Maria: Santa Barbara: Central Coast: Local history [1] Santa Paula Art Museum: Santa Paula: Ventura: Central Coast: Art: website, collection focus is work by local artists Santa Susana Depot: Simi Valley: Ventura: Central Coast: Railroad: Former Southern Pacific Railroad depot Santa Ynez ...
La Graciosa is a former human settlement in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. La Graciosa was the first village established in the Santa Maria River valley. [1] It was located southwest of Orcutt. [1] The town was named for Laguna Graciosa, a nearby lagoon so called because Spanish explorers thought it was lovely. [2]
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.
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 Valley Historical Society Museum – Chumash artifacts and exhibits; Santa Rosa Island – cave paintings in Jones Cave. Thousands of artifacts of the island, which has been populated by the Chumash for more than 13,000 years, have been found. [98] Santa Ynez Indian Reservation (Samala) – the only Chumash Indian reservation [99]
[1] [2] Santa María was a medium-sized commercial nau or carrack, about 62 ft (18.9 m) long on deck, and according to Juan Escalante de Mendoza in 1575, Santa María was "very little larger than 100 toneladas" (about 100 tons, or tuns) burthen, or burden, [3] [4] [5] and was used as the flagship for the expedition.