La Graciosa, California

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La Graciosa location map submitted to the U.S. Post Office Department in the 1870s

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] The town was on land that had been Rancho Guadalupe. [2] A man named Patrick O'Neil opened a stage station and store on the site around 1868. [2] The stagecoach route had originally gone through Foxen Canyon but eventually switched to the valley of Los Alamos, with a stop at La Graciosa. [3] The settlement had a post office and a school. [2] However, in 1877 H. M. Newhall came into possession of the land and "served suits of ejectment to all the inhabitants." [2]

La Graciosa schools had 52 students in approximately 1882. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace; Abeloe, William N. (1966). Historic Spots in California (3rd ed.). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 423.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Short Life of La Graciosa". This is our valley / Compiled by the Santa Maria Valley Historical Society. Written by Vada F. Carlson. Ethel-May Dorsey, editor-in-chief . Retrieved 2024-01-22– via HathiTrust.
  3. 1 2 "California's wonderful corner : true stories for children from the history of the Santa Barbara region / by Walker A. Thompkins ; illustrated by Joseph Knowles ..." HathiTrust. pp. 88, 90. Retrieved 2024-01-23.


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