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Valley Publishers, Published 1977. Hardcover, 167 pp.; 24 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps; decorative map endpapers.
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In Very Good condition, no dust jacket. Yellow illustrated cloth-covered boards, light shelf wear and edgewear, binding tight. Previous owner's name and place names in ink to the front endpaper map; otherwise pages clean and unmarked. A popular history of California's Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County, tracing the region from its Chumash inhabitants and the Spanish mission era through the pioneer towns of Ballard, Santa Ynez, Los Olivos, Buellton, and Las Cruces, the homesteading outlanders of the back country, and the Danish settlement of Solvang. Drawn from local recollection and the files of the Santa Ynez Valley News and the Valley's historical society, illustrated throughout with historic photographs. Cover design by Valerie Matthews Whitford. Contents: Something of Value; The Chumash; The Spanish Come; The Pioneer Towns (Ballard, Santa Ynez, Los Olivos, Buellton, Las Cruces); The Outlanders; The Danish Influence; Bibliography; Chronology; Index.