
The Santa Maria Valley and the central coast of Santa Barbara County are depicted here during a period of significant agricultural and industrial transition. Surveyed in 1903, the landscape is defined by vast Spanish land grants such as Mission La Purisima and Los Alamos, reflecting the region's colonial heritage. The arrival of the Southern Pacific R. R. and the Southern Pacific Coast Line along the Santa Barbara Channel has established new transportation corridors, while early industrial activity is marked by an Asphaltum Mine and scattered Oil Wells near Orcutt.
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1897 · Arroyo Grande
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1900 · San Luis
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1902 · Santa Ynez
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1905 · Guadalupe
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1905 · Santa Ynez
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1905 · Lompoc
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1912 · McKittrick
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1922 · Nipomo
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1937 · Branch Mtn
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1941 · San Rafael Mtn.
USGS Topo · 1:62,500