1905 Map of Santa Ynez

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The San Rafael Mountains dominate this central California landscape, surveyed at the dawn of the twentieth century. This terrain is defined by its dramatic vertical relief and the drainage basins of the Cuyama River to the north and the Santa Ynez River to the south. Sparse human settlement is concentrated in the northern Cuyama Valley at locations like Wasioja and Caliente Ranch, while the interior of the Los Padres national forest land is marked by high-altitude cattle grazing areas known as potreros, including Salisbury Potrero and Montgomery Potrero.