Santa Margarita
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Hardcover/History 130 pages English Jun 27, 2016
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Santa Margarita de Cortona was founded in 1775 as part of the original Spanish mission system. Its asistencia, in fact, has been considered a lost mission. Santa Margarita Ranch was later founded from a Mexican land grant. In 1889, the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with its terminus in Santa Margarita, created a boomtown with dance halls, blacksmiths, hotels, pool halls, saloons, and a jail. And with the popularity of auto travel half a century later, Santa Margarita was once again revitalized with garages, gas stations, motor inns, restaurants, and bars. It fell into a deep sleep, however, as Highway 101 bypassed the town in the mid-1950s. Landlocked by the 17,000-plus-acre Santa Margarita Ranch, the town has remained frozen in time until recently.
- Author:
- Cheri Roe|Santa Margarita Historical Society
- Publisher:
- Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
- Publication Date:
- Jun 27, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 130 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover/History
- ISBN-10:
- 1531698409
- ISBN-13:
- 9781531698409