Santa Barbara Visit Described as Eldorado of Beauty
A letter from Barbara Saxon Burt in California extols Santa Barbara as a picturesque and healthy region with lush orchards, vines, and diverse crops. The writer notes warm climate, minimal rain, abundant fruit, skilled farmers, and a mixed population, plus local sights such as sulphur springs and sea baths, ending with a humorous anecdote about a vine measurement misunderstanding.
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California frontier notes on farms and funds
A letter describes building costs in California with a fire court house at $50 000 and a hotel at $30 000, plus dwelling houses from $10 000 to $90 000. It notes Spanish horses, threshing grain, long bean harvests, and hopeful farmers who crossed plains to settle, signed by J. H. Haun.
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