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To: capitan_refugio

Mine as well. 1882 when my great grandpa arrived in L.A. which he described as a sleepy Spanish town with crooked streets. He took a stage out to the Harbor in San Pedro and a ship up to Santa Barbara where he got off and stayed with some family in Lompoc, I believe. Then he bought the land at Nojoqui Falls. There is a Landmark of the Nosser Family Stage stop there. The house burned down and the Government bought the family from my grandparents.


537 posted on 11/20/2004 10:19:52 PM PST by ruthles
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To: ruthles
How interesting! I have led geological field trips in the Santa Ynez Mtns, and I always like to have the lunch stop at Nojoqui Falls. (I think we should let the other posters know the word Nojoqui is in the Chumash language - I think it is pronounced no-ho-wee.)

If your family goes back that far, I am willing to bet they know the Dibblee clan who own (owned?) Rancho San Julian. Tom Dibblee (now over 90 yrs old) knows those mountains back and forth. They probably know the Hollisters too.

541 posted on 11/20/2004 10:28:39 PM PST by capitan_refugio
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