I just read your profile, and I don't meet very many fourth generationers like myself. When my great grandparents bought their ranch in Nojoqui Falls, part of it was made of Adobe, and they bought it from a "Spaniard" as grandma would say. But the other side of the family in Santa Ynez were also Scottish, James Ritchie Torrence. The home he built there is the longest continuously occupied home in the valley. Now a wealthy family with maids live there, but the original structure still exists and twenty years ago they were kind enough to give my grandma a tour when she told them her parents had been married there and her grandfather had built the original and still existing structure. We've always been Republicans and big Reagan fans.
Oops, this was intended for you, not GOP Capitalist
I just read your profile, and I don't meet very many fourth generationers like myself. When my great grandparents bought their ranch in Nojoqui Falls, part of it was made of Adobe, and they bought it from a "Spaniard" as grandma would say. But the other side of the family in Santa Ynez were also Scottish, James Ritchie Torrence. The home he built there is the longest continuously occupied home in the valley. Now a wealthy family with maids live there, but the original structure still exists and twenty years ago they were kind enough to give my grandma a tour when she told them her parents had been married there and her grandfather had built the original and still existing structure. We've always been Republicans and big Reagan fans.
Because your part of Santa Barbara County has stayed pretty much rural, a lot of the old families are still around. It is a great heritage. Did you ever make it up Refugio Canyon to see the Reagan's Rancho del Cielo? It was originally known as the "Tip Top" Ranch when it was built in the 1880's. I think it might still be shown that way on the topographic maps.