Walking tour
The history of the ranches, bay and beach of Refugio, and the Ortegas north of Santa Barbara.
Travel mode
Built for street-level discovery, slow corners, and the layers you only notice on foot.
Story timing
Stories arrive as you do, so the sidewalk, storefront, and old boundary line can speak at the right moment.
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Tour access
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Shape
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Time
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About this tour
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The canalino natives had lived in the area north of goleta for thousands of years before the first me with white skin and beards dropped their anchor well offshore south of the area that we would come to know as Refugio. The visitors were in a two masted caravels named San Salvador and La Victoria with Juan Rodriquez
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