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Refugio and Dos Pueblos

An audio tour that plays itself. Each story starts as you walk up to the place it happened.

The history of the ranches, bay and beach of Refugio, and the Ortegas north of Santa Barbara.

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Written by historians, never AIResearched & written by Marc Striegel

On the ground

How a tour plays

1

Download before you go

Get the app, pick this tour, and download it. Everything works offline after that.

2

Drive or walk the route

Follow the route with your phone in your pocket. Nothing to tap.

3

Stories start on their own

Each one begins the moment you reach the place it's about.

Researched & written by

Marc Striegel

About this tour

Behind this route

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 

What you'll hear along the way

Out now

Go walk it.

Download the free History Cake app, open this tour, and each story plays itself as you reach the spot.

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