Ventura, California
Ventura (officially the City of San Buenaventura; commonly called San Buenaventura before 1891),[1] or Shisholop in Chumash[2] is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. It was incorporated in 1866. The population was 110,763 at the 2020 census.[3]
Ventura, California Media
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Ventura was founded by the Spanish in 1782, when Saint Junípero Serra established Mission San Buenaventura.
- Drawing of Mission San Buenaventura taken from Alfred Robinson's book, "Life in California", California, ca.1839 (CHS-5762) (cropped).jpg
Mission San Buenaventura in 1839
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Don Raymundo Olivas, a retired Californio soldier, built the Olivas Adobe in 1841 on his Rancho San Miguel.
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Village of San Buenaventura in 1865
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Fourth of July celebration in 1874. The Parade Marshal is Thomas R. Bard.
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San Buenaventura, California (1898)
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Casa de Anza, built in 1929 to house workers from the Ventura Oil Field
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View of Ventura Harbor
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Ventura California Aerial Photo D Ramey Logan
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Founded in 1782, the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. In 2020, Pope Francis elevated it to the category of basilica.
References
- ↑ Erwin G. Gudde, California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names, 4th ed., rev. and enlarged by William Bright (University of California Press, 1998), p. 410.
- ↑ McCall, Lynne; Perry, Rosalind (2002). California’s Chumash Indians : a project of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center (Revised ed.). San Luis Obispo, Calif: EZ Nature Books. p. 36. ISBN 0936784156.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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