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The Guppies | Goleta History

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February 15, 2015. If you lived in Goleta in the late 60’s and early 70’s, you may remember seeing these almost comical looking aircraft flying around, but do you know they served a very serious purpose and helped man land on the moon? They were called Guppies, and their story is quite interesting. To pursue the project. The Pregnant Guppy was so successful that Aero Spacelines built a second larger Guppy for larger, heavier loads. These hangars still exist today and are being used by FedEx and others.

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Two Hangars | Goleta History

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October 20, 2014. If you drive down Fairview by the airport, just past McLeans Auto Body, make a right at Freeman St. and follow the signs to Fed Ex. Keep driving past Fed Ex and you will drive right into these two historic hangars. They’re easily overlooked, but have sat here proudly since the early 1930’s, and were used continuously throughout most of their years. In fact, they’re still used occasionally. They came to our attention recently thanks to a news item, announcing their pending demolition.

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Kate Bell’s Cactus | Goleta History

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Kate Bell’s Cactus. October 19, 2014. If you ever walk from Haskells Beach towards Santa Barbara, you probably have noticed the hillside below Sandpiper golf course has a large, unruly patch of cactus growing on it. We’ve always seen it there, but never really thought much about it. We figured the oil companies planted it to keep people out, but it was actually there before the oil companies came to town. The rest is history. Nishino was deeply humiliated and he vowed revenge. A few years later, Kozo Nis...

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Goleta’s Oldest Building | Goleta History

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Goleta’s Oldest Building. June 22, 2015. What is the oldest building in the Goleta Valley? Most folks have never heard of it, or have any idea of its existence. But this little building played a major role in the history of Goleta, the success of the Santa Barbara Mission and the wine industry of California. Nestled on a private ranch in the foothills of Goleta, it’s called the San Jose winery. In 1895, McCaffrey was getting too old to keep it up, so he leased the winery to one of his employees, an Itali...

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Tar | Goleta History

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October 19, 2014. If you spend any time at all on the beaches of Goleta, you know what tar is. Some days it’s plentiful other days, there isn’t any. Surprisingly, a lot of people don’t understand why it’s there. Lots of folks assume it’s due to the big oil rigs out in the channel, leaking excess oil. But the reality is, tar has been on our beaches for a thousands of years and archaeologists have found signs of human use of tar and oil. Within a ten-day period, an estimated 100,000 barrels of crude oil sp...

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Architectural Influence | Goleta History

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April 25, 2015. The historic Ellwood gas station was meant to make a statement. In the late 1920’s the Barnsdall Rio Grande oil company wanted to build a filling station that was second to none. They interviewed many of the most prestigious architectural firms and eventually settled on Morgan, Walls and Clement. Out of Los Angeles. One aspect that makes it even more unique is the use of six inch blue and white ceramic tiles. A bold statement, that continues to impress. What’s not mentioned is that ...

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Goleta’s Whaling Station | Goleta History

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Goleta’s Whaling Station. January 3, 2015. Whaling was a disgusting and messy process, and there were no rules or regulations about how it was done. Since only the outer layer of fat was what they could sell, the rest of the gigantic mammal was left to rot right there on the beach. Meanwhile, the oak groves of Isla Vista were decimated to provide firewood for the “try-pots” that melted the whale fat down into oil, and you can imagine the air quality from all that melting fat! The yellowish chunks of grea...

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