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Delphine Caire
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Delphine Care 1880s, daughter of Justinian Care, a former owner of Santa Cruz Island. This is an account of Delphine Cares. First visit to Santa Cruz Island in 1880.
When circumstances brought my father, Justinian care ownership of a considerable number of shares of stock in the Santa Cruz Island Company, he wished to inform himself of the situation and by actual inspection of the site, ascertain if changes were called for in the operation of this rural domain. In 1880, he decided to go there and to take Arthur, my brother and me. To get to Scorpion Anchorage from the main ranch in 1880, it was necessary to ride a horse over an extremely rough trail and occasionally over ground, devoid of any trail, the carriage deposited, the two of us at a place called Campo de Manquero, and now I wonder how we ever reached the spot without accident a short distance beyond the Rancho del Sur. There was no wagon Rd. and the grading of the mountain we were climbing was such that our vehicle could easily have tipped over. A horseman travelling high above us in short, against the vehicle swerving by means of a stout belt strapped to our carriage, the end of which was wound around the pommel of his saddle. I'm convinced that it was not our Californian sturdy strap, but the ordering of a benevolent Providence that saved us 1000 times from what Italians would have called a magnificent. Taping tombolo for had we overturned heads would first have hit the ground.
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1 minute, 31 seconds
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NPS
Date Created
06/04/2016
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