Last updated: April 4, 2021
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Oil Well
Tim Hauf, timhaufphotography.com. Inset: Pier Gherini Collection
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The remnants of the oil well visible from the road was drilled by Atlantic Richfield in 1966. This exploratory well yielded water instead of oil. Although the Gherinis would enter into a lease with Union Oil, the devastating Union Oil spill in January of 1969 off the coast of Santa Barbara mobilized the environmental movement against further oil exploration on the island.