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History of Santa Barbara


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Evidence of human habitation of the area begins at least 13,000 years ago. Evidence for a Paleo-Indian presence includes a fluted Clovis-like point found in the 1980s along the western Santa Barbara County coast, as well as the remains of Arlington Springs Man, found on Santa Rosa Island in the 1960s. Approximately 8,000 to 10,000 Chumash lived on the south coast of Santa Barbara County when Portuguese explorer João Cabrilho sailed through the Santa Barbara Channel in 1542, anchoring briefly in the area.

In 1602 Sebastián Vizcaíno gave the name "Santa Barbara" to

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