Identifier: outing53newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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The corridors of San Luis Rey mission.
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Palm on foothills of Sierra Santa Ynez, near Santa Barbara. as Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Riverside,Redlands, Pasadena, San Jose and SantaRosa. Thousands came to see the coast andits wonders as tourists, and went backonly to return. The original lure held outwas a newly discovered American Riviera;a region with the charm of southern Franceand Italy and few, if any, of their draw-backs. The original settlers of a quarter ofa century ago had no devious reasons forattracting others. They merely loved thecountry, it was a climatic paradise com-pared to the places from which some ofthem came. The eternal summer, the cool nights, the impressive scenery, thenovel fauna and flora, the succession ofsunlit days, all strengthened their beliefthat they had discovered a region morethan ordinarily blessed. The flowers ofSanta Barbara, San Jose or Pasadena, thesplendid mountains of the San Joaquin,Kern River and Sacramento regions, andthe numerous ranches, the mild climate,all these captivated and

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