History of Santa Barbara County California: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of Santa Barbara County California: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers<br><br>IN the fairest of valleys on the tranquilest shore By mountains walled in and an ocean before With her brow on the hills and her feet to the sea Santa Barbara stands - the Queen that''s to be.<br><br>Montecito''s evergreen boscage and vale Fair at the foot of the mountain reposes Like a beauty asleep while the partridge and quail Wing o''er her brow the fragrance of roses.<br><br>The emerald oaks o''er the hills slope away To the verge of the sea in arboreal shade.<br><br>While the thatch-and-tile cot of a primitive day Peep out o''er the homes that the Saxon has made.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.