Oxnard: 1867-1940 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738529301)

Stretching out along the beautiful Pacific shoreline, Oxnard is the largest city in Ventura County. The flat plain area lay fallow for nearly a century after the original population, the Chumash Indians, concentrated around the mission of San Buenaventura. The first crops were planted by German and Irish immigrants in 1867, and by 1898, Henry T. Oxnard and his investors saw the potential to build the largest sugar factory in the world. These days, the annual strawberry festival attracts thousands of visitors who come to celebrate the city's deep agricultural roots.

Author: Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt
ISBN-10: 0738529303
ISBN-13: 9780738529301
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2004
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.54w x 0.32d