Storke History of Ventura County–1891
A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California
by Yda Addis Storke
Published in 1891 in Chicago by the Lewis Publishing Co.
Digital version of this book
Biographies from Storke’s book may be found on the Biographies page.
Ventura County
| Early Settlement (pp. 183-194) | The More Murder | |
| Government and Business | Rancho Sespe | |
| Division from Santa Barbara | Fillmore | |
| Organization and Annals | Bardsdale | |
| General Description (pp. 195-202) | An Earthly Paradise, Piru City | |
| Water Supply | Rancho Camulos | |
| Timber Supply | Rancho San Francisco | |
| San Nicolas Island | Western Portion of Ventura (pp. 226-228) | |
| Geology | Rancho Canada San Miguelito | |
| Climate | Rancho Canada Larga o’Verdo | |
| Churches of Ventura | Ojai Rancho | |
| Public Schools | The Ojai Valley | |
| Eastern Portion of Ventura (pp. 203-209) | Santa Ana Valley | |
| Santa Clara Valley | Rancho Santa Ana | |
| Rancho La Colonia | San Buenaventura (pp. 229-241) | |
| Hueneme | Its Institutions | |
| Guadalasca Rancho | Floriculture | |
| Las Posas Rancho | County Hospital | |
| Simi Rancho | Court-House | |
| Rancho Tapo | Jail | |
| Springville | Banks | |
| Calleguas Rancho | Churches | |
| Rancho El Conejo | The Press | |
| Newbury Park | Bench and Bar | |
| Timberville | Resources (pp. 241-260) | |
| Central Portion of Ventura (pp. 210-225) | Agriculture | |
| Rancho San Miguel | Horticulture | |
| Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy | The Year’s Exports | |
| Town of Santa Paula | Stock-Raising | |
| Saticoy | Bee-Keeping | |
| New Jerusalem | Mining | |
| Montalvo | Mineral Oils |