Rancho Sierra Vista - Old Cabin Site Traditional Cache
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Rancho Sierra Vista - Old Cabin Site
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This ammo box cache in Pt Mugu St Park will take a few hours (5-6 miles) - as Campy suggests - do it on a cool day and take plenty of water. No dogs or bikes are allowed in this portion of the state park. Closest places to start are the south (dead end) of Wendy Dr at Potrero or the Rancho Sierra Vista main parking lot off Lynn Rd and Via Goleta, all in Newbury Park off the 101 Fwy. Other nearby caches are Shandi's Middle of the Road Cache, Fern Gully, and Peace, Love and Joy
The modern era of this area began in 1936 when Carl H. Beal purchased large tracts of land from the Borchard and Broome holdings. Beal named his 10,200 acres, Rancho Sierra Vista. With a background in geology, Beal explored the ranch for water and developed a system of dams, wells, springs and reservoirs that provided the water for a variety of agricultural products and horses. He was the person responsible for building 25 miles of roads, many of these are the trails we hike, and 18 wells feeding the 14 miles of steel pipe that you see these along side today's trails. Water for his avocados was brought in by pipe from a spring at Boney Mountain. Near this spring was a cabin. Beal was probably not the person who built the cabin, but he and his son used it as their hunting cabin. It has since been destroyed by fire and only the foundation and chimney remain.
In 1947 Richard E. Danielson purchased 7,793 acres of Rancho Sierra Vista from the estate of Carlton Beal. Danielson was the grandson of the founder of International Harvester and had inherited a substantial fortune. He and his family lived primarily in Los Angeles and visited Rancho Sierra Vista only occasionally, for weekends or holidays. Danielson is responsible for completing the ranch house, including the swiming pool, and paving the road. Between 1972 and 1973 Danielson donated 5,585 acres of his ranch to the state of California for use as a park. In 1980 Danielson sold 850 acres containing the horse ranch to the National Park Service. It became one of the first acquisition of the newly created Santa Monica National Recreation Area. Danielson died December 27, 1988 and was buried near the cabin site. Plots are reserved there for the rest of his family. The "Peace, Love and Joy" artwork marks the location. (The above historical information is courtesy of the National Park Service
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Vg vf n shyy fvmr nzzb pna!
[You may also find a second container in this area. It is a letterbox cache. It however is carefully labeled "THIS IS NOT A GEOCACHE.]