The Chumash were the original inhabitants of the lands that Fr. Serra named San Buenaventura and basically enslaved them to build his mission. 

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The old Crystal Lodge on Thompson Boulevard. This looks like the 1960s, when I would have gone to the Academy of St. Catherine by the Sea, around the time the idiots re-routed Highway 101 from Main Street to a freeway that cut over the town and ruined the sleepy life that was Ventura.

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Typical Ventura buildings on Main Street. I miss the OLD Ventura before wealth came in and changed it to suit entitled tastes.

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Ventura Skyline -- iconic to me

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Looking south on East Santa Clara Street

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Click image to enlarge - This is the way I remember Ventura

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Some Links

You Know You're From Ventura if...

San Buenaventura Conservancy

Farewell Top Hat Burgers

My Secret Pinterest Board (lots of old Ventura pics)

Ventura Pinterest Board by Lynn

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