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Carpenteria - History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura, California 1891 (997 words) |
 | From the point dividing the Montecito and Carpenteria, the beach curves gently to the bold, rocky point at Rincon, giving to the whole valley a southern exposure, it being practically enclosed, moreover, from point to point, by a deep semicircle of mountains, up which open picturesque cañons. |
| The name of the valley, Carpenteria (Spanish for carpenter-shop), is derived from the existence, in early days, on the bank of one of the streams here, of a workshop of that nature. |
| Carpenteria is divided for the most part into small farms; and so wonderfully rich is the soil that a few acres will support a family. |
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