MONTECITO TRIVIA
Whether you know a lot about Montecito or not, we think youll
find the answers to these trivia questions fun and entertaining.
If you have a trivia question for us, send it to us at montmag@montecitomag.com. Well post it here for you. If we cant answer your trivia question,
well give you an illustrated poster map of Montecito suitable
for framing.**
Check back frequently, as we will be changing the questions often.
The answers to our trivia questions are below. Enjoy!
- Deluxe mooring facilities in Montecito were once offered to yacht
owners but no longer exist. Where were these facilities?
- What California State Senator used to own a Montecito resort?
- What odd gift did Dr. Charles C. Parks give to the Montecito community
in 1910?
- Where is Shark's Cove and how did it get it's name?
- Little blue men, talking dogs and super heroes lived on Humphrey
Road in Montecito. How can that be?
Answers Below
And the answers are
- In 1963, a 500-foot pier was constructed on the ocean across from
the Biltmore Hotel. The pier was a complete disaster, however,
because of the adverse currents and tides. Without a breakwater,
the surf was too choppy, making boarding and disembarking from
the boats a dangerous proposition. As a result, the pier was abandoned
soon after it was built and torn down years later.
- Democrat Alvin Weigand, California State Senator from 1962 to
1967, took over ownership of the San Ysidro Ranch in 1935 and
owned it for almost 40 years. During his many years as the master
proprietor of The Ranch, Weigand attributed his success to the
special attention he gave in offering guests cloistered tranquillity
from the outside world. Distinguished luminaries, movie stars,
corporate tycoons and future presidents all could relax at The
Ranch secure in the knowledge the resort would never be the source
of any publicity about them.
- Located northeast of the Bird Refuge at the intersection of Channel
Drive and Hot Springs Road, a stone lions head streams water
into a horse trough basin and people "slack their thirst" on the
other side of the only known specially designed fountain designed
"for both man and beast." Dr. Parks selected the location for
the fountain because it would be helpful to the considerable number
of horseback riders who used to ride from Montecito to the beach.
- Its the cove on the south side of Fernald Point. During the mid-1860s
starving livestock were herded by vaqueros to the Montecito lowlands
for butchering and loading on trading ships that plied the California
coast. What was left became hog fodder or was dumped into the
ocean. It is commonly believed that this attracted sharks and
thus lead to the name Sharks Cove.
- Don Messick, the voice of Papa Smurf, Scooby-Doo and Ranger Smith
lived on Humphrey Road for more than 30 years.
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