Downtown Ventura is home to Ventura's ornate city hall with its statue of Junipero Serra. Numerous thrift stores contrast with high-end shops and restaurants. Located in downtown is the historic Ortega Adobe, once home to the Ortega family, now famous for their chili products. Primary areas of activity include California Street and Main Street between Ventura Avenue and Fir Street. Downtown Ventura is home to the Mission San Buenaventura, museums, galleries, dining, and shopping. Ventura has some of the best surfing in Southern California, especially Surfer's Point at Ventura County Fairgrounds. Geographer Restored Mission San Buenaventura on a sunny day. In the last three decades it has increased to approximately 107,000. In 1930 the population had increased to 11,603, by 1950 the population reached 16,643, by 1970 the population was 57,964, and in 1980 the population had increased to 73,774. This route became passable with the completion of the Maricopa Highway (Hwy 33) in the 1930s. Inland, Ventura was hemmed in by (what is now) the Los Padres National Forest, composed of mountainous country and deep canyons. Another route, US Highway 101 ALT (now the Pacific Coast Highway) traveled along the coast from Santa Monica via Oxnard, but was not heavily used.įrom the north, entrance was by way of a single road along the beach and stagecoach passengers either had to wait until low tide when the horses could cross on the exposed wet sand, or go up the Ventura River Valley and then cross over the mountains to Santa Barbara via Casitas Pass, a long and difficult trip.
This route, now further widened and improved by 1969, is known as the Ventura Freeway, which directly links Ventura with the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The resulting flood reached Montalvo about 5:30 a.m., almost two miles (3 km) wide and traveling at a speed of 5 miles (8 km) per hour.įrom the south, travel by auto was slow and hazardous, until the completion of a four-lane freeway (US Highway 101) over the Conejo Grade in 1959. Francis Dam, 54 miles (87 km) inland, failed catastrophically, taking over 600 lives. The citrus farmers formed Sunkist Growers, Incorporated, the world's largest organization of citrus production. The city is located between the Ventura River and the Santa Clara River, leading to soil so fertile that citrus grew better here than anywhere else in the state. The large Ventura Oil Field was first drilled in 1919 and at its peak produced 90,000 barrels per day (14,000 m 3/d). The Union Oil Company was organized with Bard as President in 1890, and has offices in Santa Paula. For most of the century which followed the incorporation of Ventura in 1866, it remained isolated from the rest of the state.īard is often regarded as the Father of Ventura and his descendants have been prominently identified with the growth of Ventura County. Not easily accessible, Ventura was not a target of immigrants, and as such, remained quiet and rural. Bard, who had been in charge of train supplies to Union troops, and Bard was sent west to handle Scott's property. He was impressed by one of the young employees, Thomas R. Vast holdings were later acquired by Easterners, including the railroad magnate, Thomas Scott. On July 6, 1841, Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado granted Rancho San Miguel to Felipe Lorenzana and Raymundo Olivas, whose Olivas Adobe on the banks of the Santa Clara River was the most magnificent hacienda south of Monterey.Īfter the American Civil War, settlers came to the area, buying land from the Mexicans, or simply as squatters. Bonaventure, a Thirteenth Century Franciscan saint and a Doctor of the Church. Statue of Father Junípero Serra founder of Mission San Buenaventura in 1782.įather Junípero Serra founded Mission San Buenaventura in 1782, forming the basis of what would become the city.
Route 101, State Route 33, and State Route 126. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura (officially the City of San Buenaventura commonly called San Buenaventura before 1891 ) is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866.
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