Rincon Point

Rincon Point is renowned as the Queen of the Coast, one of the premier surfing spots in the world, but that is only a fragment of its rich history. Before the arrival of Europeans, it was a Chumash village called Shuku. In the 19th century, it was part of Rancho El Rincon, whose owners included a rich but illiterate Californio rancher, an English physician who made house calls by bicycle, and a Chilean pharmacist who dispensed drugs out of an old ship's cabin. It was the site of a scandalous love-triangle murder in the 1870s, a rickety highway on stilts in the 1910s, and a raunchy honky-tonk in the 1920s. Banditos, nudists, movie stars, long-boarders--they have all shaped Rincon Point, a place immortalized by novelists, poets, painters, photographers, and the Beach Boys.

Author: Vincent Burns, Stephen Bates
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 10/24/2022
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.70w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781467108706
ISBN10: 1467108707
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
- Sports & Recreation | Water Sports | Surfing
- Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats | Coastal Regions & Shorelines