A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . cattle, also mules, horses and hogs. Not only is ^Ir. Robbins a native son of thestate, buthe claims the distinction of beingthe first American boy born in Guadaloupe,Santa Barbara county, his birth occurring onthe last day of the year 1872. His V. and Louisa Catherine (Baber) Robbins,were both natives of Missouri, from whichstate the former started in 1852 on the longand perilous journey across the plains. Go-ing direct to Sono
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . cattle, also mules, horses and hogs. Not only is ^Ir. Robbins a native son of thestate, buthe claims the distinction of beingthe first American boy born in Guadaloupe,Santa Barbara county, his birth occurring onthe last day of the year 1872. His V. and Louisa Catherine (Baber) Robbins,were both natives of Missouri, from whichstate the former started in 1852 on the longand perilous journey across the plains. Go-ing direct to Sonoma county, he settled on aranch not far from Santa Rosa, upon which hemade his home for twenty years. In 1872, ashort time prior to the birth of their son, theparents removed to Guadaloupe, Santa Bar-bara county. In 1879 they settled on the Sis-quoc ranch, in the same county, removingfrom there in T883 to Goieta and still later toSanta Barbara, where the father died in 1806. Of the five children born to his parents Robbins was the third in order of first eleven years of his life were associat-ed with his native village, in whose public. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 691 schools he gained such training as the primi-tive place afforded. Removing to Goleta in18(83, he completed his education in the SantaBarbara Business College, and continued tomake his home near that city until 1902. Un-der his fathers training on the home ranch helearned all of the details for the successful cul-tivation of land, a training which he put tofurther practical test by renting land andranching for himself. In 1901 he leased andran the Ontario and Eagle Canyon ranchesnear Santa Barbara. In 1902 he assumed control of the El Rob-lar ranch, consisting of fifty-two hundredacres near Los Alamos, of which he is thelessee. With a company of five Mr. Robbinsformed the El Roblar Thrashing Company, ofwhich he is one of the managers. In 1S99 Mr. Robbins was married to ^labelE. Hunt, a native
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