Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . , ,r^ n Channel Drive to Montecito. through the countryside hoping that the pureair and outdoor life would restore him, he cameupon a party of Indians at the mouth of a among them who claimed to be over one 231 SANTA BARBARA hundred years old, led Mr. Curtiss to thesprings, and intimated that by bathing in thewaters he would grow well and strong. remained, drank and bathed in this veri-table pool of Siloam, and was healed. He thentook up a claim there and began to develop theproperty, which today has become a little moun-
Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . , ,r^ n Channel Drive to Montecito. through the countryside hoping that the pureair and outdoor life would restore him, he cameupon a party of Indians at the mouth of a among them who claimed to be over one 231 SANTA BARBARA hundred years old, led Mr. Curtiss to thesprings, and intimated that by bathing in thewaters he would grow well and strong. remained, drank and bathed in this veri-table pool of Siloam, and was healed. He thentook up a claim there and began to develop theproperty, which today has become a little moun-tain village. These springs, some twenty in number, arcsituated in a picturesque canyon of Mount AguaCaliente, at an elevation of 1,500 feet above andthree miles distant from the ocean, six miles fromSanta Barbara. The temperature of the watersranges from 60 to 120 degrees, and they are con>sidered very efficacious in the healing of manydiseases, and are especially good in rheumaticcases. Their best endorsement is perhaps thatthey are not o
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