Santa Barbara Channel was named the by the Spanish explorer Sebastian Viscaino on Dec 4th (St. Barbara’s Feast Day) in 1602.
The coastline was inhabitted by branches of the Chumash tribes who fished and ranched in loose bands from what is now San Luis Obispo to Ventura.
In the 18th century the Spanish settled a serries of settlements, El Camino Real or "the Royal Road", that stretched from San Diego to San Francisco.
The Presidio and the Mission at Santa Barbara were founded by the Franciscan Padre Junipero Serra in 1782 and 1786.
The City of Santa Barbara was established in 1797 with land grants to retired soldiers from the Presidio.
In 1822 the area changed from Spanish to Mexican control, and in 1848 the area was ceded to the United States.
When the train line opened to San Francisco in 1901 the city population doubled to nearly 6,000… today it is around 100,000.
After the 1925 earthquake destroyed much of downtown, the area’s historic architecture was given greater attention and future designs have been encouraged, or required, to fit into several local styles including the Hispanic State Street (El Pueblo Viejo), Bungalow Haven, the Lower Riviera, and the Victorian Landmark District.
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