General

Main and Broadway was the community's focal point of beginning the center of business and social life. Rudolf Cook, John Thornburg, Isaac Miller and Isaac Fesler met in 1865. They traveled on a wagon train together. At Santa Maria each man had 160 acres. They had to build crops.
In 1882 they named Santa Maria, Santa Maria, because they wanted to name it Central City, but there was already a town named that. Santa Maria is named after a river.
In 1904 Santa Maria was important as a city. Santa Maria was windswept. Santa Maria didn't have no trees, so San Francisco brought seed, so they could plant more trees. The Santa Maria Roads were sand and there were a lot of car accidents.

by A. I.
 

Resources

Third Grade Santa Maria Curriculum Binder