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John Alexander Jameson, Guardian of Montecito
Two roads and a lake are named for him, but few remember John Alexander Jameson or the details behind his tremendous efforts to benefit and protect his adopted hometown of Montecito. Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1868, where his father, John Alexander Jameson Sr., served as a judge of the Superior Court, Jameson Jr. followed […]
The People Behind Montecito’s Roads Part I
While Montecito’s roads were a nameless, mazelike mess in the 1870s, by 1899, with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery postal service, order and identification began to be placed on the street system. (See MJ “Early Roads in Montecito” July 18, 2019.) All would remain dirt roads, however, until 1909, when the first few roads […]
