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	'''June 14, 1933 [SBMP]:''' “The body of William Dutch Schultz, hermit fisherman… was brought to town by the Larco Brothers boat, the California.”		'''June 14, 1933 [SBMP]:''' “The body of William Dutch Schultz, hermit fisherman… was brought to town by the Larco Brothers boat, the California.”


			'''May 8, 1959 [LAT]:''' “Early fishing operator dies. Santa Barbara, May 7—Capt. Sebastian A. Larco, 78, onetime Santa Barbara fishing fleet operator, died yesterday at his home here. Capt. Larco, a native of San Francisco, built up a fleet of eight boats here before selling out in the early 1940s. He was one of the first fishermen on the West Coast to use a gas engine fishing boat in the early part of the century. His father, Capt. Andrew Larco, had founded Santa Barbara's first fishing company. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Isabella Rodman and Mrs. Moncure Deardorf, both of Santa Barbara.”


	'''[1966]:''' According to Pier Gherini:		'''[1966]:''' According to Pier Gherini:
	: “Without any boat of our own, we soon learned that transportation was the most important problem and headache. During the first few years of our operation, we depended on several sources of transportation, all rather unsatisfactory. For routine supplies we depended upon the Larco fish boats which came to pick up lobsters and supply lobster camps. In consideration of receiving transportation, we granted the company the right to maintain fish camps at Potato Bay, Scorpion, San Pedro Point, and at Yellow Banks.”		: “Without any boat of our own, we soon learned that transportation was the most important problem and headache. During the first few years of our operation, we depended on several sources of transportation, all rather unsatisfactory. For routine supplies we depended upon the Larco fish boats which came to pick up lobsters and supply lobster camps. In consideration of receiving transportation, we granted the company the right to maintain fish camps at Potato Bay, Scorpion, San Pedro Point, and at Yellow Banks.”

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	Sebastian Larco, a lifelong bachelor, died May 7, 1959 in his at 222 Natoma Street in Santa Barbara at age 88. He was interred in a mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his sisters Isabel Rodman and Kate Deardorf. In early 1988 the original stone-cut Larco fish market was relocated to Cabrillo Boulevard to serve as a visitor center for the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce.		Sebastian Larco, a lifelong bachelor, died May 7, 1959 in his at 222 Natoma Street in Santa Barbara at age 88. He was interred in a mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his sisters Isabel Rodman and Kate Deardorf. In early 1988 the original stone-cut Larco fish market was relocated to Cabrillo Boulevard to serve as a visitor center for the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce.



			[https://archive.org/details/scientific-american-1902-04-12/page/n9 Larco's Pelican]

			“...A white pelican has for years been the pet of a fisherman's family at Santa Barbara. So remarkable is he for his intelligence that tourists go to see and photograph "Larco's pelican" as one of the sights of the city. This one was captured inland, white pelicans preferring fresh water to salt... Jim is a sociable fellow, and the fondles friends and strangers alike, when the latter will permit it, by taking their arm, hand or leg repeatedly between his mandibles. His grip is not strong, but there is a strong, sharp hook at the end of the beak that inspires caution... ”

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	[[File:Sebastian Larco & Cuba.jpg\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco aboard the ''Cuba''</center>]]		[[File:Sebastian Larco & Cuba.jpg\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco aboard the ''Cuba''</center>]]
	[[File:Sebastian L.png\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco's ''Sebastian L'', 1948</center>]]		[[File:Sebastian L.png\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco's ''Sebastian L'', 1948</center>]]
			[[File:Sebastian Larco grave.png\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California</center>]]

	<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.		<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.

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	[[File:Sebastian Larco & Cuba.jpg\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco aboard the ''Cuba''</center>]]		[[File:Sebastian Larco & Cuba.jpg\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco aboard the ''Cuba''</center>]]
	[[File:Sebastian L.png\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco's ''Sebastian L''</center>]]		[[File:Sebastian L.png\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco's ''Sebastian L'', 1948</center>]]

	<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.		<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.

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	[[File:Sebastian Larco & Cuba.jpg\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco aboard the ''Cuba''</center>]]		[[File:Sebastian Larco & Cuba.jpg\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco aboard the ''Cuba''</center>]]
			[[File:Sebastian L.png\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco's ''Sebastian L''</center>]]

	<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.		<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.

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			[[File:Sebastian Larco & Cuba.jpg\|350px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Sebastian Larco aboard the ''Cuba''</center>]]

	<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.		<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.

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	Sebastian Larco, a lifelong bachelor, died May 7, 1959 in his at 222 Natoma Street in Santa Barbara at age 88. He was interred in a mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his sisters Isabel Rodman and Kate Deardorf. In early 1988 the original stone-cut Larco fish market was relocated to Cabrillo Boulevard to serve as a visitor center for the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce.		Sebastian Larco, a lifelong bachelor, died May 7, 1959 in his at 222 Natoma Street in Santa Barbara at age 88. He was interred in a mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his sisters Isabel Rodman and Kate Deardorf. In early 1988 the original stone-cut Larco fish market was relocated to Cabrillo Boulevard to serve as a visitor center for the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce.




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	=====<span style="color:#006400">In the News~</span>=====		=====<span style="color:#006400">In the News~</span>=====


	'''December 15, 1884 [SBDI]:''' “Combat between a 14-year-old boy and a shark… Larco the fisherman has a 14-year-old son that manages a fishing smack with as much dexterity as an old tar that had followed the seas all the days of his life, and last summer a year ago when his father owned the sloop Ocean King, would always accompany him on sea voyages… Yesterday morning the boy jumped into one of his father’s boats, bent on a fishing tour, and before he got outside the kelp he hooked on to a ten-foot shark that brought his boat to a standstill… The boy’s exertions were finally crowned a success, for when the huge monster was within reach of the lad he struck him a severe blow with a large knife…”		'''December 15, 1884 [SBDI]:''' “Combat between a 14-year-old boy and a shark… Larco the fisherman has a 14-year-old son that manages a fishing smack with as much dexterity as an old tar that had followed the seas all the days of his life, and last summer a year ago when his father owned the sloop Ocean King, would always accompany him on sea voyages… Yesterday morning the boy jumped into one of his father’s boats, bent on a fishing tour, and before he got outside the kelp he hooked on to a ten-foot shark that brought his boat to a standstill… The boy’s exertions were finally crowned a success, for when the huge monster was within reach of the lad he struck him a severe blow with a large knife…”
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	'''June 14, 1933 [SBMP]:''' “The body of William Dutch Schultz, hermit fisherman… was brought to town by the Larco Brothers boat, the California.”		'''June 14, 1933 [SBMP]:''' “The body of William Dutch Schultz, hermit fisherman… was brought to town by the Larco Brothers boat, the California.”


			'''[1966]:''' According to Pier Gherini:
			: “Without any boat of our own, we soon learned that transportation was the most important problem and headache. During the first few years of our operation, we depended on several sources of transportation, all rather unsatisfactory. For routine supplies we depended upon the Larco fish boats which came to pick up lobsters and supply lobster camps. In consideration of receiving transportation, we granted the company the right to maintain fish camps at Potato Bay, Scorpion, San Pedro Point, and at Yellow Banks.”

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	'''March 31, 1911 [SBMP]:''' “The new grey pelican, which alighted on Captain Short’s powerboat ''Charm'' Thursday night in mid-channel, and which was presented to the Larcos to take the place of the missing Jim, made himself very much at home yesterday, although he resented the presence of the old bird, and promptly picked a fight. The newcomer was victorious, and the outcome might have been serious but for prompt interference. Sebastian Larco said yesterday he had never heard of a pelican alighting on a moving boat. Of the old pair, Jack was caught by a crew of trainmen at Saugus; and Jim owed his long sojourn ashore to a fishhook imbedded in an appetizing smelt being brought to deck on the end of a trolling line. The latest arrival refuses to eat, but the Larcos anticipate no trouble in bringing him to feed.”		'''March 31, 1911 [SBMP]:''' “The new grey pelican, which alighted on Captain Short’s powerboat ''Charm'' Thursday night in mid-channel, and which was presented to the Larcos to take the place of the missing Jim, made himself very much at home yesterday, although he resented the presence of the old bird, and promptly picked a fight. The newcomer was victorious, and the outcome might have been serious but for prompt interference. Sebastian Larco said yesterday he had never heard of a pelican alighting on a moving boat. Of the old pair, Jack was caught by a crew of trainmen at Saugus; and Jim owed his long sojourn ashore to a fishhook imbedded in an appetizing smelt being brought to deck on the end of a trolling line. The latest arrival refuses to eat, but the Larcos anticipate no trouble in bringing him to feed.”


			'''August 9, 1911 [SBMP]:''' ““Larco to Build. S[ebastian] Larco has commenced construction work on a new fish market on lower State Street, on the site of his present business place. The building is to be of stone, 15 x 36 feet and is to be a 1-story affair with a tiled roof. Peter Poole is the contractor in charge of operations.”

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	Sebastian Larco, a lifelong bachelor, died May 7, 1959 in his at 222 Natoma Street in Santa Barbara at age 88. He was interred in a mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his sisters Isabel Rodman and Kate Deardorf. In early 1988 the original stone-cut Larco fish market was relocated to Cabrillo Boulevard to serve as a visitor center for the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce.		Sebastian Larco, a lifelong bachelor, died May 7, 1959 in his at 222 Natoma Street in Santa Barbara at age 88. He was interred in a mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his sisters Isabel Rodman and Kate Deardorf. In early 1988 the original stone-cut Larco fish market was relocated to Cabrillo Boulevard to serve as a visitor center for the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce.


			=====<span style="color:#006400">In the News~</span>=====

	'''December 15, 1884 [SBDI]:''' “Combat between a 14-year-old boy and a shark… Larco the fisherman has a 14-year-old son that manages a fishing smack with as much dexterity as an old tar that had followed the seas all the days of his life, and last summer a year ago when his father owned the sloop Ocean King, would always accompany him on sea voyages… Yesterday morning the boy jumped into one of his father’s boats, bent on a fishing tour, and before he got outside the kelp he hooked on to a ten-foot shark that brought his boat to a standstill… The boy’s exertions were finally crowned a success, for when the huge monster was within reach of the lad he struck him a severe blow with a large knife…”		'''December 15, 1884 [SBDI]:''' “Combat between a 14-year-old boy and a shark… Larco the fisherman has a 14-year-old son that manages a fishing smack with as much dexterity as an old tar that had followed the seas all the days of his life, and last summer a year ago when his father owned the sloop Ocean King, would always accompany him on sea voyages… Yesterday morning the boy jumped into one of his father’s boats, bent on a fishing tour, and before he got outside the kelp he hooked on to a ten-foot shark that brought his boat to a standstill… The boy’s exertions were finally crowned a success, for when the huge monster was within reach of the lad he struck him a severe blow with a large knife…”

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	'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats. In 1930, the Farallone Fisheries machine shop barge was built by one of the Larco brothers, and this floating machine shop kept the Larco fleet in operating order. In the early 1940s, Sebastian Larco sold out his fleet of diesel-engine boats which he had built up from a lone 20-foot yawl, to the Borden Milk Company, which in turn changed the Larco Fish Company name to Farallon Fisheries. In a 1949 interview, Sebastian Larco said of the 1880s and 1890s: “You betcha there were plenty of fish in those days.” He recalled when sharks and swordfish were worthless, and when people could catch large fish at the foot of Chapala Street. By 1951 the former Larco fleet had shrunk to seven boats, and by March 6, 1959 there were only two. Sebastian Larco was well known for his two pet pelicans, Jim, whom he rescued from a fish net at Santa Cruz Island, and Jack who was a more seasonal pet. Larco had the pelican, Jim, for 47 years until he died in 1940! Sebastian Larco, a lifelong bachelor, died May 7, 1959 in his at 222 Natoma Street in Santa Barbara at age 88. He was interred in a mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his sisters Isabel Rodman and Kate Deardorf. In early 1988 the original stone-cut Larco fish market was relocated to Cabrillo Boulevard to serve as a visitor center for the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce.
			<span style="color:#006400">'''LARCO, Sebastian A. '''</span>(1870-1959), San Francisco-born oldest child of beloved local fisherman Andre Larco. His parents moved to Santa Barbara the year he was born. Sebastian was considered “father of Santa Barbara’s fishing fleet” following in his father’s footsteps. He was the oldest of eleven Larco children, and his many Santa Barbara-born brothers and sisters would sell sacks of crawfish [lobsters] around town for 50 cents, and a 12-pound sea bass for a nickel. Sebastian Larco was one of the first fishermen to buy a gasoline-engine boat just after the turn of the century. Helen Caire reported: “Craw- fishermen employed by the Larco Brothers, well-known fish dealers in Santa Barbara, had permits from the Santa Cruz Island Company to work from certain coves [Caire: 142]. In 1905, Sebastian Larco built a cut-stone building for the family’s State Street fish market. In the heyday of the Larco family fishing business, the company had a fleet of 12 fishing boats.

			In 1930, the Farallone Fisheries machine shop barge was built by one of the Larco brothers, and this floating machine shop kept the Larco fleet in operating order. In the early 1940s, Sebastian Larco sold out his fleet of diesel-engine boats which he had built up from a lone 20-foot yawl, to the Borden Milk Company, which in turn changed the Larco Fish Company name to Farallon Fisheries.

			In a 1949 interview, Sebastian Larco said of the 1880s and 1890s: “You betcha there were plenty of fish in those days.” He recalled when sharks and swordfish were worthless, and when people could catch large fish at the foot of Chapala Street. By 1951 the former Larco fleet had shrunk to seven boats, and by March 6, 1959 there were only two. Sebastian Larco was well known for his two pet pelicans, Jim, whom he rescued from a fish net at Santa Cruz Island, and Jack who was a more seasonal pet. Larco had the pelican, Jim, for 47 years until he died in 1940!

			Sebastian Larco, a lifelong bachelor, died May 7, 1959 in his at 222 Natoma Street in Santa Barbara at age 88. He was interred in a mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his sisters Isabel Rodman and Kate Deardorf. In early 1988 the original stone-cut Larco fish market was relocated to Cabrillo Boulevard to serve as a visitor center for the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce.