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[[File:| | [[File:SRI Skunk Point.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island </center>]] | ||
[[File:SRI Skunk Point2.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island </center>]] | |||
[[File:SRI to SCrI.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>View toSkunk Point, Santa Rosa Island </center>]] | |||
[[File:Skunk Point 10-25-15.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Squid Light Boat ''Angels Gate'' washed ashore at <br>Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island, October 25, 1915 </center>]] | |||
[[File:Skunk Point Schwemmer.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island, 2010<br> Photo by Robert Schwemmer </center>]] | |||
<span style="color:#FF0000">'''Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island'''</span> (Sandy Hook) is a sandy point located on the east end of Santa Rosa Island. The place name appears on the June 1882 U.S. Coast Survey map ''Pacific Coast from Santa Monica to Point Conception, including the Santa Barbara Channel, California'', J.E. Hilgard, Superintendent. This place name appears on the Santa Rosa Island East topographic map. | |||
The squid light boat, ''Angels Gate'', washed ashore at Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island, on October 25, 1915. | |||
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'''December 4, 1913 [LAT]:''' “The launch ''Panama'', reported to have been wrecked last week at San Miguel, arrived safely in port today after an exciting cruise… Buffeted in the channel by heavy winds, the ''Panama'' sought unsuccessfully to | '''December 4, 1913 [LAT]:''' “The launch ''Panama'', reported to have been wrecked last week at San Miguel, arrived safely in port today after an exciting cruise… Buffeted in the channel by heavy winds, the ''Panama'' sought unsuccessfully to make an anchorage at Bechers Harbor, but finally found shelter at Skunk’s Point. They brought back a cargo of holly from San Miguel [Santa Rosa Island?] for the Christmas trade…” | ||
'''September 19, 1929 [LAT]:''' “The Coast Guard cutter ''Tamaron'' dropped anchor in Santa Barbara Harbor yesterday, arriving from Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island, where members of the crew had spent the morning sinking the ill-fated fishing barge, ''Jane L. Stanford''. The fishing barge was taken to the island last week to be destroyed. It was rammed here by the steamer ''Humboldt'' on the night of August 30. The explosions, plainly heard in this city during the morning, caused some alarm among housewives who kept police busy answering telephone calls. In addition to the wrecking of the ''Jane L. Stanford'', the battleship ''West Virginia'' was at target practice off Santa Rosa Island yesterday and the reverberations from its guns were also felt here. In the destruction of the old barge, twelve ninety-four-pound TNT high explosive mines were used. The terrific force of the blast hurled parts of the barge over a space of more than two miles, scattering pieces of wood and metal along the beach. The huge boiler was blown more than twenty feet into the air in one blast.” | '''September 19, 1929 [LAT]:''' “The Coast Guard cutter ''Tamaron'' dropped anchor in Santa Barbara Harbor yesterday, arriving from Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island, where members of the crew had spent the morning sinking the ill-fated fishing barge, ''Jane L. Stanford''. The fishing barge was taken to the island last week to be destroyed. It was rammed here by the steamer ''Humboldt'' on the night of August 30. The explosions, plainly heard in this city during the morning, caused some alarm among housewives who kept police busy answering telephone calls. In addition to the wrecking of the ''Jane L. Stanford'', the battleship ''West Virginia'' was at target practice off Santa Rosa Island yesterday and the reverberations from its guns were also felt here. In the destruction of the old barge, twelve ninety-four-pound TNT high explosive mines were used. The terrific force of the blast hurled parts of the barge over a space of more than two miles, scattering pieces of wood and metal along the beach. The huge boiler was blown more than twenty feet into the air in one blast.” | ||
Latest revision as of 03:05, 28 March 2023
Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island (Sandy Hook) is a sandy point located on the east end of Santa Rosa Island. The place name appears on the June 1882 U.S. Coast Survey map Pacific Coast from Santa Monica to Point Conception, including the Santa Barbara Channel, California, J.E. Hilgard, Superintendent. This place name appears on the Santa Rosa Island East topographic map.
The squid light boat, Angels Gate, washed ashore at Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island, on October 25, 1915.
In the News~
March 12, 1910 [SBMP]: “...The U.S.S. Maryland anchored off Skunk Point on the southeast end of Santa Rosa Island...”
December 4, 1913 [LAT]: “The launch Panama, reported to have been wrecked last week at San Miguel, arrived safely in port today after an exciting cruise… Buffeted in the channel by heavy winds, the Panama sought unsuccessfully to make an anchorage at Bechers Harbor, but finally found shelter at Skunk’s Point. They brought back a cargo of holly from San Miguel [Santa Rosa Island?] for the Christmas trade…”
September 19, 1929 [LAT]: “The Coast Guard cutter Tamaron dropped anchor in Santa Barbara Harbor yesterday, arriving from Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island, where members of the crew had spent the morning sinking the ill-fated fishing barge, Jane L. Stanford. The fishing barge was taken to the island last week to be destroyed. It was rammed here by the steamer Humboldt on the night of August 30. The explosions, plainly heard in this city during the morning, caused some alarm among housewives who kept police busy answering telephone calls. In addition to the wrecking of the Jane L. Stanford, the battleship West Virginia was at target practice off Santa Rosa Island yesterday and the reverberations from its guns were also felt here. In the destruction of the old barge, twelve ninety-four-pound TNT high explosive mines were used. The terrific force of the blast hurled parts of the barge over a space of more than two miles, scattering pieces of wood and metal along the beach. The huge boiler was blown more than twenty feet into the air in one blast.”
