HeyJaredMark James Miller
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Mark James Miller: Mercury Mines of the Central Coast Could Make You Mad as a Hatter (opens the original)
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Winston Churchill’s father, Lord Randolph Churchill, used it to treat syphilis. Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible may have been under its influence when he killed his son, Ivan Ivanovich, in 1581. The first Chinese emperor, Qin Shi Huang, died after drinking it. Ironically, he believed it would prolong his life. Medieval alchemists believed it was the “First Matter” from which all other metals were made, and that it could be used to turn lead and other base metals into gold. Going back even further
Mark James Miller: Ghosts, Gold and Murder at San Miguel Mission (opens the original)
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The killers commenced their bloody work at the former Mission San Miguel Arcángel after 8 p.m. Dec. 5, 1848, when Samuel Barnberry struck their host, William Reed, on the back of the head with an ax. By the time they were finished they had committed one of the most heinous crimes in California’s history, leaving behind a scene of such horror it is said to linger on in the form of screams coming from empty rooms, a woman in white wandering the halls at night, and a man in a blue navy peacoat step
Mark James Miller: Leo Carrillo, Santa Barbara’s Favorite Adopted Son (opens the original)
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He’s been called “Santa Barbara’s favorite adopted son,” and with his upbeat, magnetic personality he could “stand on a corner and attract a crowd.” He often took part in the Old Spanish Days Fiesta Historical Parade (El Desfile Histórico), riding a horse and waving grandly to the people lined up along State Street. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he appeared in more than 90 movies in a career that began during the silent era and continued until 1950. Among the stars with who
Mark James Miller: The Eternal Beauty of the Carrizo Plain (opens the original)
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The Carrizo Plain was known to the Obispeño Chumash as tšɨłkukunɨtš, meaning “Place of the rabbits,” but there is a great deal more to be seen here than cottontails. The Carrizo today is exploding with life, just as it was12,000 years ago when the first humans arrived and beheld its beauty and vastness. The Carrizo Plain stretches 50 miles north and south and is 15 miles across in some places. When you look down at its expanse from the mountains that sandwich it on either side you get a sense of
Mark James Miller: What Happened to the People of San Nicolas Island? (opens the original)
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When the Russian ship Il’Mena dropped anchor of the coast of San Nicolas Island in 1814, the people who lived there had no way of knowing it meant the end of them and their way of life. The Spanish had christened them the Nicolenos, but no one knows what they called themselves or what language they spoke. They had been living on the island for at least 10,000 years. Maritime hunter-gatherers, they fished, they hunted, they lived in round, domed-shaped huts made from driftwood and reeds. Skillful
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