Solvang Visitor's Guide 2009 - (Page 20) Santa Ynez Valley Six distinctive communities—Ballard, Buellton, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez and Solvang—comprise the Santa Ynez Valley, encircled by the Los Padres National Forest and Santa Ynez and San Rafael mountain ranges in the center of Santa Barbara County. The name “Santa Ynez” derives from the Old Mission Santa Inés, the first Spanish settlement in the area in 1804. Prior to the arrival of European settlers, Native American Chumash resided in the Santa Ynez Valley for thousands of years. Today, members of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians have a federally recognized reservation including the Chumash Casino Resort, adjoining the township of Santa Ynez. C 20 harming rural Ballard, located between Santa Ynez and Los Olivos on Baseline Road, is home to a little red schoolhouse holding classes since 1883, as well as churches, studios and an award-winning inn, restaurant and wine-tasting room. The bustling gateway city of Buellton is conveniently located at the intersection of US Highway 101 and State Highway 246 with “everything for the traveler”—from a full-service resort hotel to inns, motels, tasting rooms, a variety of shops, service stations and dining spots. It is well known as the “Home of Split Pea Soup” courtesy of Pea Soup Andersen’s Restaurant established in 1924. In 1949, W W W. S O LVA N G U S A . C O M | Buellton was named “Service Town USA” and travelers can discover more in the Buellton Historical Society History Room located in Andersen’s Restaurant. Los Alamos (Spanish for “the cottonwoods”) is located at the northern entry to the Santa Ynez Valley at the junction of US Highway 101 and State Highway 135, surrounded by vineyards and ranches; it has an old-time western feel. The seven-block-long main thoroughfare has a huge antique mall in an historic train depot, quaint shops, a café in an art gallery, several restaurants and wine tasting, a 1880s hotel, Victorian bed & breakfast and two motels. Each September, Los Alamos Old Days honors the town’s 1876 founding with a weekend-long celebration. W W W. S A N TAY N E Z VA L L E Y V I S I T. C O M MARK DOLYAK http://WWW.SOLVANGUSA.COM http://WWW.SANTAYNEZVALLEYVISIT.COM
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