Join Correspondent, Tom Wilmer for an illuminating conversation with Cindy Ransik and Mike Farris with the Santa Maria Valley Historical Society’s Museum. We’ll discover how Santa Maria was for more than 100 years prime diary country. We’ll learn about how the real Zorro was based on two real life Santa Maria Valley characters from the days of Mexican rule. Santa Maria was the birthplace of the frozen-food industry, it has been a Hollywood hotspot since the Silent film era when Cecil B. DeMille filmed the Ten Commandments on the Guadalupe sand dunes. Stars who lived in or got their first gigs on stage in Santa Maria’s PCPA include Cathy Bates and Robin Williams, and Silver Screen Star, Jane Russell who was a longtime Santa Maria Resident. We’ll learn about the incredible life of Captain Allen Hancock, the specific requisite ingredients in “Santa Maria Style Barbeque”, and much more…The historical Society has just published a book chronicling the dairy industry, entitled the Purple Cow, so that’s where will start our Valley journey.
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