Carpinteria, California
Santa Barbara County · Population 13,264 · Card no. 10061
A small coastal city south of Santa Barbara, on a beach so gentle it calls itself the world's safest.
- Chumash people built plank canoes here, which is how the Spanish came to call it the carpentry shop.
- Natural asphalt seeps on the beach were used to caulk the canoes.
- Avocados and cut flowers grow in the valley.
Every incorporated city and town in California has its own painted card here, free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.