Month: December 2017

Museums Score Big with Chumash Tournament SBMM is grateful for the generosity of the Chumash. Thank you!  

Loaded with over 300 passengers and crew, bags of mail, and $1 million in gold, the steamship departed San Francisco for Panama on December 2, 1853… At 11:00 pm, the Winfield Scott crashed into a large rock off Middle Anacapa at full speed, striking two holes in the bow. The stern then struck, knocking away the… ( More )