According to … “Gelcich’s father-in-law Andres Pico; H.C. Wiley, husband of Mrs. Gelcich’s sister filed a claim to the oil along with Christopher Leaming and Sanford Lyon. Sanford Lyon owned a sheep ranch at the foot of the Pico hills, Lyon was the one who drilled a spring pole hole in Pico Canyons in order to start collecting oil. The Standard Oil Company previously owned the canyon then the Pacific Coast Oil Company bought the claim of the canyon’s oil. According to … “Before the discovery of oil, the Carpinteria ocean oil seeps had been noted by the earliest Spanish explorers of the California coast, they were also used to water proof basket”. Another neighboring canyon is Leaming canyon, named after Christopher Leaming, who filed a claim …show more content…
They are distinctly different from surrounding lands because of unique soil and vegetation characteristics that are strongly influenced by the presence of water”. The plants that grow in these areas stabilize the streambank reducing floodwaters reducing downstream flood peaks. Right next to the Mule Fat is a bridge which allows the stream to continue flowing. Off the path is a rest place with restrooms and vending machines where there are park benches and wildlife like deers, this is where we took a break from the walk. Moving back onto the path lead us to the next plant site. Eriodictyon Crassifolium commonly known as Yerba-Santa is a hairy-wooley shrub that grows from one to three meters tall. The leaves are fuzzy, leathery and serrated. The leaves are grey green in color and fuzzier on the bottom then the top, the leaves also smell of lavender. This shrub contain flowers which grows in cluster at the top of the stems. According to … “Yerba-Santa is used for respiratory conditions like asthma and coughs, for fevers, dry mouth and is it is applied to skin it can treat sprains, insect bites and reduce joint pain”. This shrub grows at the elevation range that of six thousand feet below sea level. As the group continued walking along the path, we saw a Dam known as a Crib Dam. According to … “crib dams are built of log and are filled with stones, clayey sand, topped with stone and brick rubble”. This Dam helped to prevent flooding when it rained and when all the water came rushing down the mountain the dam will slow the