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Features and
Information:
Index to
Oceano: Atlantic City of the West,
by Norm Hammond
Oceano, CA: Oceano Depot Association, 2004
Credits and Acknowledgements
Foreword by Linda Guiton Austin
Introduction
1. The Chumash, A Renegade Priest, and “Cow Heaven.”
2. The Men who Owned Oceano.
3. The Iron Horse, Canned Hades, Oceano Clams, The
First Oceano Depot
4. The Los Berros Branch Line, Klamdigger Billie,
Closing the Gap
5. Halcyon, Fire Destroys the Oceano Depot, A City in
the Dunes
6. Beach Treasure and a New Church, Blue Gum and the
Seaport of Oceano, The “Lost” Town at Oso Flaco, First Woman in America
in a Flying Machine
7. The Great Flood of 1911, A Flying Machine Comes to
the Central Coast, A Buddhist Monastery in Oceano, The War to End All
Wars
8. F.P. Guiton, The Clam Law and Sand Mining, The
Oceano Chamber of Commerce and the Motion Picture Man
9. Vista Del Encanto, The Atlantic City of the West,
The Dunites
10. Doctor Rudolf W. Gerber
11. Daytona Beach of the West, A New State Park, The Elg and the
Romance of Steam, World War II
12. Station Agent Charles Munro
13. The Kindergarten Fire Department, The Airport, The Face
of the Clam
14. The Clammer’s Headquarters, The Clam Bell, and the Clam
Deal
15. The Oceano Women’s Club and the War Memorial, The Celery
Festival, Soiled Doves and a Candle-Powered Lighthouse, A New Church and
a New School, Station Agent Carl Brumfield and the End of Steam
16. The Oceano Beach Improvement Association, Dune Buggies
and White Tailed Kite, the Battle against Sand
17. The Last Pavilion and the Taming of the Creek, The
Lowest Tide, A Volunteer Passes in the Line of Duty, A White Christmas
in Oceano, The Big Fire and the Closing of the Depot.
18. Saving the Depot, The End of Celery, The Last Man Living
in the Dunes
19. The Great American Melodrama, Relocating and Restoring
the Depot, The Orange Blossom Special, The Oceano Depot Association, The
Ghost
20 the Vanishing Clams, The Oceano Community Services
District, Honolulu Gold and The Spanish Galleon, A Steam Locomotive from
the Sea
21. The “Mystery Pavilion,” The Guiton Trail, Rails of
silence
22. A Point of Historical Interest, The Return of the Clams,
Lightning Slingers, The Oceano & Northern Railway
23. The New Millennium, A wreath at the Ticket Window
24. The Oceano World War Two Memorial, “Nine-Eleven” 2001,
The Earthquake of 2003
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