BGuthrie Photos: CA -- Rancho Palos Verdes -- Marilyn Ryan Sunset Point Park and Trump National Golf Club

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. RPVPPT_180716_017.JPG: Marilyn Ryan Sunset Point Park Officer Randal Simmons Memorial Bridge
2. RPVPPT_180716_019.JPG: Marilyn Ryan 1932-2008
3. RPVPPT_180716_035.JPG: This seahorse is dedicated to Charlotte Ginsburg for her tireless devotion to the Wilderness Foundation, which preserves flora and fauna corridors from development in perpetuity in the Western U.S. Charlotte's philanthropy further extends to her work for the Palos Verdes Land Conservancy and Aquarium of the Pacific. Her fundraising and substantial personal contributions are a tribute to her continued commitment to these worthy causes.
4. RPVPPT_180716_047.JPG: Officer Randal Simmons Memorial Bridge In Memory of Officer Randal Simmons Officer Randal David Simmons, a 27-year veteran of the LAPD, was murdered in the line of duty on Thursday, February 7, 2008. Officer Simmons became the first LAPD SWAT officer to die in the line of duty.
5. RPVPPT_180716_076.JPG: Interesting how worn out the Trump crest is
6. RPVPPT_180716_082.JPG: West Bluff Preserve
7. RPVPPT_180716_112.JPG: Site of the First Japanese American Farm on the Palos Verdes Peninsula This site was designated a Point of Historical Interest at a meeting in regular session on May 1, 1992 in Sacramento. It particularly honors Kumekichi Ishibashi, who built the first Japanese-American farmhouse in 1906. He was born in Japan and came to San Francisco in 1905. Taking odd jobs, he worked his way through great difficulties to the Palos Verdes Peninsula, saving gold coins until he could lease land. When he reached Portuguese Bend, he felt that he found the perfect area. However, the ground was covered with sagebrush and huge boulders…not at all ideal for cultivation. He was told that he could plant as far as he could clear. The work was devastating. There was no electricity and no water during three years of drought. He had to haul water from over the hill from nearby cattle ranches. He introduced "dry farming" techniques to the Peninsula for the first time. He sent for his young bride, Take. On her first arrival to the new land she wondered why she left her beautiful home in Japan to come to this wilderness. It was a barren place as far as the eye could see. But the courage and foresight of Kumekichi reassured her, and they raised a family of four sons: Masaichi, George, Kay and Aki and a daughter named Yasuko. The original farm house and small structures were built of wood. The area was called "Bay of Smokes" by both the Indians and the Cabrillo. The property was owned first by the Sepulveda Family and later by Jotham Bixby. In 1910, Kumekichi brought his younger brother, Tomizo, to join him at the farm. He was married to Umeno. Two workers also came, K. Ozaki and C. Hayashi. The latter two only remained a brief period of time. As the family grew, Masaichi (Mas) - the oldest son of Kumekichi - took over many of his father's duties. There was a time when sixty acres were farmed. During WWII, the original farmhouse was demolished and land lease broken. The company from which their land was leased ordered them off the premises. On February 1, 1942, Kumekuchi Ishibashi was taken to an internment camp for Japanese in Bismarck, North Dakota. The rest of his family moved to central California to start farming again. In July, 1942, Mas, his wife, Miye, and his brothers, George and Aki were interned at Poston, Arizona. In a little over one year, Kumekichi was able to reunite with his family in Poston. They then moved to Utah to farm for the duration of the war. Mas' brothers, George and Kay, served in the 442nd Regimental Infantry Combat Unit. This unit received more citations than any other outfit of the United States military. After the war, the family decided to return to Palos Verdes Peninsula and eventually leased over 500 acres of farmland. Take Ishibashi had passed away in 1928. Her husband Kumekichi passed away in the year of 1954. Mas, in his eighties, still farmed a few acres of land not far from the original farmhouse location. Kumekichi's brother Tomizo had four farming sons, Ichiro, James, Tom and Daniel... and two daughters, Yukiko and Naomi. James' farmland is several miles down the road. His wife was Annie. "Annie's Stand" served the community for forty years. Tom farms on city-owned property next to Torrance Municipal Airport. Mas recalls his father Kumekichi farmed mostly string beans, tomatoes and cucumbers -- all without water. The water they had was used several times---for human use, washing vegetables and finally for the two horses that were used to cultivate the earth. There was also the tale of hardship in his trek to reach the Peninsula. One time Kumekichi was walking to the point of exhaustion and was terribly hungry. He found a castor bean and consumed the beans, thinking them to be edible. Extremely ill, he fell upon some cucumbers and in desperation ate them. They saved his life. Mas was married in 1937. For years, his wife, Miye, worked side by side with her husband, selling fresh vegetables and flowers. When Mas was asked why he followed in his father's footsteps as a farmer, he answered, "Farming is hard work, but it is a clean life." The Ishibashi family motto states: "Life's obstacles can be overcome by earnest endeavor and patient endurance." It is obvious that the entire Peninsula has benefited from this courageous pioneering family's decision to make farming a way of life. Mary Roderman, President of the Society and Museum founder
Wikipedia Description: Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Rancho Palos Verdes (also known by the abbreviation RPV) is a city in Los Angeles County, California atop the Palos Verdes Hills and bluffs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. An affluent suburb of Los Angeles, it is known for large tracts of open space and expansive views of the Pacific Ocean. Rancho Palos Verdes is translated as "Ranch of Green Sticks", probably referring to the willows in the northeastern part of Bixby Slough (now known as Machado Lake) shown on earlier maps.

The history of Rancho Palos Verdes dates back to the Tongva or Gabrielino Indians, who inhabited the site before the Age of Discovery. Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was credited as the first European to navigate the California Coast in 1542, which included the hills of Rancho Palos Verdes. Rancho de los Palos Verdes was established by a Mexican land grant given in 1846 by Governor Pio Pico to Jose Loreto and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda.

The city's most notable geographic features are the Palos Verdes Hills and cliffs, with grand vistas of the Pacific Ocean and of Santa Catalina Island. The city incorporated on September 7, 1973. The population was 41,643 at the 2010 census.

Landmarks

The Point Vicente Interpretive Center is a premier whale-watching site that provides spectacular opportunities to view the annual migration of the Pacific gray whale from December through April. The center opened in 1984 with a mission to present and interpret the unique features and history of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The almost 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) expanded Interpretive Center, reopened on July 15, 2006, features exhibits on the natural and cultural history of the peninsula, with a special emphasis on the Pacific gray whale. The Point Vicente Lighthouse, built in 1926, is adjacent to the center and is on the National Register of Historic Places. At another location along the coast, Wayfarers Chapel, designed by Lloyd Wright and built between 1949 and 1951, is also on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Portuguese Bend landslide, one of the largest continuously moving landslides in North America, is located along the southern coastal area. Together with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy in 2009, the city completed the acquisition of a total of two square miles of open space, the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, the largest preserve of coastal open space north of San Diego and south of Santa Barbara. The site of the former Marineland of the Pacific (1954–87) was redeveloped and is now occupied by the Terranea Resort, which opened in June 2009. The city is also home to Trump National Golf Course, one of eleven in the Trump portfolio of courses. The Salvation Army's School for Officer Training is located in Rancho Palos Verdes.

As with other cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the city has had to find ways to control the population of wild peafowl. Frank A. Vanderlip spearheaded a group that bought 16,000 acres (6,500 ha) and began development of the peninsula. He is credited with introducing the birds here around 1910. Some residents say the birds ruin their gardens, wake them up in the middle of the night with screeching, and defecate in their yards.
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