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| | Ventura.com - The History of Ventura |
 | | For most of the century which followed the incorporation of Ventura in 1866, it was pretty much isolated from the southern part of the State. |
 | | Inland, Ventura was hemmed in by the Los Padres National Forest, composed of mountainous country, deep canyons, and peaks that rise as high as 8,831 feet, namely Mt. Pinos. |
 | | Thus Ventura was isolated in that direction also, until a narrow road, the Maricopa Highway, was built in the 1920's. |
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