View looking north from the entrance to Ralph Thompson's ranch.
View looking south as the old cement
road crosses in front of the main house.
According to Ralph, this house was built
originally in 1912 near the high school in Santa Maria, and moved to this
spot around 1980.
Close-up of the exposed cement and asphalt.
Nice shot of the edge of the cement slab.
View facing south just south of the main
house.
An old culvert on the original highway.
Another view of the well-preserved culvert.
Close-up of a broken section of the culvert
showing the familiar diorite matrix.
This is actually the matching culvert
on Thompson Rd. showing the date that it was built.
View looking south from the south end
of the ranch.