Westward Bound To California
Ellen Browning's sister had moved to San Francisco due to the harsh climate of the Midwest winters. Soon after Ellen, Fred and Edward moved to San Diego. Edward quickly bought a piece of land financed by Ellen and named it Miramar Ranch. Soon Fred had built the family a house and Edward had moved his family out to California. Ellen lived with her brothers and family until 1897 when she bought land in La Jolla and had a house built on the coast. Her sister Virginia, or Ginny, lived with her in the house in La Jolla. Ellen and Ginny were quite the complement to one another. Ellen was quiet, clean, shy, and introverted. Whereas, Ginny was boisterous, bold and extroverted. The two women became prominent citizens of the small beach town.
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Famous quotes containing the words westward bound to, westward bound, westward, bound and/or california:
“Oh, it’s home again, and home again, America for me!
I want a ship that’s westward bound to plow the rolling sea,
To the blessed Land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.”
—Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)
“Oh, it’s home again, and home again, America for me!
I want a ship that’s westward bound to plow the rolling sea,
To the blessed Land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.”
—Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)
“Behold the difference between the Oriental and the Occidental. The former has nothing to do in this world; the latter is full of activity. The one looks in the sun until his eyes are put out; the other follows him prone in his westward course.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The roaring alongside he takes for granted,
and that every so often the world is bound to shake.
He runs, he runs to the south, finical, awkward,
in a state of controlled panic, a student of Blake.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion will live here in only the most temporary way.”
—Joan Didion (b. 1935)