Mary Alice Orcutt HendersonAuthor Mary Alice Orcutt Henderson, the president of the Santa Paula Historical Society, is the great-granddaughter of an 1882 homesteader on land that the family continues to farm. The granddaughter of William Warren Orcutt, the dean of petroleum gelogy, Henderson has written several other publications on Santa Paula's history. The photographs illustrating this tour through the community's past were drawn from the archives of the Santa Paula Historical Society and private collections. Read More Read Less