Editing Ojai, California (section)

=== Railroad ===
The [[Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad]] connected Ojai to the [[Coast Line (UP)|national rail network]] near [[Ventura station]] in 1898.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ojaihistory.com/the-iron-horse-came-to-the-valley-in-98/ |title=The "iron horse" came to the valley in '98 |last=Wenig |first=Ed |website=Ojai History |publisher=Ojai Valley Museum |access-date=January 25, 2019 |date=October 6, 2017 }}</ref> The Southern Pacific Railroad acquired all the capital stock in the Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad in April 1898.<ref>Myrick, David F., "The Railroad Comes to Nordhoff in the Ojai Valley," Ventura County Railroads, A Centennial History, Vol. II, ''The Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 33, Nos. 2 & 3'', 1988, 19-20</ref> A nine-day [[Pineapple Express]] with rainfall intensity reaching {{convert|6.2|inch|cm}} per day caused floods destroying the rail line in January 1969.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pyle |first=Russ |title =The Great Flood: Ventura County |publisher =Dan Poush |date =1969 }}</ref> The former rail line was converted to the Ojai Valley Trail in 1989.<ref>{{cite book |last =Salcedo-Chourré |first =Tracy |title =Rails-to-Trails: California |publisher =The Globe Pequot Press |date =2001 |location =[[Guilford, Connecticut]] |page =[https://archive.org/details/railstotrailscal00trac/page/165 165] |isbn =978-0-7627-0448-4 |url =https://archive.org/details/railstotrailscal00trac/page/165 }}</ref>