Nicholas Den may have left massive footprints, but there is only one photo in existence of the Irish immigrant turned Mexican national who saved the Santa Barbara Mission from secularization and amassed a ranching empire of 115,000 acres.
&lt;b&gt;THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND:&lt;/b&gt;  Nicholas Den may have left massive footprints, but there’s only one photo in existence of the Irish immigrant-turned-Mexican-national who saved the Santa Barbara Mission from secularization and amassed a ranching empire of 115,000 acres. 