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- Allen, Dorothy
- Barnett, Tracy L.
- Beames, Miriam
- Beasley, Thomas Dykes
- Boerner, Heather
- Bond, Prof. G. A.
- Borg, Jane W.
- Brown, Barry
- Bryant, Mary
- Cartier, Robert
- City Council, Santa Cruz
- Collins, Allen
- DiStasi, Lawrence
- Dormanen, Susan
- Dunn, Geoffrey
- Farnham, Eliza W.
- Foote, Mary Hallock
- Forbes, Elizabeth M.C.
- Gibson, Ross Eric
- Giffen, Barbara
- Goody, Hal
- Gourley, Sarah Hinton
- Hamman, Rick
- Hibble, John
- Hubbard, Henry G.
- Hyman, Rick
- Jensen, Lisa
- Johnson, Jim
- Kimbro, Edna E.
- Koch, Margaret
- Krassow, Janet
- Krassow, Randy
- Laizure, C. McK.
- Lehmann, Susan
- Lydon, Sandy
- MacDougall, Laurie
- Marston, D.S.
- McCrackin, Josephine Clifford
- McMahon, Daniel
- Metropolitan Transit District, Santa Cruz
- Morones, Carmen
- Negro, Adele
- Nelson, Robert L.
- Nichols, Kathy McKenzie
- Norris, Frank
- Nurkse, Peter
- Ochoa, Jerry
- Orlando, Alverda
- Payne, Stephen Michael
- Pedersen, Rechs Ann
- Perry, Frank
- Piwarzyk, Robert W.
- Pokriots, Marion Dale
- Port District, Santa Cruz
- Public Works Department, City of Santa Cruz
- Raymond, Isabel H.
- Reader, Phil
- Reynolds, Pamela
- Roorbach, Eloise J.
- Ryan, MaryEllen
- Santa Cruz, City of
- Scherini, Rose
- Schiffrin, Andrew
- Sentinel, Santa Cruz
- Silva, Nikki
- Snell, Earle
- Souza, Margaret
- Swedberg, Donna
- Teeter, Jessica
- Times, Aptos
- Trabing, Wally
- Turner, Anne
- Tutwiler, Paul
- Ulrich, Fred
- Van De Werfhorst, Laurie C.
- Water Department , Santa Cruz City
- Wilson, Craig R.
- Yamanaka, Sharon
- Young, Ann
- Young, John V.
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"Rio Del Mar" (River to the Sea) was coined as a rhythmic, catchy place-name in the late 1920's to sell residential real estate. Historically as a name, it has no significance.
"Aptos", on the other hand, is blessed with important historical significance. ln October, 1769, when the first land expedition ..." [More]
Excerpted from The Early Years: Rio Del Mar and Aptos by Allen Collins