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Browsing Local History Articles by "Edna E. Kimbro"
Construction Chronology of the Site of Holy Cross Church: The Mission Era, by
Edna E. Kimbro
Construction activities atop Mission Hill in Santa Cruz began in 1792 with construction of the adobe convento, 64 varas (176 ... [Read more]
Construction Chronology of the Site of Holy Cross Church: Ex-Mission Santa Cruz became Holy Cross, by
Edna E. Kimbro
Following Fr. Jose Antonio Suarez Del Real's departure for Mexico in 1845, other priests, including Anzar of Mission San Juan ... [Read more]
New construction activities on the site of Holy Cross Church are expected to involve considerable earth disturbance in and around ... [Read more]
Mary Hallock Foote, Writer and Illustrator. 1847-1938, by
Edna E. Kimbro
Two weeks after her marriage in 1876, Mary Hallock Foote reluctantly journeyed west with her new husband. It was with ... [Read more]
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The making of beet sugar is preeminently the industry of Watsonville. Some years ago Claus Spreckels, the famous Sugar King, had his attention attracted to the peculiar adaptability of the rich alluvial soil of the Pajaro Valley to the cultivation of the sugar beet. The Sugar King is a man ..." [More]
Excerpted from The Western Beet Sugar Company
