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Browsing Local History Articles by "Jerry Ochoa"
In the city of Santa Cruz (California) of the 1850's, the downtown started seeing a growth in commercial type buildings; ... [Read more]
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Newspapers of the time called Milton (Milt) Besse "the most effective man to hold the important office of sheriff in the history of Santa Cruz." During his ten years in the sheriff's office, he streamlined the department, added more deputies, and raised the standards of employee acceptability and accountability. When ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Sheriff Milton Besse by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
