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Santa Cruz County History - Articles
Browsing Local History Articles by "Peter Nurkse"
Notes on the 1889 Map of Santa Cruz County by A. J. Hatch, by
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Notes on the 1906 Aerial Panorama of Santa Cruz by George Lawrence, by
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Cornelius Cappelmann, born in Spandau, Prussia, in 1830, was orphaned while still an infant, and spent his early years being shifted from one relative to another. At 16, he came to America, where a brother was a New York businessman, but left when word of the California Gold Rush hit ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Cornelius Cappelmann by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
