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Browsing Local History Articles by "Jim Johnson"
Rafael Castro's Rancho Aptos was Oldest Land Grant to Remain Under Mexican Ownership, by
Jim Johnson
Santa Cruz County, like California, underwent a massive transformation in the mid-19th century as the Mexican government turned over control ... [Read more]
Heroes and Villains: Santa Cruz County Produced Baseball Stars and Baseball Scandals, by
Jim Johnson
One died a well-respected Hall of Famer. The other died alone and full of regret. Both were major league baseball ... [Read more]
Hometown Hardball: Local Baseball Heroes Went to Big Cities Bring Back Both Pride and Scandal, by
Jim Johnson
Before national league franchises, big-screen television, or $1 million commercials, there was hometown hardball. And, for thirty years, baseball was ... [Read more]
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By the time the sun rose on the morning of May 3, 1877, the two bodies dangling from the Water Street Bridge were already stiff from rigor mortis. A large crowd had gathered on the banks of the San Lorenzo River to gape at the hanging corpses, victims of an ..." [More]
Excerpted from Hanging on the Water Street Bridge: A Santa Cruz Lynching by Geoffrey Dunn
