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Browsing Local History Articles by "Nikki Silva"
Cor de Gavere, Artist. 1877-1955, by
Nikki Silva
Cor de Gavere's early life had the aura of a tragic fairy tale. She was born in Java, where her ... [Read more]
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Holy City, on the old Santa Cruz Highway a little north of the Summit, was a Johnny-come-lately to the ranks of ghost towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and is the only one that still looks like a movie version of a ghost town, lacking only tumbleweeds and a deserted ..." [More]
Excerpted from The Rise and Fall of Holy City by John V. Young
