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Santa Cruz County History - Articles
Browsing Local History Articles by "Hal Goody"
History of the Santa Cruz Surfing Club, by
Hal Goody
History records that surfboard riding first began in the Hawaiian Islands hundreds of years ago. It took until the late ... [Read more]
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The clock tower marks the heart of Santa Cruz. But this is hardly an ideal place for a downtown, and came into existence by accident.
The Spanish can't be blamed for its location. These "Flats" were such an inhospitable flood plain that the Spanish never built there after ..." [More]
Excerpted from Santa Cruz Owes Site to Spud Rush by Ross Eric Gibson
