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Browsing Local History Articles by "Anne Turner"
"I can't reach my Aunt Mary. Can you find out if she's ok?", by
Anne Turner
Damage from the earthquake occurred throughout the County and, because of slides and other road damage, the County was geographically ... [Read more]
What a Mess! 295,000 Items on the Floor, by
Anne Turner
On Day 1 (October 18) we began re-shelving books and clearing up the mess at nine of our ten Branches. ... [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
