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Public Art in Santa Cruz, by Jessica Teeter
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Santa Cruz had art long before it had an Art League and a Gallery. [Read more]

The life size wax figures of Jesus and his disciples at the last supper were created by Harry Lisbon, plaster ... [Read more]

Cor de Gavere's early life had the aura of a tragic fairy tale. She was born in Java, where her ... [Read more]

Frank L. Heath courted Lillian Dake Storey during painting trips around Santa Cruz County back in the 1890s. [Read more]

The Santa Cruz Daily Surf reports on May 5, 1893 (p. 3) that: [Read more]

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On March 17, 1883, the flag at the Santa Cruz lighthouse was lowered to half-mast to signal the death of Adna Hecox, the first light keeper. But this Michigan native was much more than just that, because a history of early Santa Cruz could not be written without including the ..." [More]

Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Adna A. Hecox by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow