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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Ben Lomond"
Vanished Resort's Glory Days Recalled, by
Ross Eric Gibson
An overgrown, two-tiered fountain near the south entrance to Ben Lomond stands as a relic of the glory days of ... [Read more]
A Walk Through Time: John Burns, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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Howden's Castle, by
Margaret Koch
Robert Howden's Ben Lomond home was his castle, and his stone castle was his home. He called himself an "everyday ... [Read more]
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Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, Nu-Pike in Long Beach, Playland in San Francisco, Belmont Park in San Diego - the list of large beachfront amusement parks on the California coast that are now gone is a long one. One might have been forgiven for assuming that they would eventually ..." [More]
Excerpted from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Survival of the Funnest by Andrew Schiffrin
