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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Boardwalk"
Too Much Makeup, Too Much Skin: Pageant Protests Go Back to 1924, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Today the Miss California Pageant emphasizes its scholarship [Read more]
A Walk Through Time: Fred Swanton, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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Resort and Recreation Development: Waterfront, beach, and boardwalk, by
Susan Lehmann
The late 1800s brought a major change in the economic base of Santa Cruz County. Intense lumbering had all but ... [Read more]
Hollywood Came to Santa Cruz: Huge Redwoods Seen as Western Backdrops, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Santa Cruz's towering redwoods helped attract the fledgling movie industry to town and served as the backdrop for some of ... [Read more]
The Santa Cruz Wharf, by
Ross Eric Gibson
The 80-year-old Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf has been undergoing its first face lift in 30 years. The past few years ... [Read more]
A First in Hot Bathing -- How a War and a Divorce Figured in the Birth of the Boardwalk in 1868, by
Ross Eric Gibson
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Fred W. Swanton grew up in Santa Cruz and attended Heald's Business College in San Francisco. His career was that ... [Read more]
By October of 1906, Fred Swanton began construction of a new casino designed by local architect, William Weeks. The photo ... [Read more]
Tent City was located on Beach Street, opposite the Casino. It provided less expensive accommodations than those available at the ... [Read more]
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Survival of the Funnest, by
Andrew Schiffrin
Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, Nu-Pike in Long Beach, Playland in San Francisco, Belmont Park in San Diego - ... [Read more]
The Santa Cruz Venetian Carnival, by
Frank Norris
There was a glare of sunshine, and the air had a different [Read more]
Water Carnival was Social Event of the Season in 1890s, by
Ross Eric Gibson
In 1894, fire gutted the heart of downtown Santa Cruz north and south of Cooper Street. City fathers decided to ... [Read more]
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In 1894, fire gutted the heart of downtown Santa Cruz north and south of Cooper Street. City fathers decided to rebuild the civic center in Renaissance styles. And billing the new Santa Cruz the "Florence of the West," they jumped at an idea proposed and sponsored by James Philip Smith, ..." [More]
Excerpted from Water Carnival was Social Event of the Season in 1890s by Ross Eric Gibson