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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "brothels"
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 5, by
Phil Reader
"The wages of sin. Perhaps in old England a mother awaits in vain the coming of an errant daughter. Perhaps ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 4, by
Phil Reader
THE JUSTICE: "The officer informs me that you are beyond your husband's control. Is that true?" [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 1, by
Phil Reader
Practitioners of the world's oldest profession have always been found on the streets of Santa Cruz County. Neither the denizens ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 3, by
Phil Reader
Perhaps the best known brothel in the city of Santa Cruz was that which was operated by Emma Cooper and ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 2, by
Phil Reader
"Maria" was a tough little Irish lass who worked the saloons of Santa Cruz for a dozen years. Her free ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Lust in the Valley of El Pajaro, Part 1, by
Phil Reader
The town of Watsonville sits nestled in a beautiful pastoral valley alongside the meandering Pajaro River in southern Santa Cruz ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Lust in the Valley of El Pajaro, Part 2, by
Phil Reader
It has been said that Whiskey Hill is the spot where the residents of the Pajaro Valley went to quench ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Notes and References, by
Phil Reader
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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
