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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Chinatown"
Climbing Golden Mountain, by
Geoffrey Dunn
It is the summer of 1885 and three young children are peering into a barbershop on Front Street a few ... [Read more]
Climbing Golden Mountain - 2, by
Geoffrey Dunn
Aside from performing tasks as day laborers, many Chinese men worked in the laundry business. In 1880 there were already ... [Read more]
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: 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]
San Lorenzo Once was Full of Fish: The River was Santa Cruz's No. 2 Tourist Draw, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Before flood-control measures were taken by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1959, the San Lorenzo River was Santa Cruz's ... [Read more]
Commercial Development: Chinatown, by
Susan Lehmann
Chinatown -- Although no traces remain, there is curiosity among many Santa Cruz residents about the location of the city's ... [Read more]
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"Stories of the World's Oldest Profession in 19th Century Santa Cruz County"
Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 2
"Maria"
"Maria" was a tough little Irish lass who worked the saloons of Santa Cruz for a dozen years. Her free wheeling life style was a source of ..." [More]
Excerpted from Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 2 by Phil Reader
