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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Corralitos"
Copperheads--Part 2, by
Phil Reader
During the year of 1864, the mountains above the village of Corralitos were a hotbed of pro-secessionist activity. Two separate ... [Read more]
Copperheads--Part 3, by
Phil Reader
The next band of Confederate guerrillas to hide out at the mountain camp among the redwoods above Corralitos was the ... [Read more]
The cultivation of strawberries, which has become such a large and extensive business here, had a very small beginning. [Read more]
Stone Industry: Crushed Rock, Sand and Gravel [1943], by
Henry G. Hubbard
Except at the plant of the Pacific Limestone Products Company [more information in the article on limestone] where a small ... [Read more]
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Santa Cruz's towering redwoods helped attract the fledgling movie industry to town and served as the backdrop for some of the first westerns to portray cowboys as good-hearted, chivalrous pioneers.
Movies were only a penny arcade novelty in April 1896 when Thomas Edison debuted his projected "filmstrip" motion pictures ..." [More]
Excerpted from Hollywood Came to Santa Cruz: Huge Redwoods Seen as Western Backdrops by Ross Eric Gibson
