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Early History of the Carmelita Cottages: The Owners, Part 1, by
Rick Hyman
Widows, sea captains, relatives, music, jilted wives, and long-tenure describe the famous owners of the Carmelita Cottages. The property is ... [Read more]
Early History of the Carmilita Cottages: The Owners, Part 2, by
Rick Hyman
Roberts' ownership tenure of the Cottages property was extremely brief, selling it and Lot 7 behind it to fellow sea ... [Read more]
According to the dates given in John Chase's Sidewalk Companion only 917-919 Third Street (1870-71) and possibly the Terrace Court ... [Read more]
Owners of the Carmelita Cottages Property [Read more]
Early History of the Carmelita Cottages: The Tenants, by
Rick Hyman
Why and exactly when the name Carmelita Cottages emerged has not yet been discovered. The name was first applied in ... [Read more]
History of the Carmelita Cottages, by
Rick Hyman
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Saving Carmelita Cottages, by
Rick Hyman
California's newest coastal hostel opens soon [1993] in Santa Cruz, in a Victorian cottage nestled under mature trees in a ... [Read more]
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MATT TARPY AND THE FOUNDING OF THE PAJARO PROPERTY PROTECTIVE SOCIETY
Matt Tarpy was born in 1826 to Patrick and Bridget Tarpy in the poverty-stricken bogs of County Mayo, Ireland. The great famine of the late 1840s left young Tarpy with no other choice but ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 2 by Phil Reader
