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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "criminals"
Anthony Azoff and the Murder of Detective Len Harris, by
Phil Reader
Being an account of the attempted robbery of the Wells-Fargo Express Office in Boulder Creek, and the subsequent killing of ... [Read more]
A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century, by
Phil Reader
"No arrests: for nobody cares." "Horse Stealing - Hardly a night passes in Pajaro that horse thieves do not visit ... [Read more]
A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 2, by
Phil Reader
Matt Tarpy was born in 1826 to Patrick and Bridget Tarpy in the poverty-stricken bogs of County Mayo, Ireland. The ... [Read more]
A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 3, by
Phil Reader
The advent of the Pajaro Property Protective Society on February 26, 1870, marked the beginning of a year long frenzy ... [Read more]
On August 17, 1977, Thomas Benton Wilson was arrested for hijacking a public bus in Santa Cruz and later holding ... [Read more]
"Charole"--The Life of Branciforte Bandido Faustino Lorenzana, by
Phil Reader
In 1885 a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel asked ex-sheriff Charlie Lincoln who was the most notorious character that ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 2, by
Phil Reader
When the grand jury convened in early February, 1860, an indictment for assault with a deadly weapon was found against ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 3, by
Phil Reader
Word of the killing spread quickly through Santa Cruz and before long there was a large posse in the saddle ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 4, by
Phil Reader
The action of the vigilantes may have put an end to Pedro Lorenzana's life, but it also effectively ended the ... [Read more]
G. Brett Lytle, Professor of Languages, by
Phil Reader
The comic opera bandit, Dick Fellows, holds a special place in the literature of California outlawry, nay, American outlawry. The ... [Read more]
Hanging on the Water Street Bridge: A Santa Cruz Lynching, by
Geoffrey Dunn
By the time the sun rose on the morning of May 3, 1877, the two bodies dangling from the Water ... [Read more]
History of Santa Cruz County Jails, by
Craig R. Wilson
The first reference to a jail in Santa Cruz was on Mission Hill where Emmett and School Streets are presently ... [Read more]
History of Santa Cruz County Jails, by
Craig R. Wilson
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Famed Black Panther leader Huey Newton was arrested in Santa Cruz County on May 11, 1978. He was charged with ... [Read more]
Serial Murders in Santa Cruz County, by
Sharon Yamanaka
In 1973,with the discovery of four bodies in Henry Cowell State Park, then District Attorney Peter Chang mumbled a comment ... [Read more]
A Walk Through Time: Robert Liddell, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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The original St. George Hotel rose out of the ashes of an 1894 fire, then perished in a 1990 fire. During its life, this luxury hotel was a showplace of art and culture, a civic and community center, and the salvation of downtown Santa Cruz's tourist industry in the 1920s.
..." [More]Excerpted from The St. George was a Center of Culture and Art by Ross Eric Gibson
