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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Davenport"
The first 50 years of statehood witnessed continued slow and fitful development on the North Coast. Settlers struggled up the ... [Read more] Since the 1860s, geologists had been confidently predicting that there was oil on the North Coast. The early years were ... [Read more]
Early History of Davenport, by
Alverda Orlando
Davenport was founded in 1868. The original town was about a mile to the north of the present location near ... [Read more]
Whales Along the Coast of Davenport, by
Alverda Orlando
From the Davenport area you can view the annual southern migration of the California gray whale. The gray whale spends ... [Read more]
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Prepared by C. McK. Laizure,
Mining Engineer of the California State Mining Bureau
Although several small mineral springs occur singly and in groups within Santa Cruz County, no mineral water is bottled or commercially produced. There is little improvement at any locality except St. Francis Springs which was ..." [More]
Excerpted from Mineral Survey of Santa Cruz County - Mineral Water by C. McK. Laizure
