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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Frederic A. Hihn"
Capitola Hotel's Heyday, by
Ross Eric Gibson
In only 25 years, Capitola went from an 1869 campground to home of one of the top seven coastal resort ... [Read more]
Skyland and Highland, by
John V. Young
An attempt to find a name signifying a place higher than high accounts for the present name of Skyland, an ... [Read more]
The Spreckels Era in Rio Del Mar, 1872--1922, by
Allen Collins
The ranch lands Claus Spreckels purchased in 1872 for about $8l,000 comprised almost all of today's Rio Del Mar (ca. ... [Read more]
A Walk Through Time: Fredrick A. Hihn, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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Felling the Giants, by
Stephen Michael Payne
The first redwood tree (Sequoia Sempervirens) seen by a white man was on the Corrallitos Creek, in what is now ... [Read more]
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On the grounds of Santa Cruz Memorial Park can be found a neatly configured row of four small marble tombs which contain the bodies of the four children of Alfred and Sarah Hinds.
It was during the winter of 1876, when a dreaded diphtheria plague struck California unchecked, carrying away ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: The Hinds Family Children by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
