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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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Women were granted the right to vote 75 years ago under the 19th amendment, but the fight for that right began much earlier. In California, the battle for women's suffrage started 99 years ago.
The fight for California women's suffrage came during the presidential campaign year of 1896. The campaign ..." [More]
Excerpted from Crusading Women: Santa Cruz was a Hotbed of Suffrage Fight by Ross Eric Gibson
