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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "fishing"
The other early industry, one that will have a direct bearing on the Coast Dairies story, involved the huge limestone ... [Read more] Since the 1860s, geologists had been confidently predicting that there was oil on the North Coast. The early years were ... [Read more] Blessed with a picturesque mountain setting, abundant natural resources, and an equitable climate, the San Lorenzo Watershed has long attracted ... [Read more]
San Lorenzo Once was Full of Fish: The River was Santa Cruz's No. 2 Tourist Draw, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Before flood-control measures were taken by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1959, the San Lorenzo River was Santa Cruz's ... [Read more]
Industrial Development: Lumber, Lime and cement, Fishing, by
Susan Lehmann
The enormous stands of virgin timber found in what would become Santa Cruz County attracted entrepreneurs to the area as ... [Read more]
The Santa Cruz Wharf, by
Ross Eric Gibson
The 80-year-old Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf has been undergoing its first face lift in 30 years. The past few years ... [Read more]
1001 Stagnaros, by
Geoffrey Dunn
One of Robert "Big Boy" Stagnaro's earliest childhood memories is of a small hole next to his father's fish market ... [Read more]
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The City of Santa Cruz received its first charter from the State of California in 1876. The charter specified that the City would be governed an elected body consisting of a Mayor and a four-member Common Council.
A City Charter amendment approved at the 3-6-79 election changed Councilmembers terms of ..." [More]
Excerpted from Historical Listing of Mayors, 1876--
