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Harlots and Whorehouses: Lust in the Valley of El Pajaro, Part 2, by
Phil Reader
It has been said that Whiskey Hill is the spot where the residents of the Pajaro Valley went to quench ... [Read more]
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"Maria" was a tough little Irish lass who worked the saloons of Santa Cruz during the wild years of the 1870s. Her colorful lifestyle made her one of the most successful practitioners of the world's oldest profession to ever ply their trade in the county.
Her real name was Mary ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Mary "Maria" McDermott by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
