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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Georgiana Bruce Kirby"
An Excursion up the Coast, by
Eliza W. Farnham
Eliza W. Farnham, who promoted social reform, became matron of the women's section of Sing Sing Prison in 1844. Despite ... [Read more]
Journey to San Francisco, by
Eliza W. Farnham
We had been but little more than a month settled before it became necessary for me to go to San ... [Read more]
A Walk Through Time: Georgiana Bruce Kirby, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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Planting Potatoes, by
Eliza W. Farnham
The great labor of seed-time, in which Geordie and I had yet to bear our part, was the potato planting, ... [Read more]
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In 1991, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, along with other students in Field Methods in Archaeology Class of De Anza College, particpated in a dig in the Santa's Village area in Scotts Valley. Below are a few of the photographs that Ms Van De Werfhorst took of the artifacts, along ..." [More]
Excerpted from Some of the Stone Tools Found at the Scotts Valley Site by Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst
