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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "hanging"
Hanging on the Water Street Bridge: A Santa Cruz Lynching, by
Geoffrey Dunn
By the time the sun rose on the morning of May 3, 1877, the two bodies dangling from the Water ... [Read more]
A Walk Through Time: Amos Lunt, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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There were few houses on Mission St. other than farm houses. There were pastures on both sides. The road was ... [Read more]
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Prepared by C. McK. Laizure,
Mining Engineer of the California State Mining Bureau
The burning of lime is one of the earliest industries established in Santa Cruz County, the first lime kiln having been built in 1851 by I. E. Davis and A. P. Jordan. This afterwards became ..." [More]
Excerpted from Mineral Survey of Santa Cruz County - Lime by C. McK. Laizure
