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When the former Yugoslavia bleeds, Watsonville aches. The war is far away, in a region smaller than the state of ... [Read more]

It is the summer of 1885 and three young children are peering into a barbershop on Front Street a few ... [Read more]

Aside from performing tasks as day laborers, many Chinese men worked in the laundry business. In 1880 there were already ... [Read more]

This short history of the Watsonville Japanese-American Citizens League has been prepared to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the organization's ... [Read more]

This eve of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, is a good time to recall the small but active group ... [Read more]

No records are known to exist that precisely pinpoint the date that the Japanese came to the Pajaro Valley. It ... [Read more]

Agriculture brought pioneer Japanese immigrants to the Pajaro Valley one hundred years ago. A century later, agriculture is still the ... [Read more]

Japan's fateful decision to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor did more than destroy ships and planes - it also exploded ... [Read more]

The Issei had come to the Pajaro Valley with dreams of a new land where they could prosper. Now, after ... [Read more]

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In the Library's collection of historical pamphlets is an Advertisement from the Southern Pacific railroad company. [Read more]

Chinatown -- Although no traces remain, there is curiosity among many Santa Cruz residents about the location of the city's ... [Read more]