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History of the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, by
City of Santa Cruz
A history of the Civic Auditorium building in Santa Cruz. [Read more]
Early History of the Carmelita Cottages: The Owners, Part 1, by
Rick Hyman
Widows, sea captains, relatives, music, jilted wives, and long-tenure describe the famous owners of the Carmelita Cottages. The property is ... [Read more]
Early History of the Carmilita Cottages: The Owners, Part 2, by
Rick Hyman
Roberts' ownership tenure of the Cottages property was extremely brief, selling it and Lot 7 behind it to fellow sea ... [Read more]
According to the dates given in John Chase's Sidewalk Companion only 917-919 Third Street (1870-71) and possibly the Terrace Court ... [Read more]
Owners of the Carmelita Cottages Property [Read more]
Early History of the Carmelita Cottages: The Tenants, by
Rick Hyman
Why and exactly when the name Carmelita Cottages emerged has not yet been discovered. The name was first applied in ... [Read more]
History of the Carmelita Cottages, by
Rick Hyman
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Santa Cruz's Town Clock, by
Carmen Morones and Rechs Ann Pedersen
The Town Clock, which towers over the convergence of Pacific Avenue and Water and Front Streets, is actually Santa Cruz's ... [Read more]
Saving Carmelita Cottages, by
Rick Hyman
California's newest coastal hostel opens soon [1993] in Santa Cruz, in a Victorian cottage nestled under mature trees in a ... [Read more]
Resort and Recreation Development: Waterfront, beach, and boardwalk, by
Susan Lehmann
The late 1800s brought a major change in the economic base of Santa Cruz County. Intense lumbering had all but ... [Read more]
The following list is from the California Resources Agency (ceres) website, August, 2001. For more information about each of the ... [Read more]
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Surfing: Although the Boardwalk was the primary commercial endeavor to capitalize on tourism at the beach, no history of Santa Cruz would be complete without a discussion of the city's most well known sport, surfing. Surfing, as far as anthropologists can trace, is estimated to be a thousand years ..." [More]
Excerpted from Resort and Recreation Development: Surfing, other recreational sites by Susan Lehmann
