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Aptos History: A Look Back at Centuries of Mid-County History, by
John Hibble
Aptos History: A Look Back at Centuries of Mid-County History [Read more]
The first 50 years of statehood witnessed continued slow and fitful development on the North Coast. Settlers struggled up the ... [Read more]
Blessed with a picturesque mountain setting, abundant natural resources, and an equitable climate, the San Lorenzo Watershed has long attracted ... [Read more]
Industrial Development: Lumber, Lime and cement, Fishing, by
Susan Lehmann
The enormous stands of virgin timber found in what would become Santa Cruz County attracted entrepreneurs to the area as ... [Read more]
Felling the Giants, by
Stephen Michael Payne
The first redwood tree (Sequoia Sempervirens) seen by a white man was on the Corrallitos Creek, in what is now ... [Read more]
A Howling Wilderness - Selected Bibliography, by
Stephen Michael Payne
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The Great White Fleet, so-called because the ships were painted white, was a United States naval force of 16,000 men on sixteen battleships, 6 torpedo boats, a hospital ship, and a supply ship. It began a 14-month world cruise in 1907 to prove that the Navy could move easily between ..." [More]
Excerpted from The Great White Fleet Visits Santa Cruz by Rechs Ann Pedersen
