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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Loma Prieta earthquake"
The rebuilding of earthquake damaged downtown Santa Cruz proceeded on Tuesday, Jan.9, 1990 with the city council's appointments to the ... [Read more] [Read more] The following Santa Cruz City log covers the first 22 hours after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. It was originally ... [Read more] The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit at 5:04 p.m. on October 17, 1989 and lasted 15 seconds. A 5.2 aftershock occurred ... [Read more]
"Oh, No!" - A Close Call at the Boulder Creek Library, by
Fred Ulrich
I was sitting at my desk in the Boulder Creek Library talking on the phone with an other member of ... [Read more]
At 5:04 PM, on October 17th, our Outreach worker, Catherine Steele, and her assistant were about a hundred yards down ... [Read more]
The interesting thing to me was that only ONE wall of books, the north wall, came down. But that wall ... [Read more]
"There Was No Place to Hide", by
Donna Swedberg
What I remember most about the earthquake is noise. Rumbling and roaring. When the earthquake began, I was walking down ... [Read more]
"I can't reach my Aunt Mary. Can you find out if she's ok?", by
Anne Turner
Damage from the earthquake occurred throughout the County and, because of slides and other road damage, the County was geographically ... [Read more]
What a Mess! 295,000 Items on the Floor, by
Anne Turner
On Day 1 (October 18) we began re-shelving books and clearing up the mess at nine of our ten Branches. ... [Read more]
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit at 5:04 p.m. on October 17, 1989 and lasted 15 seconds. A 5.2 aftershock occurred ... [Read more]
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The men of the Rountree family served as peace officers for nearly a century in Santa Cruz County.
The Rountree lawman dynasty began in 1869 when Almus L. Rountree was elected sheriff -- a tenure that officially marked the advent of law and order in Santa Cruz County. The tough-minded ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: The Rountree Family by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
