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A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century, by Phil Reader

"No arrests: for nobody cares." "Horse Stealing - Hardly a night passes in Pajaro that horse thieves do not visit ... [Read more]

A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 2, by Phil Reader

Matt Tarpy was born in 1826 to Patrick and Bridget Tarpy in the poverty-stricken bogs of County Mayo, Ireland. The ... [Read more]

A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 3, by Phil Reader

The advent of the Pajaro Property Protective Society on February 26, 1870, marked the beginning of a year long frenzy ... [Read more]

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]

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Throughout the history of Santa Cruz County and the central coast area there have been an irregularly occurring series of plagues and epidemics. Documented evidence lists at least half a dozen before the advent of statehood.

Recorded history of the Monterey Bay region begins with the coastal explorations ..." [More]

Excerpted from Voices of the Heart: Introduction by Phil Reader