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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Mission Santa Cruz"
Cabrillo's account includes a brief mention of the North Coast including the fact that they saw "neither Native Americans nor ... [Read more]
The Early Years: Rio Del Mar and Aptos, by
Allen Collins
"Rio Del Mar" (River to the Sea) was coined as a rhythmic, catchy place-name in the late 1920's to sell ... [Read more]
A Sea-Port on the Pacific, by
Mary Hallock Foote
The whitish-gray sandstone cliffs rise above the breakers to the level of the breezy plain above; they are like an ... [Read more]
Bache, A. D. [Read more]
Construction Chronology of the Site of Holy Cross Church: The Mission Era, by
Edna E. Kimbro
Construction activities atop Mission Hill in Santa Cruz began in 1792 with construction of the adobe convento, 64 varas (176 ... [Read more]
Construction Chronology of the Site of Holy Cross Church: Ex-Mission Santa Cruz became Holy Cross, by
Edna E. Kimbro
Following Fr. Jose Antonio Suarez Del Real's departure for Mexico in 1845, other priests, including Anzar of Mission San Juan ... [Read more]
New construction activities on the site of Holy Cross Church are expected to involve considerable earth disturbance in and around ... [Read more]
The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon, by
Robert W. Piwarzyk
In California, lime production techniques arrived from at least three directions: from the north by the Russians, from the south ... [Read more]
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On a quiet evening in February of 1942, fifty years ago this coming month, Celestina Batistina Loero, my great grandmother, was greeted at the doorstep of her clapboard home on Laguna Street by two agents of the Department of Justice. A native of northern Italy and 78 years of age ..." [More]
Excerpted from Male Notte: The Untold Story of Italian Relocation During World War II by Geoffrey Dunn
