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A Howling Wilderness: The Summit Road Area - Santa Cruz Mountains, by
Stephen Michael Payne
Situated between the Town of Los Gatos and the City of Santa Cruz, in the central coast counties of California, ... [Read more]
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INTRODUCTION
"No arrests: for nobody cares."
"Horse Stealing - Hardly a night passes in Pajaro that horse thieves do not visit the ranches around and carry off horses. Saturday night last about sixty head were stolen, from various ranches - a band ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century by Phil Reader
