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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "clubs and organizations"
Reminiscences of Old Bango Club, by
Thomas Dykes Beasley
The idea of the Bango club originated at a meeting held in a room opening out of Mr. Effey's jewelry ... [Read more]
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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
