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Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 5, by
Phil Reader
"The wages of sin. Perhaps in old England a mother awaits in vain the coming of an errant daughter. Perhaps ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 4, by
Phil Reader
THE JUSTICE: "The officer informs me that you are beyond your husband's control. Is that true?" [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 1, by
Phil Reader
Practitioners of the world's oldest profession have always been found on the streets of Santa Cruz County. Neither the denizens ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 3, by
Phil Reader
Perhaps the best known brothel in the city of Santa Cruz was that which was operated by Emma Cooper and ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 2, by
Phil Reader
"Maria" was a tough little Irish lass who worked the saloons of Santa Cruz for a dozen years. Her free ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Lust in the Valley of El Pajaro, Part 1, by
Phil Reader
The town of Watsonville sits nestled in a beautiful pastoral valley alongside the meandering Pajaro River in southern Santa Cruz ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Lust in the Valley of El Pajaro, Part 2, by
Phil Reader
It has been said that Whiskey Hill is the spot where the residents of the Pajaro Valley went to quench ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Notes and References, by
Phil Reader
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A Walk Through Time: Mary "Maria" McDermott, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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[Excerpted from: Soquel Creek Storm Damage Recovery Plan, 1983, pp. 21-24, 28.]
Flood waters have flowed in Soquel Village at least eight times since 1890 (see Table 3). Severe damage was incurred during the floods of 1931, 1937, 1940, 1955, and 1982. Newspaper accounts tell ..." [More]
Excerpted from The Nature and History of Flooding in Soquel Village
