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Santa Cruz County History - Articles
Browsing Local History Articles tagged "public transportation "
History of the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, by
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
Public transportation in Santa Cruz County began in 1875 with inauguration of a single horsecar line from the intersection of ... [Read more]
History of the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District: Appendix with tables showing service changes and ridership totals, by
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
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Stagecoach Days in the Mountains, by
Stephen Michael Payne
The roads over the Santa Cruz Mountains served not only the settlers and loggers living and working on the summit, ... [Read more]
Stagecoach Days in the Mountains, by
Stephen Michael Payne
George Lewis Colegrove was born in the Dundee area of McHenry County, Illinois, on March 29, 1843. When he was ... [Read more]
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Cleaning up and Re-opening the Branch Libraries
On Day 1 (October 18) we began re-shelving books and clearing up the mess at nine of our ten Branches. I was not able to communicate with some of the Branch Managers for several days, but each of them took that approach ..." [More]
Excerpted from What a Mess! 295,000 Items on the Floor by Anne Turner
