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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "redwoods"
The Big Basin, by
Eloise J. Roorbach
Our forest reserves are becoming more and more appreciated - not only because of their invaluable usefulness, but for their ... [Read more]
The Mystery Spot, by
Sharon Yamanaka
The Mystery Spot has been a local Santa Cruz tourist attraction since 1940. During it's heyday the Mystery Spot was ... [Read more]
Felling the Giants, by
Stephen Michael Payne
The first redwood tree (Sequoia Sempervirens) seen by a white man was on the Corrallitos Creek, in what is now ... [Read more]
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"Maria" was a tough little Irish lass who worked the saloons of Santa Cruz during the wild years of the 1870s. Her colorful lifestyle made her one of the most successful practitioners of the world's oldest profession to ever ply their trade in the county.
Her real name was Mary ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Mary "Maria" McDermott by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
