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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "San Lorenzo Valley"
Historical Memories Haunt Brookdale, by
Ross Eric Gibson
A girl in a formal dress runs across the lobby, then disappears into thin air. In an empty Mermaid Room, ... [Read more]
Blessed with a picturesque mountain setting, abundant natural resources, and an equitable climate, the San Lorenzo Watershed has long attracted ... [Read more]
Mountain Paradise, Mount Hermon has Bohemian Roots, by
Ross Eric Gibson
The hallowed grounds of Mount Hermon's Christian retreat have a colorful past. In 1841 the redwood preserve hosted California's first ... [Read more]
Vanished Resort's Glory Days Recalled, by
Ross Eric Gibson
An overgrown, two-tiered fountain near the south entrance to Ben Lomond stands as a relic of the glory days of ... [Read more]
The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill: How Gunpowder Was Made at the CPW, by
Barry Brown
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The San Lorenzo Valley Water District (originally the San Lorenzo Valley County Water District) was formed by a special election ... [Read more]
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Robert "Bob" Liddell was a hard-bitten lawman who shot it out with the infamous bandit chief Tiburcio Vasquez, and lived to tell about it. As a matter of fact, he was standing on the scaffold when the desperado was hanged at San Jose in 1875.
Liddell was the scion of ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Robert Liddell by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
