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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Scotts Valley"
Scotts Valley Area Curiosities, by
Marion Dale Pokriots
When ocean waters receded many eons ago, some interesting features were left exposed in the Santa Cruz Mountains, one of ... [Read more]
Some of the Stone Tools Found at the Scotts Valley Site, by
Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst
In 1991, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, along with other students in Field Methods in Archaeology Class of De Anza ... [Read more]
City Councils are elected to 4-year terms in November; the Council appoints two of its members to serve as Mayor ... [Read more]
Local Inspiration for Movie Classics: Hitchcock had Link to Santa Cruz, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Santa Cruz's Nickelodeon movie theater will celebrate its silver anniversary with a film marathon Friday and Saturday [November 1994] after ... [Read more]
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Thomas Jefferson Weeks was born into a prominent family in the town of Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine on November 22, 1829. But as a child, he had a strange far-away look in his eyes, the kind of look that made it impossible for him to fit into the niche his ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Thomas J. Weeks by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
