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Santa Cruz County History - Articles
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Crusading Women: Santa Cruz was a Hotbed of Suffrage Fight, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Women were granted the right to vote 75 years ago under the 19th amendment, but the fight for that right ... [Read more]
The History of the Santa Cruz Public Library System: Part 2-- 1881-1904, by
Margaret Souza
When the Library was transferred to the City of Santa Cruz, there were about three thousand volumes in the library. ... [Read more]
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In 1885 a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel asked ex-sheriff Charlie Lincoln who was the most notorious character that he had encountered during his tenure in office. After a short pause the former "boy sheriff" reached back into his memory and called forth
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Excerpted from "Charole"--The Life of Branciforte Bandido Faustino Lorenzana by Phil Reader
