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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "stagecoaches"
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]
A Walk Through Time: William H. Bias, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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According to Ernest Otto, Santa Cruz journalist and historian, Wells Fargo was formerly located in the Ely building on Pacific ... [Read more]
Silent Charley-- Charley Parkhurst, by
John V. Young
The stage for Santa Cruz, on Thursday last, containing eight or nine passengers, upset about a mile beyond Mountain Charley's, ... [Read more]
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Perhaps the most ignored aspect of local history has been the health history of our community. It is an important field of study in that it provides a unique glimpse into the daily mechanisms of our predecessors. On a much larger level, medical researchers have probed national and international ..." [More]
Excerpted from Voices of the Heart: Preface by Phil Reader
