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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Summit area"
A Howling Wilderness: The Summit Road Area - Santa Cruz Mountains, by
Stephen Michael Payne
Situated between the Town of Los Gatos and the City of Santa Cruz, in the central coast counties of California, ... [Read more]
Resorts in the Summit Road Area, 1850-1906, by
Stephen Michael Payne
Hotel de Redwood, the first hotel in the Summit area of the Santa Cruz Mountains, was built in 1859, at ... [Read more]
The Rise and Fall of Holy City, by
John V. Young
Holy City, on the old Santa Cruz Highway a little north of the Summit, was a Johnny-come-lately to the ranks ... [Read more]
Skyland and Highland, by
John V. Young
An attempt to find a name signifying a place higher than high accounts for the present name of Skyland, an ... [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]
A Howling Wilderness - Selected Bibliography, by
Stephen Michael Payne
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Education in the Summit Road Area: 1850-1906, by
Stephen Michael Payne
The devotion of the Summit settlers to their children's education was evidenced by the number of school districts formed over ... [Read more]
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The First Town Clock
The Town Clock, which towers over the convergence of Pacific Avenue and Water and Front Streets, is actually Santa Cruz's second town clock. The first town clock was build as part of the original IOOF building, constructed in 1873.
" It had four faces and ..." [More]
Excerpted from Santa Cruz's Town Clock by Carmen Morones and Rechs Ann Pedersen
