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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Tree Circus"
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]
The Tree Circus, by
Sharon Yamanaka
The Tree Circus started as a tourist attraction in Scotts Valley in 1947. It featured sculpted trees, their trunks shaped ... [Read more]
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In order to understand the development of the Cowell business, it is essential to know something about lime. According to one source, "Limestone is one of a select few raw materials that are absolutely necessary to modern industry and our present form of civilization." 19 Limestone is the ..." [More]
Excerpted from Lime and the Lime Business by Laurie MacDougall
