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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "Twin Lakes"
Church Groups Found a Haven in Santa Cruz in the 1800s, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Few people on the central coast realize they are living on holy ground, in areas first settled as religious retreats. ... [Read more]
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Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, Nu-Pike in Long Beach, Playland in San Francisco, Belmont Park in San Diego - the list of large beachfront amusement parks on the California coast that are now gone is a long one. One might have been forgiven for assuming that they would eventually ..." [More]
Excerpted from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Survival of the Funnest by Andrew Schiffrin
