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Santa Cruz County History - Articles
Browsing Local History Articles tagged "U.S. Navy"
The Great White Fleet Visits Santa Cruz, by
Rechs Ann Pedersen
The Great White Fleet, so-called because the ships were painted white, was a United States naval force of 16,000 men ... [Read more]
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Wilder Ranch is now a state park and a name synonymous with the history of the north coast of Santa Cruz County. This beautiful pastoral site was, at one time, one of the finest working dairies in the area. Delos Wilder and his partner Levi K. Baldwin established it in ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Delos Wilder
