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A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century, by
Phil Reader
"No arrests: for nobody cares." "Horse Stealing - Hardly a night passes in Pajaro that horse thieves do not visit ... [Read more]
A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 2, by
Phil Reader
Matt Tarpy was born in 1826 to Patrick and Bridget Tarpy in the poverty-stricken bogs of County Mayo, Ireland. The ... [Read more]
A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 3, by
Phil Reader
The advent of the Pajaro Property Protective Society on February 26, 1870, marked the beginning of a year long frenzy ... [Read more]
"Charole"--The Life of Branciforte Bandido Faustino Lorenzana, by
Phil Reader
In 1885 a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel asked ex-sheriff Charlie Lincoln who was the most notorious character that ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 2, by
Phil Reader
When the grand jury convened in early February, 1860, an indictment for assault with a deadly weapon was found against ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 3, by
Phil Reader
Word of the killing spread quickly through Santa Cruz and before long there was a large posse in the saddle ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 4, by
Phil Reader
The action of the vigilantes may have put an end to Pedro Lorenzana's life, but it also effectively ended the ... [Read more]
Hanging on the Water Street Bridge: A Santa Cruz Lynching, by
Geoffrey Dunn
By the time the sun rose on the morning of May 3, 1877, the two bodies dangling from the Water ... [Read more]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 4, by
Phil Reader
THE JUSTICE: "The officer informs me that you are beyond your husband's control. Is that true?" [Read more]
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Two weeks after her marriage in 1876, Mary Hallock Foote reluctantly journeyed west with her new husband. It was with great difficulty that she left her closeknit Quaker family, sophisticated friends, and budding career as an illustrator. In her later memoirs she wrote, "No girl ever wanted less to 'go ..." [More]
Excerpted from Mary Hallock Foote, Writer and Illustrator. 1847-1938 by Edna E. Kimbro
