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The Davenport cement plant (it became Pacific Cement and Aggregates in 1956, Lonestar Cement Corporation in 1965 and RMC Pacific ... [Read more]
Go for Broke: 442nd Regimental Combat Team, by
Tracy L. Barnett
Nobody has to tell Tom Goto he's a hero. Long ago, he gave away the official recognition of his bravery: ... [Read more]
Male Notte: The Untold Story of Italian Relocation During World War II, by
Geoffrey Dunn
On a quiet evening in February of 1942, fifty years ago this coming month, Celestina Batistina Loero, my great grandmother, ... [Read more]
The following lists are from Nihon Bunka / Japanese Culture, published by the Pajaro Valley Arts Council, 1992. They are ... [Read more]
Una Storia Segreta, by
Lawrence DiStasi and Adele Negro and Rose Scherini
UNA STORIA SEGRETA (the words in Italian mean both a secret story and a secret history), was developed by the ... [Read more]
In 1948, Santa Cruz High School published a yearbook called the Service Cardinal. It attempted to list all of the ... [Read more]
Industrial Development: Lumber, Lime and cement, Fishing, by
Susan Lehmann
The enormous stands of virgin timber found in what would become Santa Cruz County attracted entrepreneurs to the area as ... [Read more]
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Being an account of the attempted robbery of the Wells-Fargo Express Office in Boulder Creek, and the subsequent killing of Southern Pacific Detective Len Harris.
Introduction
The last two decades of the l9th century were years when the phrase "train robbery" became catch words for the people of ..." [More]
Excerpted from Anthony Azoff and the Murder of Detective Len Harris by Phil Reader
