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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "writers"
Mary Hallock Foote, Writer and Illustrator. 1847-1938, by
Edna E. Kimbro
Two weeks after her marriage in 1876, Mary Hallock Foote reluctantly journeyed west with her new husband. It was with ... [Read more]
Josephine Clifford McCrackin, by
Stephen Michael Payne
In October and November 1880 a writer, Josephine Wompner Clifford, purchased a total of twenty-six acres for $504 from Lyman ... [Read more]
Voices of the Heart: Preface, by
Phil Reader
Perhaps the most ignored aspect of local history has been the health history of our community. It is an important ... [Read more]
Voices of the Heart: Memorial Poems, by
Phil Reader
The following collection of "verse" appeared in the local press during the Diphtheria epidemic of the late 1870s. They were ... [Read more]
Voices of the Heart: Cora E. Drew, Poetess of the Plague, by
Phil Reader
It can rightfully be said that Cora Drew was a young lady of exceptional courage and insight, and she would ... [Read more]
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Widely considered as the Father of Santa Cruz, Elihu Anthony was born in New York and arrived in Santa Cruz in the spring of 1847.
Anthony initiated a number of "firsts" in Santa Cruz including organizing the first protestant Church, establishing the first black foundry, building the first wharf, and ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Elihu Anthony by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
