Santa Cruz County History - Making a Living

For more information on the tourist industry, see the section Tourism. For additional information on the lime industry, see Lime and the Lime Business.

Agriculture

• Berry Growing Business in 1896
  "The cultivation of strawberries, which has become such a large and extensive business here, had ..."
  
• Dairying in Santa Cruz, by Isabel H. Raymond
  "Among the astonishingly varied resources of the tract of country known as Santa Cruz County,-a ..."
  
• The Hall that Apples Built, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "At 2 1/2 million boxes of apples in 1909, the Pajaro Valley was producing and ..."
  
• History of Poultry Raising Industry in Santa Cruz
  "Large oaks from little acorns grow, a true and an oft repeated saying, applies in ..."
  
• A History of Wine Making in the Santa Cruz Mountains, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "Santa Cruz was the birthplace of California's temperance movement. But beyond the whiskey-induced revelries of ..."
  
• Planting Potatoes, by Eliza W. Farnham
  "The great labor of seed-time, in which Geordie and I had yet to bear our ..."
  
• Shippers and Shipments of Apples [in 1894-95]
  "As the Pajaro Valley Fruit Exchange is, like a single American coin, but "one of ..."
  
• The Western Beet Sugar Company
  "The making of beet sugar is preeminently the industry of Watsonville. Some years ago Claus ..."
  

Economic Development of the City of Santa Cruz, 1850-1950

• Overview, by Susan Lehmann
  "Years before the gold rush of 1849 brought about the transformation of California, several American ..."
  
• 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 ..."
  
• Industrial Development: Tanneries, by Susan Lehmann
  "The Santa Cruz County tanning industry had its start [in] 1843 when Paul Sweet built ..."
  
• Resort and Recreation Development: Waterfront, beach, and boardwalk, by Susan Lehmann
  "The late 1800s brought a major change in the economic base of Santa Cruz County. ..."
  
• Resort and Recreation Development: Surfing, other recreational sites, by Susan Lehmann
  "Although the Boardwalk was the primary commercial endeavor to capitalize on tourism at the beach, ..."
  
• Commercial Development: Downtown business; Residential development, by Susan Lehmann
  "As discussed in an earlier section, the Santa Cruz Mission and its satellite properties (including ..."
  
• Commercial Development: Chinatown, by Susan Lehmann
  "Chinatown -- Although no traces remain, there is curiosity among many Santa Cruz residents about ..."
  
• Transportation: Roads; Wharves and piers, by Susan Lehmann
  "The wealth of natural resources in Santa Cruz County was obvious to the first pioneers ..."
  
• Transportation: Railroads and Streetcars, by Susan Lehmann
  "Like so many isolated communities of the west, the City of Santa Cruz owes much ..."
  

Mining

• Gold Mining in Santa Cruz County
  "Auriferous beach sands are found for miles along the coast of Santa Cruz County, and ..."
  
• The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon, by Robert W. Piwarzyk
  "The purpose of this informal group is to study, understand, and teach the history of ..."
  
• Lime, by Henry G. Hubbard
  "The burning of lime was one of the earliest industries established in Santa Cruz County, ..."
  
• Limestone, by Henry G. Hubbard
  "This company was organized in 1922 and took over the old Caplatzi quarry which had ..."
  
• Mineral Survey of Santa Cruz County - Introduction, by C. McK. Laizure
  "In an effort to develop the industrial future of Santa Cruz, and recogniz[ing] the importance ..."
  
• Stone Industry: Crushed Rock, Sand and Gravel [1943], by Henry G. Hubbard
  "Except at the plant of the Pacific Limestone Products Company [more information in the article ..."
  

Other Industries

• Ansel Adams Photographs of the Salz Tannery - 1954
  "Ansel Adams and Ansley Salz, the owner of the Salz tannery, were longtime friends."
  
• The California Powder Works
  "The California Powder Works, situated on the San Lorenzo River two and a half miles ..."
  
• The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill, by Barry Brown
  "The first Europeans to set foot in the Monterey Bay area, the sole domain of ..."
  
• Felling the Giants, by Stephen Michael Payne
  "The first redwood tree (Sequoia Sempervirens) seen by a white man was on the Corrallitos ..."
  
• Leather with Personality [A.K. Salz Company], by D.S. Marston
  "An experienced tanner, using the palm reader's clairvoyance in reverse, can study the lines and ..."
  
• Salz Leathers Folds Up Shop: Landmark Business to Close this Year, by Heather Boerner
  "One of the county's oldest businesses, 145-year-old Salz Leathers, will close by the end of ..."
  
• Salz Leathers History
  "Timeline of Salz Leathers tannery"
  
• San Lorenzo Tannery (1896)
  "The manufacture of a superior quality of leather has long been one of the specialties ..."
  
• A Santa Cruz Laundry (1896)
  "I have been poking my nose into all sorts of business places for a good ..."
  
• The Santa Cruz Wharf, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "The 80-year-old Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf has been undergoing its first face lift in 30 ..."
  
• Whales Along the Coast of Davenport, by Alverda Orlando
  "From the Davenport area you can view the annual southern migration of the California gray ..."