Santa Cruz County History - Places

"...out of Santa Cruz one must expect to encounter many disagreeable things that one has entirely forgotten the existence of [while] in that delightful spot." --Eliza Farnham. California In-doors and Out, 1856.
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• Aptos History: A Look Back at Centuries of Mid-County History, by John Hibble
  "Aptos History: A Look Back at Centuries of Mid-County History"
  
• The Big Basin, by Eloise J. Roorbach
  "Our forest reserves are becoming more and more appreciated - not only because of their ..."
  
• Bonny Doon Property Owners Map of 1905
  "[The following information is taken from a manuscript titled, "The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon," pp. ..."
  
• Coast Dairies Property: A Land Use History
  "Excerpt from Coast Dairies Long-Term Resource Protection and Use Plan: Draft Exiting Conditions Report for ..."
  
• De La Cruz Beach
  ""De La Cruz Beach...is planned for a 950-acre ranch north of Santa Cruz, in an ..."
  
• Early History of Davenport, by Alverda Orlando
  "Davenport was founded in 1868. The original town was about a mile to the north ..."
  
• The Early Years: Rio Del Mar and Aptos, by Allen Collins
  ""Rio Del Mar" (River to the Sea) was coined as a rhythmic, catchy place-name in ..."
  
• The Home Ranch of the Cowells, by Josephine Clifford McCrackin
  "The Gate through which we drove had been put up in 1854, and every pointed ..."
  
• Human Uses of the San Lorenzo River Watershed
  "Blessed with a picturesque mountain setting, abundant natural resources, and an equitable climate, the San ..."
  
• National Guard Training Site--Camp McQuaide, by Carmen Morones
  "The National Guard training site for the 250th Coast Artillery Regiment was established in Capitola ..."
  
• National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form for the Mission Hill Area Historic District
  "Mission Hill is the birthplace of Santa Cruz, the first permanent European settlement in Santa ..."
  
• Notes on the History of Williams Mill and Williams Landing in Bonny Doon, California, by Paul Tutwiler
  
• Old Riverview Avenue Historic District of Capitola
  "he incorporated City of Capitola is located along the Pacific coast of Santa Cruz County. ..."
  
• Photo Gallery of Pacific Avenue: Photographs and post cards from the Santa Cruz Public Libraries' collection.
  "This photo shows the junction of Pacific Avenue and Front Street around 1866. At that ..."
  
• Rafael Castro's Rancho Aptos was Oldest Land Grant to Remain Under Mexican Ownership, by Jim Johnson
  "Santa Cruz County, like California, underwent a massive transformation in the mid-19th century as the ..."
  
• Reminiscences of Seabright: Excerpts, by Elizabeth M.C. Forbes
  "In Seabright, near Santa Cruz, lives Miss Forbes, a cousin of Sir Archibald Forbes, who ..."
  
• The Rise and Fall of Holy City, by John V. Young
  "Holy City, on the old Santa Cruz Highway a little north of the Summit, was ..."
  
• The Roads of Bonny Doon, by Robert W. Piwarzyk
  "A road network usually evolved as a means of opening up an area to residential, ..."
  
• Santa Cruz Owes Site to Spud Rush, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "The clock tower marks the heart of Santa Cruz. But this is hardly an ideal ..."
  
• A Sea-Port on the Pacific, by Mary Hallock Foote
  "The whitish-gray sandstone cliffs rise above the breakers to the level of the breezy plain ..."
  
• Skyland and Highland, by John V. Young
  "An attempt to find a name signifying a place higher than high accounts for the ..."
  
• A Southern Pacific Advertisement, 1901--Colonist Tickets Will Be Sold to California
  "In the Library's collection of historical pamphlets is an Advertisement from the Southern Pacific railroad ..."
  
• The Spreckels Era in Rio Del Mar, 1872--1922, by Allen Collins
  "The ranch lands Claus Spreckels purchased in 1872 for about $8l,000 comprised almost all of ..."
  
• West Cliff -- Millionaires' Row, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "At the turn of the century, Santa Cruz was called the "Newport of the Pacific," ..."