Santa Cruz County History - Tourism

For more information on the tourist industry, see the section Making a Living.

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• Capitola Hotel's Heyday, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "In only 25 years, Capitola went from an 1869 campground to home of one of ..."
  
• Historical Memories Haunt Brookdale, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "A girl in a formal dress runs across the lobby, then disappears into thin air. ..."
  
• Mountain Paradise, Mount Hermon has Bohemian Roots, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "The hallowed grounds of Mount Hermon's Christian retreat have a colorful past. In 1841 the ..."
  
• Resorts in the Summit Road Area, 1850-1906, by Stephen Michael Payne
  "Hotel de Redwood, the first hotel in the Summit area of the Santa Cruz Mountains, ..."
  
• Santa Cruz has a Long History of Convention Business, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "With studies under way to possibly reintroduce the convention industry to Santa Cruz, it might ..."
  
• Sea Beach Hotel and Its Gardens were Equal Landmarks, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "In the 1890s, the castle-like Sea Beach Hotel was listed among the state's top seven ..."
  
• The Spirit of Aptos: 116-Year-Old Hotel to Become Landmark, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "The ghosts of the 116-year-old Aptos Bayview Hotel have been good hosts, only said to ..."
  
• The St. George was a Center of Culture and Art, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "The original St. George Hotel rose out of the ashes of an 1894 fire, then ..."
  
• Vanished Resort's Glory Days Recalled, by Ross Eric Gibson
  "An overgrown, two-tiered fountain near the south entrance to Ben Lomond stands as a relic ..."
  

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

• A First in Hot Bathing -- How a War and a Divorce Figured in the Birth of the Boardwalk in 1868, by Ross Eric Gibson
  
• Photographs of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Area: The 1904 Casino and Boardwalk
  "Fred W. Swanton grew up in Santa Cruz and attended Heald's Business College in San ..."
  
• Photographs of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Area: The New Casino
  "By October of 1906, Fred Swanton began construction of a new casino designed by local ..."
  
• Photographs of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Area: Visitor Accommodations
  "Tent City was located on Beach Street, opposite the Casino. It provided less expensive accommodations ..."
  
• Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Survival of the Funnest, by Andrew Schiffrin
  "Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, Nu-Pike in Long Beach, Playland in San Francisco, Belmont ..."