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Santa Cruz County History - Weather & Pop. Stats.
For flood information, see Disasters & Calamities
- Aptos, 1885--1915
- Boulder Creek, 1888--1916
- Ben Lomond, 1899--1916
- Felton, 1888--1916
- Laurel, 1889--1918
- Point Año Nuevo Lighthouse, 1876--1890
- Santa Cruz City, 1878--1931
- Santa Cruz City, 1931/1932--Present
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For thirty-six years he lived quietly on a small homestead which was located atop a wooded hill at the end of Branciforte Drive in the Vine Hill district. When he died in 1893 he was a wizened old man bent low with age, sporting a balding pate and grizzled ..." [More]
Excerpted from Uncle Dave's Story: The Life of Ex-Slave Dave Boffman by Phil Reader
