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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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Part 1
INTRODUCTION
"No arrests: for nobody cares."
"Horse Stealing - Hardly a night passes in Pajaro that horse thieves do not visit the ranches around and carry off horses. Saturday night last about sixty head were stolen, from various ranches - a band ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century by Phil Reader