Category: Columns

By Randall Brown In the spring of 1922 Boulder Creek welcomed the return of the movie people. Location scouts for the Thomas Ince company, searching for a place to film a picture, in “a wooded country with no snow,” with “plenty of river and mountain scenery,” found the town ideally suited their plans. A crew of carpenters went to work,… Read More

In March 1982, the Boulder Creek Fire Department took delivery of a “new rescue truck.” Pictured above, l to r: Bud Tomlin, Jack Kunz, and Jay Baker.  (Santa Cruz Public Library Special Collections) The Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Department, established in 1892, emerged in response to two devastating fires in 1891 that nearly destroyed downtown Boulder Creek and the nearby… Read More