History: Woman With a Past
San Lorenzo Valley history, A.R. Sausman's store and Miss Major Pauline Cushman. and the Civil War.
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Category: History
Streetwise: Newell Creek Road
San Lorenzo Valley Museum's Lisa Robinson shares a history of Newell Creek Road in Ben Lomond, California in the Santa Cruz Mountains
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The Big Fire
By Randall Brown The summer of 1904 in California was hot and dry. Labor Day marchers in Santa Cruz sweltered under record high temperatures and the following day was hotter. Then, early Wednesday morning, the town’s electric system shut down. “All street cars were stopped,” reported the Sentinel, “and an almost weird quiet as of some impending calamity reigned throughout…
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Streetwise
Have you ever thought about how the street where you live got its name? In this series of articles we will look at street names in the San Lorenzo Valley and explore the history hidden in their names.
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6/11 Indigenous History in the Bay Area
From California State Parks: Join us for a three-part webinar on the history of Indigenous Peoples in the Bay Area. For thousands of years, the Bay Area has been the home of many, diverse groups of Indigenous Peoples with complex cultures and relationships to the land. Join Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen), and California…
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Landmarks and Legends
Mountain Lore By Randall Brown When I settled in Boulder Creek 20 years ago, I was impressed by the respect for its history indicated by the dates painted on its historic structures. As I became more familiar with the place, I realized that two of the proudly displayed numbers were inaccurate. Neither the Old Fireman’s Hall nor the one mislabeled…
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