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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Streetwise History: Newell Creek Road Ben Lomond
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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Streetwise History: Harmon Street Boulder Creek
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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An Eagle’s Eye on the SLV Welcome Bear
San Lorenzo Valley welcome sign north of Boulder Creek gets a much needed facelift from local Boy Scouts.
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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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Felton Fuse Factory
By Lisa Robinson In 1869, a fuse factory was erected on Zayante Creek in Felton. The company was incorporated as Lake Superior and Pacific Fuse Company and the principal stockholders were the inventors and patentees Richard Uren, Thomas Dunstone, and Joseph Blight. The plant was also known as the Eagle Fuse-works. The machinery was driven by three 5-hp water wheels.…
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The Brookdale Lodge to Reopen
On the Road to Resurrection, History in the Remaking By Julie Horner Peering through a jagged window, the bare bulbs of workmen’s shop lights illuminate what seem like bones and sinew – open studs and joists – which frame little now but bareness and dust. The fireplace where the lounge used to be stands alone without walls. While stairs and…
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Camp Krem Hosts Summer Revelers at DIO Fest
Camping Unlimited doing it up for fifth annual Do-It-Ourselves Festival By Julie Horner As antidote to the dark and wet, rustic Jon Lucchese Center stands on a sandy plateau in full sun biding over a sweeping panorama of forest and blue sky. The air, soft and moistly fragrant with oak and bay, is gratefully languid after an eternity of torrential…
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