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Felton Fuse Factory History Local History 

Felton Fuse Factory

Lisa Robinson,
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.… Read More
Entertainment Music 

On Spirit Wings

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Boulder Creek Band ‘Medicine Road’ Heals Through Music By Julie Horner Pablo Eagle used to ride his motorcycle through the Santa Cruz Mountains regularly. For some reason one day he took his pickup. It was a beautiful day for riding, warm and dry, with no wind at all. A motorcyclist with a woman on the back passed him. “God, I… Read More
Mardeen Gordon Where the Wild Things Are Art Valley People 

Keeper of Threads: Embroidery Artist Mardeen Gordon

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By Julie Horner There is nothing as elementally atmospheric as hearing live music filtered through a redwood forest. The higher up you are on the mountainside, the more clearly sound drifts, and you feel at once gathered into community, part of the pulse, without ever leaving your yard. The trumpet player practicing the next neighborhood over, the kid on his… Read More