Santa Cruz Mountains Archives - Page 8 of 8

Felton Fuse Factory

August 29, 2017August 29, 2024 Julie Hornerhistory, Santa Cruz Mountains

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

October 10, 2016December 29, 2023 Julie Hornerlocal bands, Medicine Road, Music, Pablo Eagle, Santa Cruz Mountains0 comment

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

January 16, 2015August 29, 2024 slvpost.comArt, Santa Cruz Mountains0 comment

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