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- ...ahuenga Treaty of Cahuenga], only seven months after the Bear Flag revolt. From that treaty until statehood in 1850(1), California was U.S. occupied territ ...e deal made by [[Rountree, Almus L.|Almus Rountree]] to sell [[Point Santa Cruz]] to the U.S. government, which built the first local lighthouse there in 15 KB (842 words) - 03:11, 19 November 2023
- ...ng immigrants were a significant minority in the population of early Santa Cruz County. The main reason they're forgotten (the point of the article) is tha ...e as the most ambitious and economically successful of all the early Santa Cruz County German-speakers.30 KB (4,490 words) - 17:56, 20 October 2023
- ...different sort of opportunity – one with more local benefits. The Santa Cruz streets of 1875 were unpaved, and the fastest modes of local travel and fre ...ew railroad wharf, while the [[Santa Cruz Railroad (SCR)]] installed track from the west bank of the San Lorenzo River along the beachfront, curving around6 KB (1,019 words) - 18:06, 20 October 2023
- ...motor vehicles eventually ended most seaborne transport to and from Santa Cruz, but in the late 1870s the waterfront was a bustling hub of shipping and co ...panoramic photo also shows the “railroad wharf”, terminus of the Santa Cruz & Felton railroad tracks and completed in 1875. The railroad wharf, third i7 KB (1,166 words) - 18:09, 20 October 2023
- ...e appearance of a remarkable book – the first published history of Santa Cruz County. Today, the casual local history researcher has a lot of excellent s ...llustrations, with Historical Sketch'', in 1879. As the title implies, the book is extensively illustrated with original drawings of people, buildings and6 KB (902 words) - 18:09, 20 October 2023
- ...nish wood and metal products necessary for the latest architectural styles from the East Coast and Europe. Experienced builders and architects arrived to p The population of Santa Cruz grew rapidly during the 1870s. A lot of new homes were built, and whole new7 KB (1,112 words) - 18:10, 20 October 2023
- ...side of the river was [[History Pages: 3 - The Missionaries|Mission Santa Cruz]], with its adobe buildings arranged around the plaza on the hill, and with ...ter of the eastside community. The only direct way to travel between Santa Cruz and Branciforte was to ford the river at one of several relatively wide and8 KB (1,404 words) - 18:10, 20 October 2023
- ...by the County in 2010) was built later, by SP. From Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz & Felton line continued north into the San Lorenzo Valley, but stopped at t ...California Gold Rush beneficiaries, however, Fair’s luck was in silver, from the Comstock Lode in western Nevada. The fine portrait photograph at right6 KB (953 words) - 18:11, 20 October 2023
- ...nta Cruz. One prominent spot remained, but that changed in 1882 when Santa Cruz County built a new [[1882 Hall of Records (Octagon)|Hall of Records]] on th ...hose an octagonal shape, the only such public building ever built in Santa Cruz, although several small octagonal residential cottages were built in the Se5 KB (856 words) - 18:16, 20 October 2023
- ...ill Road, or maybe from a bit farther east in what is now [[Pasatiempo]]). From that vantage, one of the most recognizable built features is a bridge: the ...ready enjoyed a [[History Pages: 36 - Bridges to Somewhere: Eastside Santa Cruz in the 1870s|sturdy covered truss bridge]] for eight years – its construc3 KB (563 words) - 18:51, 30 October 2023
- ...e mid 1870s to late 1880s saw continued growth and transformation in Santa Cruz – especially south of Cooper Street. The 1874 covered bridge provided a y ...first in the County - see note 1), powered by a steam generator brought in from San Francisco.(note 2)6 KB (916 words) - 18:18, 20 October 2023
- ...[[Beach Hill neighborhood]] reached its peak of gentility during the years from 1883 to 1899, and contains perhaps the largest concentration of surviving l ...replaced in 1936 by one of the few Streamlined Moderne structures in Santa Cruz – an interesting style in its own right. We can, however, get an idea wha6 KB (1,016 words) - 18:19, 20 October 2023
- [[File:Santa-Cruz-water-sources-map.png|right|500px]] ...the first things the Santa Cruz mission had to do in 1792 (after moving up from the river bottom) was to get some of that water to its flood-safe hilltop l12 KB (1,952 words) - 18:19, 20 October 2023
- [[File:1870 panorama-litho.png|thumb|750px|'''Bird’s Eye View of Santa Cruz''' (1870), A. L. Bancroft & Co. Lith, S. F.]] The [[Panoramic views of Santa Cruz, 1870-1907]]:24 KB (3,943 words) - 18:13, 22 February 2024
- The [[Panoramic views of Santa Cruz, 1870-1907]]: *[[Panorama 1: Bird’s Eye View of Santa Cruz, 1870]], by Charles B. Gifford, hand-colored lithograph (Bancroft Library -13 KB (2,218 words) - 18:21, 26 March 2023
- The [[Panoramic views of Santa Cruz, 1870-1907]]: *[[Panorama 1: Bird’s Eye View of Santa Cruz, 1870]], by Charles B. Gifford, hand-colored lithograph (Bancroft Library -8 KB (1,404 words) - 17:42, 26 March 2023
- ...I do mean massive (as shown by the tape measure in the photo) - it's not a book you can tuck into your beach bag, or even comfortably hold in your two hand ...ons. A good thing, too, in my view - some of Brown's translations seem far from literal.2 KB (393 words) - 04:58, 5 October 2021
- ...view of Santa Cruz''', which includes a note that the image is a "Clipping from a Swedish-language periodical". You can see some of the Swedish text around ...ruce MacGregor’s fine book, [[The birth of California narrow gauge (2003 book)]].6 KB (1,080 words) - 07:09, 16 October 2021
- ...est and most important of the ''Californio'' families in what is now Santa Cruz County. * Jose Antonio was a native of Compostela, Jalisco. From Rowland:3 KB (426 words) - 17:45, 28 December 2023
- ...the Santa Cruz MAH]. It was reprinted with a few corrections in 2007. The book has eleven chapters corresponding to neighborhoods: *Five: "[[:Category:Downtown Santa Cruz|Downtown]]"2 KB (217 words) - 18:12, 23 June 2023
