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  • ...t after statehood in 1850 (remember that it was at first named Branciforte County). During the few boom years of the Gold Rush, roughly-constructed buildings ...ut you can see the remains of a similar (more elaborate) system at Mission Santa Barbara. The new businesses, including two (or maybe three) grist mills and
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  • ...migrants were a significant minority in the population of early Santa Cruz County. The main reason they're forgotten (the point of the article) is that, comp ...the most ambitious and economically successful of all the early Santa Cruz County German-speakers.
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  • 1866 was the year Santa Cruz became a chartered town (not a city until 1875). Already in the midst of a * The town charter was printed on page one of the ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' on [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18760318.1.1&srpos=24&e=----
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  • ...tch (1879 book)]]. Nephew [[Willey, Henry|Henry]] became a prominent Santa Cruz businessman. * [[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]], Chapter Five, item (18), page 142.
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  • ...of [[Santa Cruz County, Calif. Illustrations, with Historical Sketch (1879 book)]]. * ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'' , Chapter Four, item (30), page 99.
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  • ...essful and longest-lasting in the County. The detail (right) from the 1889 county map shows the extents of the Baldwin ranch, and the location of the dairy o *[[History Pages: 43 - Petroleum in Santa Cruz, Then and Now]]
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  • ...line was completed in 1869. The Southern Pacific advanced right up to the county line at Pajaro in 1871. But there it stopped, due in part to a collapse of ...dary to the Pajaro River mouth at the southern end, including two at Santa Cruz.
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  • ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_Big_Trees_and_Pacific_Railway Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway] (as seen in the photo at right). ...rn Pacific terminal in Pajaro, through Aptos and Capitola, and on to Santa Cruz.
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  • ..., dug thoroughly into available evidence to flesh out the narrative of our county's early history. Those writers, in turn, were aided by an earlier group of ...f people, buildings and landscapes, and also a few maps. We all like books with lots of pictures, so this one is a treasure.
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  • ...to at right). The Italianate style of the front façade coordinated nicely with the sixteen-year-old courthouse. ...isible to the left and behind the Octagon in the photo is the 1890 [[Jails|County Jail]]. To its right is the [[Town Clock|fire alarm bell tower]], erected i
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  • [[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]]:
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  • 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 -
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  • .../z1&&brand=oac4 OAC online version] of the '''1877 birds eye view of Santa Cruz''', which includes a note that the image is a "Clipping from a Swedish-lang ...ruce MacGregor’s fine book, [[The birth of California narrow gauge (2003 book)]].
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  • ...sive list more narrowly-focused on local history, see "Books on Santa Cruz County History: a List by Year of Publication", by Frank Perry, in the ''[https:// ...ical Sketch (1879 book)|''Santa Cruz County Illustrations, with Historical Sketch'']]. Full of pen and ink drawings of structures. Republished, annotated and
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  • ...at the time of his death. Sylvar also served as the Under Sheriff of Santa Cruz for many years, and ran the jail on Mission Hill. He built a saloon/residen * Chase, John L., ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', Chapter Four, item (26), page 96
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  • ...ruce]]. He was shown as a property owner ("residence") on the [[1866 Santa Cruz map]], in "Block No. 3" (Mission Street). He and son Richard B. belonged to *[[Santa Cruz County, Calif. Illustrations, with Historical Sketch (1879 book)]] has drawings of Kirby (as seen at right) and his Laurel Street tannery,
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  • ...Santa Cruz and, after the new state and county were established, the first county judge. ...meka/items/show/134109#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 The Alcaldes of Branciforte-Santa Cruz (1802-1850)], by Stanley D. Stevens
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  • ...(1879 book)]], Harrison's book is the next-earliest general history of the county. ...phies and portraits that comprise a large portion of the 1892 edition. The historical and descriptive text was also done in much less depth.
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  • ...t junction. From [[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (2005 book)]]: *[[Santa Cruz County, Calif. Illustrations, with Historical Sketch (1879 book)]], p68
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  • ...g with the group, however, Meder struck out on his own, ending up in Santa Cruz in 1847. He worked at Isaac Graham’s Zayante Creek sawmill for a while, a ...the money in a trunk under his bed. Meder also served as one of the first county supervisors. Like many other early residents, however, his name was often m
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