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− | '''Francisco Alzina''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73418272/francisco-k-alzina 1821-1887]) stowed away on an American ship leaving the Spanish island of Minorca in 1840, and arrived in Santa Cruz in 1846, where he became a clerk for ''alcalde'' [[Blackburn, William|William Blackburn]]. He married a daughter of the local [[Gonzales family]] and, in 1850, built what is now the oldest wood-frame structure in Santa Cruz. It stands next-door to where his in-laws adobe house once was, on the west side of [[Mission Plaza]]. From 1850 to 1853, Alzina was the first [https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/134098#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 Santa Cruz County Sheriff]. He had two sons, Francisco (Frank) and Enoch. Enoch followed him into the sheriff's dept.
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− | *[History Pages: 15 - Uptown and Downtown]
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Revision as of 06:03, 30 December 2022