Santa Cruz County (1896 book)

Santa Cruz County: A faithful reproduction in print and photography of its climate, capabilities and beauties . . ., by Phil Francis, was published in 1896 by San Francisco: Press of H.S. Crocker. Francis occasionally tended toward the hyperbolic in his local boosterism, but there are photographs and historical information not published elsewhere. The book can be viewed/downloaded from HathiTrust.

Mr. Francis and other authors contributed articles, and a number of those have been republished as SCPL Local history Articles, including:

• "Chesnutwood's Business College", [no author credited].
• "Shippers and Shipments of Apples (in 1894-95)", [no author credited].
• "The California Powder Works", [no author credited].
• "Racing and Wheeling: Horse Racing and Bicycling in 1896", [no author credited].
• "Dairying in Santa Cruz", by Isabel H. Raymond.
• "The Western Beet Sugar Company", [no author credited].
• "Berry Growing Business in 1896", [no author credited].
• "A Santa Cruz Laundry (1896)", [no author credited].
• "The San Lorenzo Tannery (1896)", [no author credited].
• "The Remarkable Good Order of Santa Cruz", by Mrs. E. S. Pringle.
• "The Pilot Hose Company (1896)", [no author credited].

Other articles under main section headings; not available from SCPL:

• "The Geology of Santa Cruz" by C. L. Anderson.
• "The Famous Venetian Water Carnivals", [no author credited].
• "Bolsa del Pajaro" [Watsonville vicinity], [no author credited].
• "The City of Watsonville", [no author credited].
• "The Mountain Villages of Santa Cruz County", [no author credited].
• "The School Trustees of Santa Cruz", [no author credited].
• "A Sketch of the Mountains", [no author credited].
• "The Gardens of the Sea Beach", by Isabel H. Raymond.
• "Bench and Bar of Santa Cruz County", [no author credited].
• "Santa Cruz Blossoms", [no author credited].
• "Some of Our Real Estate Firms", [no author credited].
• "Some of the Men Who Have Made Santa Cruz County", [many short bios, no author credited].
• "Glenwood Magnetic Springs", [no author credited].
• "Representative Business and Professional People of Santa Cruz", [no author credited].