Grover family

Several members of the Grover family, natives of Maine, came to Santa Cruz County in the 1850s, establishing a sawmill on a tributary of Soquel Creek that became known as "Grovers Gulch". James Lyman (1820-1888) and his wife Hannah, along with brothers Stephen Frealon (1830-1907) and Whitney, arrived in California in 1851. James' son Dwight William (1853-1924) was born in Stockton, so the brothers may have tried their luck at gold mining before turning to lumbering. James, Frealon and Dwight built three houses in a row on Walnut Avenue, across from today's Santa Cruz HS (Sidewalk Companion ch.9, item 7). Another brother, Elijah W., who was a Soc. of Pioneers member, stayed near "Grover's Mills".

• History Pages: 40 - Approaching the Gilded Age: Santa Cruz Enters the 1880s
• Donald T. Clark, "Grovers Gulch", Santa Cruz County Place Names (2008 book), p.134.
• Riptide (CPL15) profiles Elijah W. "Whit"