Gushee, Horace

Horace Gushee (1815-1906), born in Mass., came to the Pescadero area (then part of Santa Cruz County) in the late 1850s as a dairyman (Riptide). Thereafter he was involved in various activities in the county: as a north-coast rancher; as a trustee of the Felton & Santa-Cruz railroad; and as a subdivider in Felton (per Rowland, p.170-171 - Gushee Street remembers him there). By 1866 he was owner of a 4+ acre parcel extending from Rincon Street (between today's Church and Walnut) up onto the terrace as far as Mission Street. The portrait at right is from the Riptide centennial edition.