History of Santa Cruz County (Harrison-1892)

History of Santa Cruz County, California, by Edward Sanford Harrison was published in 1892, following a version produced for the County Board of Supervisors in 1890. The book is available as a free ebook from Google Books. Following Elliott's Santa Cruz County, Calif. Illustrations, with Historical Sketch (1879 book), Harrison's book is the next-earliest general history of the county.

Several local writers composed individual chapters that were compiled into the book:

• E. L. Williams contributed Ch.2, "THE EARLY HISTORY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY" and Ch.3, "NARRATIVE OF A MISSION INDIAN, ETC." (translated from an interview)
• Ed. Martin contributed Ch.4, "RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY"
• C. L. Anderson contributed Ch.6, "GEOLOGY OR THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF SANTA CRUZ"; Ch.7, "THE GARDENS OF THE SEASHORE"; Ch.8 "THE FISHES CF MONTEREY BAY"; Ch.9, "CATALOGUE OF FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY"; Ch.12 "OUR FEATHERED SONGSTERS"
• "R. C. McGREGOR AND L. H. FISKE" contributed "CHAPTER XI. ANNOTATED LIST OF THE LAND AND WATER BIRDS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY"
• Following the history chapters are approx. 100 short biographies and descriptive articles.
• 44 individual portrait photo engravings, 14 group photo engravings, and 43 engravings of county scenes. Unfortunately, none of these images were reproduced well by the Google Books scans.