Difference between revisions of "History pages"

Latest revision as of 19:31, 9 October 2024

A more-or-less chronological series of articles.

History Pages

1. History Pages: 1 - The Ohlone. The early human inhabitants of our area.
2. History Pages: 2 - The Explorers. From Cabrillo (1542) to Portola (1769).
3. History Pages: 3 - The Missionaries. Mission Santa Cruz was founded in 1791.
4. History Pages: 4 - Branciforte. A civilian pueblo was established in 1797.
5. History Pages: 5 - The Ranchos. Former Mission lands became large land grants (1821-1846).
6. History Pages: 6 - The Sailors. Bolcoff, Lodge, Buckle, and others
7. History Pages: 7 - The Frontiersmen. Majors, Dye, Graham, and others
8. History Pages: 8 - The Wagon Trains.
9. History Pages: 9 - Bear Flag Revolt. Fremont, Blackburn, Sweet
10. History Pages: 10 - The Territory. Stevenson, Daubenbiss, Hames, Bennett, Anthony
11. History Pages: 11 - The Gold Rush. Cathcart, Farnham
12. History Pages: 12 - Westside Mills and Tanneries. Dodero, Kirby, Boston
13. History Pages: 13 - Pioneer German-Speakers of Santa Cruz County. Hihn and 18 others
14. History Pages: 14 - The County. Moore, Meder
15. History Pages: 15 - Around the New County. Scott, Waddell, Porter, Coast Survey map
16. History Pages: 16 - Uptown and Downtown. Fallon, Thompson, Cooper
17. History Pages: 17 - Lime and Wine. Davis & Jordan, Burns
18. History Pages: 18 - Antebellum. McPherson
19. History Pages: 19 - Civil War. Anthony, Brown, Rodriguez, Powder Works, Pope House
20. History Pages: 20 - Return of the Limeburners. Bennett, Bull, Adams, Cowell
21. History Pages: 21 - The River. London Nelson
22. History Pages: 22 - The Town.
23. History Pages: 23 - The Institutions.
24. History Pages: 24 - The Map and the Trees. 1866
25. History Pages: 25 - Names Became Towns. Felton, Capitola, Davenport
26. History Pages: 26 - The Farmers. Wilder, Baldwin, Meder, Jarvis, Trevethan, Corcoran
27. History Pages: 27 - The Quiet Years. Sylvar, Alzina, Rountree.
28. History Pages: 28 - How the trains came to Santa Cruz (part 1). From Felton
29. History Pages: 29 - How the trains came to Santa Cruz (part 2). From Pajaro and through Mission Hill
30. History Pages: 30 - How the trains came to Santa Cruz (part 3). Streetcars
31. History Pages: 31 – How the Town Became a City. 1876
32. History Pages: 32 – Paris on the San Lorenzo: Second Empire style. 1870s
33. History Pages: 33 - Santa Cruz Once Had a Chinatown
34. History Pages: 34 - When Santa Cruz Had Four Wharves. Gharky, Lynch, Hecox
35. History Pages: 35 - The first book on Santa Cruz history, from 1879. Illustrations!
36. History Pages: 36 - Gentrification: Downtown Santa Cruz in the 1870s. Hihn subdivides north of Lincoln.
37. History Pages: 37 - Bridges to Somewhere: Eastside Santa Cruz in the 1870s. Barson, Wilson.
38. History Pages: 38 - How the Trains Came to Santa Cruz – Part 4. Fair.
39. History Pages: 39 - End of the Line: Last Stagecoach to Santa Cruz. McKiernan, Parkhurst, Colegrove
40. History Pages: 40 - What's in a Name? – Adventures in Spelling Gharky, Meder
41. History Pages: 41 - Approaching the Gilded Age: Santa Cruz Enters the 1880s
42. History Pages: 42 - Southern Pacific took over Santa Cruz County railroads in the 1880s
43. History Pages: 43 - Go, Team, Go: The First Team Sport in Santa Cruz, ca. 1880
44. History Pages: 44 - Petroleum in Santa Cruz, Then and Now
45. History Pages: 45 - Remembering (some of) the Presidents
46. History Pages: 46 - The Italians
47. History Pages: 47 - Santa Cruz gets an Octagon: downtown in the early 1880s
48. History Pages: 48 - Santa Cruz in 1882: Water Street Gets a New Bridge
49. History Pages: 49 - The Rise and Fall of Swanton House: 1884-87
50. History Pages: 50 - Downtown expanded south in the 1880s
51. History Pages: 51 - Beach Hill: 1870-99
52. History Pages: 52 - Santa Cruz water system timeline
53. History Pages: 53 - Santa Cruz electric system timeline
54. History Pages: 54 - Timeline of Santa Cruz City, County government
55. History Pages: 55 - The Big Fire of 1894 - Pacific, Front, Cooper
56. History Pages: 56 - The Big Rebuild of 1894
57. History Pages: 57 - Union Depot, 1893
58. History Pages: 58 - The 1890s Santa Cruz beachfront
59. History Pages: 59 - 1895 Venetian Water Carnival
60. History Pages: -- - 1880s-90s subdivisions reshaped the Westside. Rountree, Gharky, Dingee, Boston
61. History Pages: -- - 1895 Hotel Capitola
62. History Pages: -- - 1899 IOOF fire, Town Clock
63. History Pages: -- - presidential visits, Harrison 1891, Roosevelt 1903
64. History Pages: -- - tourism joins extraction as a major industry

Panoramic views

• Panoramic views of Santa Cruz, 1870-1907
• Panorama 1: Bird’s Eye View of Santa Cruz, 1870
• Panorama 2: Trousset oil painting, 1876
• Panorama 3: Bird's Eye View of Santa Cruz, 1877
• Panorama 4: Steinegger Bird's Eye View of Santa Cruz, 1888-89
• Panorama 5: Heath oil painting, 1893
• Panorama 6: Swanton Bird's Eye View of Santa Cruz, ~1907
• Panorama 7: 1906 Lawrence aerial photo: first aerial panoramic photograph

Other pages, articles

• Spanish-era government
• Spanish in Santa Cruz County place names
• Down By the Riverside, subtitled "How Santa Cruz Lost and Refound Its Connection to the San Lorenzo River" (first published in Santa Cruz County History Journal Number 9).
• Sidewalks of Washington Street
• Social organizations before 1900
• Sidewalk Companion 4th ed. walking tour
• The History of the William Kerr House
• Pacific-Cooper-Front: How the Heart of Downtown Santa Cruz Has Evolved