History pages
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				A more-or-less chronological series of articles.
History Pages
- History Pages: 1 - The Ohlone. The early human inhabitants of our area.
 - History Pages: 2 - The Explorers. From Cabrillo (1542) to Portola (1769).
 - History Pages: 3 - The Missionaries. Mission Santa Cruz was founded in 1791.
 - History Pages: 4 - Branciforte. A civilian pueblo was established in 1797.
 - History Pages: 5 - The Ranchos. Former Mission lands became large land grants (1821-1846).
 - History Pages: 6 - The Sailors. Bolcoff, Lodge, Buckle, and others
 - History Pages: 7 - The Frontiersmen. Majors, Dye, Graham, and others
 - History Pages: 8 - Bear Flag Revolt. Fremont, Blackburn, Sweet
 - History Pages: 9 - The Territory. Daubenbiss, Hames, Bennett, Anthony
 - History Pages: 10 - The Gold Rush. Cathcart, Farnham
 - History Pages: 11 - Westside Mills and Tanneries. Dodero, Kirby, Boston
 - History Pages: 12 - Pioneer German-Speakers of Santa Cruz County. Hihn and 18 others
 - History Pages: 13 - The County. Moore, Meder
 - History Pages: 14 - Around the New County. Scott, Waddell, Porter
 - History Pages: 15 - Uptown and Downtown. Fallon, Thompson, Cooper
 - History Pages: 16 - Lime and Wine. Davis & Jordan, Burns
 - History Pages: 17 - Antebellum. McPherson
 - History Pages: 18 - Civil War. Anthony, Brown, Rodriguez, Powder Works, Pope House
 - History Pages: 19 - Return of the Limeburners. Bennett, Bull, Adams, Cowell
 - History Pages: 20 - The River. London Nelson
 - History Pages: 21 - The Town.
 - History Pages: 22 - The Institutions.
 - History Pages: 23 - The Map and the Trees. 1866
 - History Pages: 24 - Names Became Towns. Felton, Capitola, Davenport
 - History Pages: 25 - The Farmers. Wilder, Baldwin, Meder, Jarvis, Trevethan, Corcoran
 - History Pages: 26 - The Quiet Years. Sylvar, Alzina, Rountree.
 - History Pages: 27 - How the trains came to Santa Cruz (part 1). From Felton
 - History Pages: 28 - How the trains came to Santa Cruz (part 2). From Pajaro and through Mission Hill
 - History Pages: 29 - How the trains came to Santa Cruz (part 3). Streetcars
 - History Pages: 30 – How the Town Became a City. 1876
 - History Pages: 31 – Paris on the San Lorenzo: Second Empire style. 1870s
 - History Pages: 32 - Santa Cruz Once Had a Chinatown
 - History Pages: 33 - When Santa Cruz Had Four Wharfs. Gharky, Lynch, Hecox
 - History Pages: 34 - The first book on Santa Cruz history, from 1879. Illustrations!
 - History Pages: 35 - Gentrification: Downtown Santa Cruz in the 1870s. Hihn subdivides north of Lincoln.
 - History Pages: 36 - Bridges to Somewhere: Eastside Santa Cruz in the 1870s. Barson, Wilson.
 - History Pages: 37 - How the Trains Came to Santa Cruz – Part 4. Fair.
 - History Pages: 38 - End of the Line: Last Stagecoach to Santa Cruz. McKiernan, Parkhurst, Colegrove
 - History Pages: 39 - What's in a Name? – Adventures in Spelling Gharky, Meder
 - History Pages: 40 - Approaching the Gilded Age: Santa Cruz Enters the 1880s
 - History Pages: 41 - Southern Pacific took over Santa Cruz County railroads in the 1880s
 - History Pages: 42 - Go, Team, Go: The First Team Sport in Santa Cruz, ca. 1880
 - History Pages: 43 - Petroleum in Santa Cruz, Then and Now
 - History Pages: 44 - Remembering (some of) the Presidents
 - History Pages: 45 - The Italians
 - History Pages: 46 - Santa Cruz gets an Octagon: downtown in the early 1880s
 - History Pages: 47 - Santa Cruz in 1882: Water Street Gets a New Bridge
 - History Pages: 48 - The Rise and Fall of Swanton House: 1883-87
 - History Pages: 49 - Downtown expanded south in the 1880s
 - History Pages: 50 - Beach Hill: 1870-99
 - History Pages: 51 - Santa Cruz water system timeline
 - History Pages: 52 - Santa Cruz electric system timeline
 - History Pages: 53 - Timeline of Santa Cruz City, County government
 - History Pages: 54 - Sidewalks of Washington Street
 - History Pages: 55 - The Big Fire
 
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
- Spanish-era government
 - The History of the William Kerr House
 - Down By the Riverside, subtitled "How Santa Cruz Lost and Refound Its Connection to the San Lorenzo River".