Harvesting Our Heritage (2017 book)
From Santa Cruz County history wiki
Harvesting Our Heritage, subtitled "Bite-sized Stories From Santa Cruz County History", was published in 2017 by Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). The authors are Jody Biergiel Colclough, Elizabeth Birnbaum, Katie Lang Hansen, and Sierra Ryan. Focus of the book is the county's agricultural history, inspired by discovery of an old recipe book. Chapters look at various segments of local agriculture, and are listed below, with names of persons prominently mentioned:
- "Potatoes and Wheat". Potatoes: Elihu Anthony, William Blackburn. Wheat: Trafton family.
- "Wine and Grapes": Jarvis family, Henry Mel, John Stewart, Coope, John F., Meyer, Emil.
- "Dairy": Castro family, D. D. Wilder, James Brown.
- "Sugar Beets": Claus Spreckels
- "Hops and Beer": McGrath, William, Palmtag family, Kuhlitz, Charles, Diesing, Otto, Sylvar, Jackson, Beck, Carl
- "Apples": Daubenbiss, John, Hames, John, Carr, Jesse D., Williams, Isaac, Peckham, Robert F., Blackburn, Jacob, Martinelli, Stephen G.
- "Eggs": Wilson Bros. Realty (subdividers who created Live Oak egg farm lots)
- see also "Santa Cruz Egg Laying Contest: 1918 – 1931", 2009, by Jill Ramar, Santa Cruz County Online History Journal
- "Berries": Watson, John H., Imus-Rice family, Waters, James, Driscoll, Richard, Reiter, Joseph, Logan, James H.
- "Pismo Clams":
- "Artichokes and Brussels Sprouts":
- "Dry Farmed Tomatoes":