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- 17:56, 21 March 2024 Bituminous rock (hist) [1,774 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "What was commonly known as '''bituminous rock''' is sandstone impregnated with petroleum. It can be found in many places of coastal California, including the coastal terraces...")
- 20:09, 20 March 2024 1906 San Francisco earthquake (hist) [903 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake 1906 San Francisco earthquake]''' caused significant damage to structures in Santa Cruz, including: *Miss...")
- 19:01, 20 March 2024 1868 Hayward earthquake (hist) [511 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Hayward_earthquake 1868 Hayward earthquake]''' caused damage in Santa Cruz, including to a Pacific Avenue commercial building still...")
- 18:52, 20 March 2024 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake (hist) [493 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857_Fort_Tejon_earthquake 1957 Fort Tejon earthquake]''', although centered far to the south of Santa Cruz, caused significant damage to...")
- 21:28, 17 March 2024 Census and voter lists (hist) [890 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Census and voter lists''' are important sources of information about early area residents, including: *[https://www.sfgenealogy.org/doku.php?id=santa_cruz_county SFgenealog...")
- 19:53, 12 March 2024 Del Mar theater (hist) [484 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Del Mar theater''' opened in 1936 on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz, and is the oldest movie theater in the county. Its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamline_Moderne...")
- 23:38, 11 March 2024 Santa Cruz County Governmental Center (hist) [490 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Santa Cruz County Governmental Center''', completed on the east bank of the San Lorenzo River in 1968, comprised two buildings - a 5-story-plus-basement office building...")
- 01:16, 11 March 2024 Santa Cruz Public Library (hist) [1,384 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Santa Cruz Public Library''' has its main branch at the corner of Church Street and Center Street in Santa Cruz. The building existing in 2024 was constructed in 1968, repl...")
- 20:04, 10 March 2024 Veterans Memorial Hall (hist) [438 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''[https://www.veteranshall.org/ Veterans Memorial Hall]''' was built in 1932 by Santa Cruz County, on Front Street in Santa Cruz, adjacent to the Santa Cruz Post Office....")
- 19:53, 10 March 2024 Chinatown Bridge (hist) [308 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Chinatown Bridge''' is the name given in 2019 to a previously unnamed pedestrian bridge over the San Lorenzo River in the early 1960s as part of the San Lorenzo Park...")
- 19:34, 10 March 2024 Catalyst, The (hist) [384 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Catalyst''' is a live-music venue on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. Former owner Randall Kane converted the ~1930 Santa Cruz Bowl building into a nightclub in 1974-76. T...")
- 17:16, 9 March 2024 Chinatown (hist) [364 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Four different '''"Chinatown"''' neighborhoods existed in Santa Cruz between the 1850s and 1955. The last Chinatown buildings were demolished after the 1955 San Lorenzo Rive...")
- 17:00, 9 March 2024 Bookshop Santa Cruz (hist) [618 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''[https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ Bookshop Santa Cruz]''' is the oldest and last surviving downtown bookseller. Prior to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Bookshop was...")
- 16:49, 9 March 2024 Beach Hill Court (hist) [280 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Beach Hill Court''' is a late 1920s - early 1930s multi-residential "bungalow court" at the southeast corner of Second Street and Cliff Street. * ''The Sidewalk Companion t...")
- 16:35, 9 March 2024 Bank of Italy building (hist) [372 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Bank of Italy''' building was constructed in 1929 for a Santa Cruz branch of the bank that later became today's Bank of America. After B-of-A moved out, the local New L...")
- 16:28, 9 March 2024 Babbling Brook Inn (hist) [932 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right The '''Babbling Brook Inn''' is a B&B at the base of the Laurel Street hill. In the 1790s the Mission Santa Cruz grist mill...")
- 18:23, 8 March 2024 Big Basin Redwood Forest (2021 book) (hist) [202 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Big Basin Redwood Forest: California's Oldest State Park''' is a book written by local author Traci Bliss, and published in 2021 by History Press. [[Category:Publications]...")
- 04:10, 26 February 2024 Abbott Square (hist) [364 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Abbott Square''' is an urban open space off Cooper Street in Santa Cruz. The space is part of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History complex, and is named for downtown...")
- 21:05, 25 February 2024 Branciforte School (hist) [410 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Branciforte School''' was originally built on Soquel Avenue in 1869, on the site now occupied by Branciforte Plaza. In 1915 the current school building, designed by W...")
- 18:40, 24 February 2024 Highway 236 (hist) [671 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "State [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_236 '''Highway 236'''] forms an 18-mile loop the begins (in Boulder Creek) and ends at Highway 9. The road prov...")