Month: February 1877

The Land of The Olive and Vine. Ocean View, Santa Cruz county, December 26th, 1876 : On the 1st of December we left San Jose for a short sojourn on the Santa Cruz mountains at Hotel de Redwood, some twentyfive mile distant. I secured an outside passage on the stage for myself and wife. We…

A Stranger’s First Impressions of California in Mid-WinterA correspondent of the Chicago Tribune writing from Ocean View, Santa Cruz county, under date of December 25th, gives the following interesting account of his observations : We left Illinois on the 8th of November last. A few feathery flakes of snow were falling, reminding us of the…