History

  • Skyland Fire 1887

    Fire at Skyland and Summit October 1887. Article from Santa_Cruz_Surf_and_Superior_California_Farmer Oct 11 1887 page 3, col 2 permalink https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCDS18871011.1.3 Courtesy of the California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside, http://cdnc.ucr.edu FIRE SWEPT. Ravages of the Fire Fiend Along the Santa Cruz Summit. WIDESPREAD RUIN. Burrill School House, Several Barns…

  • IN THE ENCHANTED GARDENS

    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…