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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16O8_magical-merry-go-round_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
Whether you call it a merry-go-round, carousel, or whirlgig, visitors have always been enchanted with the Boardwalk's oldest ride. At the grand opening of the "hippodrome," as the carousel and its building were called, one hundred rocking chairs w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16O7_santa-cruz-beach-boardwalk-boards_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
These boards are part of the original Santa Cruz Boardwalk and were saved during a restoration project completed in 1984.This project was one of many completed under Laurence P. Canfield, President of the Santa Cruz Seaside Company from 1952 to 1984
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16O6_beauty-and-the-beach_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
The first Miss California Pageant took place at the Boardwalk in 1924, drawing huge crowds. The pageant moved to the Civic Auditorium in 1966. Santa Cruz enjoyed the economic benefits of this popular event until 1985.
Faye Lanpheir, Miss Alamed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16NQ_before-the-boardwalk_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
The Santa Cruz Beach was changed forever in 1904 when promoter and entrepreneur Fred Swanton hosted the grand opening of the Neptune Casino, a Moorish-style wonder and wedding cake of a building. The Casino was destroyed by fire in June of 1906. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16NP_a-love-story_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
What began in the "Summer of Love" as a teenage crush has grown into a successful family, spanning two generations. Kathy and Marshall Miller met as teenagers when they both worked at the Boardwalk in the 1960s. They began their first store on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16NN_the-plunge_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
Less than a year after fire destroyed the original Casino and Plunge, construction began on new buildings to include an indoor natatorium. The original ceiling arches can be seen today. The main pool measured 144 feet by 64 feet and featured a 40-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16NM_the-cocoanut-grove_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
Early in the Casino's history a concert band played on the beach bandstand on summer afternoons and changed into tuxedos for evening dances in the ballroom.
In 1924 Isham Jone's band brought jazz to the Cocoanut Grove.
1932 introduced big-na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16N3_salz-tannery_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
For 145 years, Santa Cruz was a leading source of tanned hides, first in California and later throughout the world. After the Gold Rush, people were clamoring for leather goods - boots, harnesses, and machinery belts for farming and mining equipme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16J4_colonial-revival-style_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
Edward L. Van Cleeck Architect1906-1907
Historic LandmarkThe Museum of Art & History
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IL_the-butterfield-stage-stopped-here_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
"One-eye Charley Parkhurst," working as a driver for stage lines came to California seeking fortune in the gold fields until around 1860. Charley was small, slim and wiry. When he spoke it was in an oddly high-pitched voice. Charley died 1879 in a…