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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJR_the-santa-cruz-beach-boardwalk-historical_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
Towards the end of the 19th Century Fred W. Swanton, considered one of the greatest promoters and entrepreneurs of his time, laid plans for a casino and boardwalk - a "Coney Island of the West." The casino opened in 1904 but survived only 22 month…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJI_the-cremer-house-historical_Felton-CA.html
The Cremer Hotel was completed in 1876 to house, feed & entertain the laborers who massed to the San Lorenzo Valley when Redwood logging began in the late 19th century. Gambling, loose women and liquor flowed freely within its redwood-framed walls…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJH_the-branciforte-adobe-historical_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
The only remaining structure of the Villa de Branciforte established in 1797. The last and least prosperous of threee Spanish settlements in Alta California. Populated by paroled petty criminals from Guadalajaran juzgados and pensioned soldiers. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UKP_eben-bennett-home-historical_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
Oldest family residence on Beach Hill
Victorian-Italianate Style
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UKO_54th-coast-artillery-army-regiment-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
In honor of the all Black
Coast Artillery Army
Regiment that aided in
protecting the California
coast from enemy attack
during World War II
These members remained in
Santa Cruz after the war:
Chaplin Baskerville
John Bowen Sr.
Corneliu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNT_rancho-san-andres-castro-adobe_Watsonville-CA.html
The Castro Adobe is an outstanding example of Monterey Colonial architectural styling. The adobe functioned as a regional social center due to the importance of its location as the governing seat of the Castro family rural empire, which reached ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MD6_the-discovery-of-california-redwoods_Watsonville-CA.html
July 14, 1769, an expedition led by Don Gaspar de Portola left San Diego to rediscover Vizcaino's "Lost Port of Monterey". The expedition reached but failed to recognize Monterey Bay, traveled north, and discovered San Francisco Bay November 4, 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CUW_surfing-was-first-brought-here-by-hawaiian-princes_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
During the summer of 1885, three young Hawaiian princes rode the waves at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River on Redwood planks the ordered cut in the shape of olo surfboards by the local timber mill.
H.M. Queen Kapi'olani's nephews: H.R.H. Prin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17N4_the-santa-cruz-seaside-company_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
When the "new" Casino was built in 1907, the Boardwalk was owned by the Santa Cruz Beach Company. Local businesses experienced an economic downturn from 1912-1914, and the Beach Company went bankrupt. In 1915 the Santa Cruz Seaside Company was for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17MV_cowell-lime-works_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
The Cowell Lime Works Historic District[1850s-1920s]on the campus of theUniversity of California, Santa Cruzhas been placed on theNational Register of Historic Placesby the U.S. Department of the Interior