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• 19:18, 21 February 2026 Carey talk contribs moved page Circles church to Circles neighborhood
• 18:40, 21 February 2026 Carey talk contribs created page File:Vallemar-restaurant-bar.png
• 18:40, 21 February 2026 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:Vallemar-restaurant-bar.png
• 18:27, 14 February 2026 Carey talk contribs created page File:Kirby-tannery-Elliott.jpg
• 18:27, 14 February 2026 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:Kirby-tannery-Elliott.jpg
• 14:31, 27 January 2026 Carey talk contribs created page Santa Cruz County Historic Context Statement (Created page with "The '''[https://cdi.santacruzcountyca.gov/Planning/PolicyPlanning/HistoricResources/SantaCruzCountyHistoricContextStatement.aspx Santa Cruz County Historic Context Statement]''' was first published in 1994, and was updated in 2025. The webpage introduction states that "In 1986, the County commenced to survey historical resources in the County to serve as the baseline for the County’s Historic Preservation Program". The Statement grew from that survey, and is organized...")
• 18:59, 25 December 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Comstock brothers (Created page with "The '''Comstock brothers''' were in the logging/lumber business in the "Soquel Augmentation" area. According to Powell: "In 1867, Jared and Smith Comstock from Norwich, Connecticut arrived in Santa Cruz County. They lingered in the county for seven years before they finally accumulated enough money to purchase around 1,180 acres from William L. Dickinson on December 15, 1874." * Ronald G. Powell, ''The Reign of the Lumber Barons'', edited by Derek R. Whaley (Santa Cruz,...")
• 17:34, 25 December 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Fowler, Josiah S. (Created page with "'''Josiah S. Fowler''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47188092/josiah-s-fowler 1846-1896, Los Gatos]) inherited 240 acres near the Santa Cruz Mountains summit from his father - either Joseph (Find-a-Grave) or Jacob (Powell). The ranch was on the road from Santa Cruz to San Jose near where it crossed Summit Road, and the house hosted the first post office in the community that later became "Patchen". The best-know resident of the area was McKiernan, Charles|"Moun...")
• 20:22, 21 December 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Rider, Dickamon A. (Created page with "'''Dickamon Allen Rider''' (no local burial found) is mentioned in Powell as an early lumberman in the Corralitos/Eureka Canyon/Soquel Augmentation area, just east of The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. He was a founder of the Corralitos Lumber Company in 1871. Today's Rider Road runs through the area. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Powell Category:no burial info")
• 19:50, 21 December 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Williamson, William (Created page with "'''William Williamson''' (no local burial found) is mentioned in Powell as a partner of John Bernard Brown in the 1860s timber/lumber business partnership Brown & Williamson, with interests mainly in the Watsonville/Corralitos area. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Powell Category:no burial info")
• 17:23, 21 December 2025 Carey talk contribs created page GISWeb (Created page with "'''GISWeb''' is the name of Santa Cruz County's [https://sccgis.santacruzcountyca.gov/gisweb/ Geographic Information System (GIS) website]. It's a valuable source of historical information on many different types of boundaries: including parcels, polities, ranchos, etc.; and physical features: including roads, waterways, terrain, etc. Category:Sources")
• 17:07, 21 December 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:1866-town-boundary-detail1.png
• 17:07, 21 December 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:1866-town-boundary-detail1.png
• 04:07, 23 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Yoacham, John S. (Created page with "'''John Samuel Yoacham''' (no local burial found) was, according to Barrows, born 1832 "near Kansas City, in what was then Indian territory". He came to the Pajaro Valley in 1854, and was running a store in Watsonville in 1893. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Barrows Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:no burial info")
• 21:35, 22 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Tuttle, William D. (Created page with "'''William D. Tuttle''' (no local burial found) was, according to a profile in Barrows, born 1821 in Pennsylvania, came to Watsonville in 1875, and was still living there in 1893. This Tuttle doesn't seem to be closely related to the Daniel and Owen Tuttle family. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Barrows Category:no burial info")
• 21:34, 21 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Pinto family (Created page with "The '''Pinto''' family are among those Mexican families named by Leon Rowland as "Los Fundadores" - founders of ''Californio'' families. Pinto Lake is in the Amesti neighborhood north of Watsonville, and the lake was presumably named for this family. Family members include: * Pablo Pinto ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166512110/pablo-pinto 1735-1783, San Francisco]) - was a soldier with the 1776 de Anza expedition. ** son Juan Maria ([https://www.findagra...")
• 21:34, 21 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Amesti (Created page with "'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amesti,_California Amesti]''' is an unincorporated community north of Watsonville, CA. It was named for Jose Amesti, grantee of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Los_Corralitos Rancho Los Corralitos]. The community includes Pinto Lake, and residents live mostly along Amesti Road. Category:unincorporated communities Category:Wikipedia")
• 20:40, 21 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Pinto Lake (Created page with "right '''Pinto Lake''' is a 92-acre, spring-fed, year-round lake north of Watsonville. It is bordered by two parks, a [https://parks.santacruzcountyca.gov/Home/ExploreOurParksBeaches/AllCountyParks/PintoLakeCountyPark.aspx county park] and a [https://www.watsonville.gov/1525/Pinto-Lake City of Watsonville park]. Pinto Lake is believed to be at or near the location where the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Portol%C3%A1_expedi...")
• 20:38, 21 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:Pinto-Lake-marker.png
• 20:38, 21 November 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:Pinto-Lake-marker.png
• 19:55, 21 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Category:Persons in Barrows (Created page with "[https://archive.org/details/memorialbiograph00barr/page/n5/mode/2up A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California] is a book published 1893 in Chicago, and available online at Internet Archive. It includes historical sketches of four counties: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo; and a number of short biographies. Santa Cruz County persons with biographies are listed below. Category:Persons")
• 19:54, 21 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Swank, J.S. (Created page with "'''J.S. Swank''' (no local burial found), according to Barrow, was born in Ohio in 1835, came to Watsonville in 1888, and was a Justice of the Peace in 1893. *History of Santa Cruz, California (Martin, 1911), p.133 Category:Persons Category:Persons in Barrows Category:Persons in Society of Pioneers Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:no burial info")
• 19:42, 20 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Waddell, John A. (Redirected page to Waddell, William W.) Tag: New redirect
• 20:49, 19 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Sanborn, William A. (Redirected page to Sanborn, Lucius) Tag: New redirect
• 20:15, 19 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Russell, Alexander (Redirected page to Russell, Thomas) Tag: New redirect
• 20:53, 13 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page 1003-1015 East Cliff Dr (Created page with "right|500px The residences at '''1001''' and '''1009''' East Cliff Drive date from the 1880s, as shown in the MAH photo at right. The house at '''1015''', built in 1891 (after the MAH photo was taken), is item (1) in Chapter Eight of The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023). All three houses remain, as shown in the 2024 photos below. left|900px Category:Seabright")
• 20:44, 13 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:2024-1003,1009-1015-E-Cliff.png
• 20:44, 13 November 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:2024-1003,1009-1015-E-Cliff.png
• 20:43, 13 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:1003,1009-E-Cliff.png
• 20:43, 13 November 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:1003,1009-E-Cliff.png
• 20:22, 13 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Category:Seabright (Created page with "The '''Seabright''' neighborhood is described in: * Chapter Eight of The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023) * ''Seabright'', by Traci Bliss")
• 17:31, 13 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Driscoll, Jeremiah (Created page with "'''Jeremiah Driscoll''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241655842/jeremiah-driscoll 1829-1884]), born in Ireland, was the first in this family to arrive in the county. His descendents founded the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driscoll%27s Driscoll's] berry company. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.646. Category:Persons Category:1889 Hatch map Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:P...")
• 20:08, 11 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hatch, Andrew J. (Created page with "'''Andrew J. Hatch''' (1827-1891, Oakland) came to Santa Cruz in 1887, after many years in Nevada (from 1860), and began to invest in real estate. In 1889, Santa Cruz County approved an idea promoted by Hatch and Joseph Skirm to create and publish a county map showing parcels and owners' names. This became known as the "Hatch Map". * ''see'' Names on the Map (2020 book). Author Stanley Stevens wrote a detailed chronology of Hatch's activities in...")
• 19:10, 9 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Baptiste, Jean (Redirected page to Category:Persons in Riptide) Tag: New redirect
• 19:03, 9 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Vignes, Pierre (Redirected page to Rowland immigrant list to 1846) Tag: New redirect
• 19:01, 9 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Omnes-Gui, Julian (Redirected page to Rowland immigrant list to 1846) Tag: New redirect
• 18:57, 9 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Poile, Francois (Redirected page to Rowland immigrant list to 1846) Tag: New redirect
• 18:57, 9 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Mohlier, Jean Baptiste (Redirected page to Rowland immigrant list to 1846) Tag: New redirect
• 18:56, 9 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page LaPierre, Louis (Redirected page to Rowland immigrant list to 1846) Tag: New redirect
• 18:56, 9 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Dabadie, Jean (Redirected page to Rowland immigrant list to 1846) Tag: New redirect
• 18:55, 9 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Richard, Pierre (Redirected page to Rowland immigrant list to 1846) Tag: New redirect
• 19:11, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Cole, Cornelius (Created page with "'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Cole Cornelius Cole]''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7899/cornelius-cole 1822-1924, Hollywood]), born in New York state, moved from Sacramento to Santa Cruz in 1862. He was elected commander of a Santa Cruz cavalry troop raised for the Union Army during the Civil War and commissioned as a Captain, but he did not serve because he was elected to Congress in 1863. After one term in the US House, 1863 to 1865, in 1866 he w...")
• 17:49, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Category:Persons in Lime Kiln Legacies (Created page with "Persons mentioned in Lime Kiln Legacies (2007 book).")
• 03:23, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page White, Edward (Created page with "'''Edward White''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249258500/edward_a-white 1852-1931, San Francisco]) is described in Martin as born 1851 in San Francisco, coming to the Pajaro Valley "Calabasa ranch" in 1884. Edward's father White, William F. was a pioneer of the area, partnering with several others (according to Martin the group included William Tecumseh Sherman, but Harrison listed an entirely different group of eminent partners) to buy a large portion of R...")
• 02:46, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Weisenburger, H. C. (Created page with "'''Henry C. [Conrad] Weisenburger''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192489207/henry-conrad-weisenburger 1864-1946]) is described in Martin as born of German immigrant parents in Downieville, CA, coming to Watsonville in 1898, where he worked at first as a carpenter and house builder, then establishing a furniture retail business. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Martin Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Watsonville Pioneer Cemetery")
• 02:33, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Walti, Fred R. (Created page with "'''Frederick Rudolph "Fred" Walti''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9192679/frederick_rudolph-walti 1861-1940]) is described in Martin as born in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, coming to Santa Cruz in 1884, where Martin says he first bought the Vienna Brewery, operated in for a time, then sold it to the Bausch Brewery (see the Bausch page for more explanation). Walti and a partner eventually established the Santa Cruz Brewery a...")
• 02:33, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Category:Brewers/Vintners/Distillers (Created page with "Category:Agriculture")
• 01:56, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Volck, William H. (Created page with "'''William H. Volck''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166726365/william-hunter-volck 1879-1943, Oakland]) is described in Martin as born 1879 in Riverside, CA, coming to Watsonville in 1906 to set up an office and lab as the first official entomologist of Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Martin Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:non-local burial")
• 01:45, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Thompson, Peter J. (Created page with "'''Peter J. Thompson''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247559735/peter-j-thompson 1856-1916]) is described in Martin as born in the Pajaro Valley, a son of John Thompson. Peter acquired a large acreage of pasture land on which he raised cattle, and was known as an expert horseman. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Martin Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Valley Catholic Cemetery")
• 01:31, 8 November 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Smith, Charles (Created page with "'''Charles Smith''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128081917/charles-smith 1839-1919]) is described in Martin as born in New York state, coming to the Pajaro Valley in the 1860s, where he at first rented farmland, including from "Judge Peckham" (Robert F. Peckham. Peckham subdivided his farm and sold 42 acres to Smith. Smith the further subdivided and sold off his land, then bought another parcel. Category:Persons Category:Persons in...")