Blossoms into Gold (2009 book) - Revision history

Carey at 17:09, 28 April 2024

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	* Early Croatian immigrants identified themselves as "Slav", "Slavonian", or "Austrian".		* Early Croatian immigrants identified themselves as "Slav", "Slavonian", or "Austrian".
	* During the Gold Rush after 1848, some Croatians already living in San Francisco became wealthy by supplying goods to gold seekers.		* During the Gold Rush after 1848, some Croatians already living in San Francisco became wealthy by supplying goods to gold seekers.
	* After completion of the transcontinental railroad, Croatians and other European immigrants came to northern California primarily by train from East Coast ports.		* After completion of the transcontinental railroad, Croatians and other European immigrants came to northern California primarily by train from East Coast ports.
	* The book credits [[Rabasa, Marko\|Marko Rabasa]] (p.49) with starting the Croatian move into the apple industry in 1876, the same year that the [[Santa Cruz Railroad]] was completed all the way to Santa Cruz. Rabasa was not a grower himself, but a wholesaler. ''See'' Martin, p.111.		* In 1868, C. Grelovich was reported to be the owner of the Washington Restaurant in Watsonville (''Pajaronian'', Jan. 25, 1868).
			* The book credits [[Rabasa, Marko\|Marko Rabasa]] (p.49) with starting the Croatian move into the apple industry in 1876, the same year that the Santa Cruz Railroad was completed all the way to Santa Cruz. Rabasa was not a grower himself, but a wholesaler. ''See'' Martin, p.111.
			* Other prominent family names among early arrivals: Scurich (photo of apple packing business, page 73), Marinovich, Lettunich (photo of apple packing business, page 77), Strazicich, Sresovich, Rilovich (photo of apple packing crew, page 78), Borich (photo of apple wagon, page 82), Stolich (photo of apple packing crew, page 83)

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-'''Blossoms into Gold''', subtitled "The Croatians in the Pajaro Valley", is a book by Donna F. Mekis and Kathryn Mekis Miller, published in 2009 by Capitola Book Company. The subtitle succinctly summarizes the book's subject.
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