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The "Centennial Edition" of Riptide magazine was published in 1850 - in two installments, containing many "pioneer" historical biographies of persons who came to California prior to statehood, and had at least some connection to the original Santa Cruz County (which extended further up the coast past Pescadero). No one claimed authorship at the time, and it's still not clear who the writer(s) was/were (the pen name "Aunt Mathilda" was used). Sources for pre-statehood information are not always given.

Local researcher Robert Nelson created pdf versions of individual photographed pages are accessible online in the MAH online archives. There's also an alphabetical biography index, in Excel spreadsheet format. Be aware, however, that some text is cut off because of page misalignment during photography. All Riptide issues are available on microfilm at SCPL.

Several not-very-local persons have biographies in the Riptide Centennial:

• Delos R. Ashley was a 49er who lived and practiced law in Monterey in the 1850s. He was a US congressman from the district that included Santa Cruz County, and was a silent partner in the early days of the Pacific Sentinel newspaper, before it moved to Santa Cruz.
• John C. Fremont had a large presence in pre-statehood California, but his influence in our area was limited to one or two recruiting visits to Zayante in 1845-46.
• William T. Sherman was financially involved with some Pajaro Valley banking business in the 1850s, while stationed in Monterey with the US occupation forces, but was never a resident.
• Daniel and James Blackburn, younger brothers of William Blackburn and older brothers to Jacob Blackburn, stayed in Santa Cruz County for a few years in the early 1850s before moving south to San Luis Obispo County.

Persons listed in Riptide with only minimal/incomplete/doubtful info or minimal local connections, and/or having entries that are not readable in the online version because parts of photographed pages are cut off:

• Adell; Richard, Adrian, A.; Aldrich, G./George (G. and George have separate entries but may have been the same person); Allen, Charles; Allen, George T.; Ames, Josiah P. (Pescadero); Allen, Jane; Allen, John; Anges, H.; Anglin, Aaron;
• Badger, William G.; Baker, Elija; Baptiste, Jean; Barton, John R; Bawden, Joseph L; Bertrand; Blasdel, Henry G.; Boan [Bowen?], A.D.; Bodfish, George H. (CE28); Bolado, Joaquin (cut off); Bonham, Dr. J.F.; Bonsal, Jacob (sp?); Boucher, James; Bourne, William Dawkins (CE31); Bowent Thomas W.; Bowie, Hamilton; Boyle, John Joseph; Bradley, James A; Brady, Francis R. (CE30, cut off); Brady, John F.; Brewley, Jackson (sp?); Brown, Charles; Buckley, Thomas; Byrd, Thomas;
• Cambuston, Enrique; Campbell, Jonathan; Campbell, Peter; Campbell, William; Cannon, Edward C.; Carpenter, John; Carver, Isaac, S.; Chalmers, George; Champlin, Joel; Chandler, Reuben T.; Chase, Squire; Clements, Robert E; Clinkerfuss, Frederick; Coles, Henry; Collins, Peter, Connell, John; Cooke, Dennis; Cooley, R. M.; Courtney, Isaac (cut off); Covell, W.A.; Cox, David; Coyle, William; Crabb, J.D.; Crawford, Thomas (CE29); Culber, A.L. (CE28); Cullen, James; Cutler, John;
• Daley, J.H., Dance, Joseph A.; Dart, Harrison; Davis, Francis; Davis, George W; Davis, Thomas; Dean, George C; DeLong, Abram; Depeaux, Louis (see Castro family); Diley, J.B.; Doak, John; Dockery, John; Dunlap, William; Dunne, John D.; Dye, Clarkson; Dye, Dr.; Dye, Hazzard;
• Eaker, John W.; Eastham, Henry F.; Eberle, C.H.; Eldridge, George Washington; Elkins, G.; Ennis, John;
• Galway, James; Gambell (sp?), William; Gardner, J.H.; Garvey, Cornelius Thomas; Gilman, John B; Gilston, James M. (CE29); Gilt, Enrique (CE28, iffy ID); Givens, George F; Glassell, Andrew; Gordon, James; Graham, A.D.; Graham, Major John W.; Griffith, William; Grigsby, Sampson F; Grivs, John; Guerraz, John; Gum, Gabriel W.
• Hackett, John K; Hamlin, Orrin; Hardy, Isaac; Hardy, Johanna; Hardy, John C; Harpole, Sampson; Harrison, Jonathan; Haskell, John W.; Haun; Hayden, George W.; Henderson, H.L.; Hewett, Adam; Hill, Pleasant; Holbrook, Washington (CE30, cut off); Hook, Solomon (CE31); Hopper, Charles; Hopper, Thomas; Houck, Phillip; Hoy, Jones (CE30); Huddart, John M.; Hull, Elisha;
• Joyce, Willis W.
• Kuttner, J. (CE28);
• McFarland, Rhoda Ann; McKamish, James; McKarahar, John; Munson, Joseph;
• Peck, Nicholas Thomas, Porter, Thomas R. (not rel. to other Porters);
• Quick, M.W. CE30;
• Ring, David; Roach, Philip A, Rowe, William Henry,
• Sanborn, O.S. (CE31); Sanford, Fred H; Saxon, William; Sayre, George; Sayres, Robert; Schultz, Cincinnatus; Sheall, John; Shelby, John Lafayette (CE28, cut off); Shulters, John; Sime, John; Sirrine, George W.; Skinner, A.A.; Slidell, John; Smith, Alexander; Smith, Capt. Edward L.B. (CE30); Smith, Henry; Smith, Henry Charles; Smith, John Morgan; Smith, Napoleon Bonaparte; Smith, Orrin; Smith, William H (CE28); Speegle, William R. (CE28, Pajaro);
• Van Anda, Jane;

Persons having substantial entries in Riptide Centennial, but lacking a page in this wiki: Abell, Edward Meyers,

• Allen, Ira (see also Parsons, George and estate fraud case);
• Ashley, Otis CE29; Anderson, Milton, Anderson, William, Andrews, George W., Arrendiell, Benjamin W., Atherton, Faxon D., Auld, Ossian G.,
• Austin, Levi B.; CE27, photo

Bacon, Joseph; Bailey, Whitlow; Baker, Isaac Munroe Baker, J Baker, John Barham, James F. Barton, William Bassett, Vincente Baxter, Henry Vanderbeck Baxter, John A Baxter, William Henry Bayley, Benjamin Franklin Bean, Charles, Whitman Bean, James M. (Bean Creek) Beaumont, Enos W. Bellamy, George W. Bennett, A.B. Benson, Christian

• Bickmore, Gilbert CE30;

Blanchard, Seth Bofman, David (aka Boffman) Bowman, John Boyle, Henry G.

Bradley, Otho Igo Briar, Rev. James Brown, Alexander Brown, John Henry Brummett, James Bucher, James Bundeson, Marcus Burke, James Burland, Robert Burrell Butler, Warren C. Buzzell, Francis Buzzell, Willard Joseph Byrd, Samuel Cadish, D.;

• Calderwood, Ambrose (1836-1889);

Caldwell, Leander Gilham Calkin, Milo Call, Maria del Carmen Callaghan, William Callihan, William Carr, Jesse D Casserly, Eugene Cheeseman, Elijah Clark, John G Clough, David M.

• Clough, R.B. CE30;

Cole, Cornellius (Cornelius?)

• Cole, Thomas CE26 (1843 arrival, Rowland p110)

Collins, Charles Conniver, Simpson Cook, J.C. Cool, Peter Y. Courtright, William Henry

Coyote, N. Crane, George W. Crooks Curtis, John Cushing, Nicholas Cushing, Simeon M.

Daniels, Francis Davis, Peter J Docker Dominick, J.H. Dorist, C.H. Dotter, W.C. Dougherty, John;

• Doyle, John (1822-1899), CE24, see also Doyle Gulch in Clark;

Dryden, Rev. David A;

• Duffy, William "Billy" (1815-1884);
• Dunlap, John (1830-1890);

Dustin, Charles Haynes Dutton, James Marshall Dyer, George

• Eggleston, Geo. Washington (1815-1889);

Edwards, Daniel Elden, Andrew Jackson Evans, Hugh Evans, O.H. Ewing, Simon Beymer Fargo, Darius Chapman Ford Robert Fulton Forrester, John Francis, Joseph

• Gault, Calvin CE28, photo

Gibson, F.W. Gifford, Asa Gilmore, John Glover, Asa C Godchaux, Lazarre Goddard, William A.B. Goodall, Capt. Charles Gordon, James Gordon, Nicholas Green, J.S. Green, John D. Greene, William Henry Gregory, Durrell S. Grey, Joseph Griffith, Romalus B., Jr. Grins, John Grover, Whit Haight, Lansing Haight, Samuel W. Haley, T Hall, R.J.

• Hall, Richard F. (1820-1901) CE29;

Hall, Samuel P. (Samuel A.?) Halstead, James L Ham, Jeremiah Ham, Jonathan Bates Harding, Isaac Henderson, William T.L. Hendricks, Abraham Hensley, Samuel J Herbert, John

• Hester, Craven P. (CE28, Hester Creek);

Hickey, Cornelius Highmoor, Joseph Hill, Henry S. Hill, J Bryant Hills, N. Bonaparte Hinckley, Roger Gibson Hinds, Thomas William

• Hitchcock, Isaac (CE31) (and daughter Green, Lydia M.M. CE29);

Hobbs, James H Hodgdon, H.A. Holcomb, Nathaniel Hollenbeck, Thomas Horn, William Henry Howland, Sabin Hubbard, George C. Hudson, J.B. Hulett, Obediah Huntoon, Marcellus Hutchings, L.S. Hutchinson, William A.

Lard, Sarah C Lathrop, Levi B. Lucas, Frederick Wilton

• Lunt, Amos (1820-1886) Senior CE27 (there's also a Junior)

Manning, David Martin, Charles Christopher Mattison, Robert William McCollum, Joseph McCusker, Daniel McKean, Robert Allen (1829-1907) McKinney, Hampton E Murphy, John Omnes, Guy

Packard, Albert Palasko, J Palmer, John Parker, Richard Parker, Robert A. Parker, William C Parrott, John Parry, Dr. Isaac

• Parsons, George (see also Ira Allen)

Parsons, Henry F. Parsons, Henry Fell Patrick, Joshua Peabody, Jonathan Peace, James

• Peck, Chester W. CE26 (also Soc. of Pioneers))

Peck, Elon Galusha

• Peck, Henry M. CE27 (also Soc. of Pioneers))

Peckham, John F. Peckham, Robert F. Pederick, Joshua Pelton, John Colter Penfield, Edwin S. Per Lee, Theron R. Perkins, John G. Perry, George Perry, Joseph Wilburn Peterson, Peter Phillips, Bonaparte Phillips, Thomas James Pioda, Paul Poilo, Pierre Francois Polasko, J Poncabaro, Augustus Powell, John W. Prewett, James Levy Price, Rodman Raynolds, William W. (Reynolds?) Redman, Kendall F. Reed, ? Reed, James Frazier Reed, Joseph Reed, Mattie J (Patty) Reed, Mrs. Margaret W. Richar, Pedro Richards, John D Richardson, Henry Richardson, John A. Ridley, Robert Roach, Philip Roache, William (rel. to Roache, Alexander P.?) Roadhouse, Joseph A. Roan, Francis Roberts, Samuel Roberts, William Robertson, John Robertson, Stanley L Robinson, William D Roussillon, Carlos Rowe, A.D. Rowe, Mrs. Rhoda Ann Rowe, William H.

• Roy, James Maurice (Soquel Cemetery)

Runhardt, G.H. Rupe, James (Partial) Ryan, Thomas Ryder, Charles Henry Ryder, D.F. Ryder, David N. Ryder, William Roland

Sanford, Asa Preston Saunders, John Schallenberger, Moses Scott, John Scott, Capt. Robert J Sears, Robert Sharp, Samuel Silkin, Stehen Simms, Middletown Ward Simonds, E.C.

• Skene, James CE30;

Skinner, John Smith, Columbus H Smith, G.W. Smith, Hiram Smith, L.B. Snodgrass, Thomas Spect, Henry

• Stampley, Orville K. CE28, photo
• Stanley, John R. CE27, photo

Steinmetz, Charles Stevens, Benjamin F Stevens, Lewis Stevens, Robert Stevenson, Dr. C.P. Stewart, Robert B Stone, William H Stoneman, Gov. George Stowe, W.W. Stowell, Levi Suden, Capt. Robert Suwerkroop, E.A. Swasey, William F. Tait, John Tanner, Albert Mills Taylor, Alexander Taylor, Deacon Nelson Taylor, Joseph Powell Taylor, William Teschemacher, F.H. Thomas, Elijah Thomas, John W. Thompson, James Thompson, Richard (Buckle?) Thompson, Uriah William Tidball, Thomas Tidball, Thomas T. Tittle, Frederick G. Tracy, Peter (Tracy, Patrick?) Trout, Emanuel Thomas Tuffey, Jonathan Turner, Henry S. Tuttle, Capt Tuttle, Owen Tyrrin, George Tyus, John Burton

Uren, Nicholas Andrew Van Allen, John Van Bussum, Joseph V Vanaker, Paul Vardamon, Mansel (Mansell Vardamon Bennett?) Vermule, Thomas L Vestal, Richard K Vincent, Capt. Wade, Edward Wakeman, F.O. Waldrop, Walker, Samuel Walker, Thomas Ward, Michael Wardwell, Gideon C Washburn, Harvey Washburn, John Helms Washum, Sol Watkins, B.F. Watson, Frank Watson, Henry Watson, Jacob Watson, Jonathan Watson, William Wheeler, Charles Whinery, Henry Whisman, J. Washington White, Edward White, William White, William F Whiting, B.C. Wiggins, William Wilkinson, Peter Willetts, Joseph D Williamson, Joseph N. Woods, David C Woods, Isaiah C. Woods, John Woodworth, Selim E. Wooley, William Woostell, M.G.