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'''Pio Scaroni''' (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74529937/pio-s-scaroni 1851-1931) is described in Guinn as born in Gordola, Switzerland, coming to Santa Cruz County in the early 1970s to rent land for dairy and general farming medicine on the [[:Category:North coast|North coast]], buying that land in 1883. Today's Scaroni Road, off [[Highway 1]] between Santa Cruz and [[Davenport]], is probably at or near the Scaroni farm. The nearby community was once known as [[Gordola]], presumably because a number of Italian-Swiss families came to the area from that town. | '''Pio Scaroni''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74529937/pio-s-scaroni 1851-1931]) is described in Guinn as born in Gordola, Switzerland, coming to Santa Cruz County in the early 1970s to rent land for dairy and general farming medicine on the [[:Category:North coast|North coast]], buying that land in 1883. Today's Scaroni Road, off [[Highway 1]] between Santa Cruz and [[Davenport]], is probably at or near the Scaroni farm. The nearby community was once known as [[Gordola]], presumably because a number of Italian-Swiss families came to the area from that town. | ||
* [[History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903)]], p.624. | * [[History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903)]], p.624. | ||
Revision as of 19:12, 31 October 2025
Pio Scaroni (1851-1931) is described in Guinn as born in Gordola, Switzerland, coming to Santa Cruz County in the early 1970s to rent land for dairy and general farming medicine on the North coast, buying that land in 1883. Today's Scaroni Road, off Highway 1 between Santa Cruz and Davenport, is probably at or near the Scaroni farm. The nearby community was once known as Gordola, presumably because a number of Italian-Swiss families came to the area from that town.