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• 16:57, 2 August 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Category:Pajaro Valley Memorial (Created page with "An old cemetery on Hecker Pass Road (Highway 152), northeast of Watsonville. Category:Cemeteries")
• 18:02, 20 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:Cowell-lime-works.png
• 18:02, 20 July 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:Cowell-lime-works.png
• 17:35, 20 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:1868-Eben-Bennett-ad-for-road-workers.png
• 17:35, 20 July 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:1868-Eben-Bennett-ad-for-road-workers.png
• 18:07, 9 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Georgiana: feminist reformer of the West (1987 book) (Created page with "'''Georgiana: feminist reformer of the West''' was a republishing of the journal of Georgiana Bruce Kirby, published by MAH in 1987. She kept an off-and-on journal of her life in Santa Cruz from 1852 to 1860. The added biography and book editing were by Carolyn Swift and Judith Steen. * [https://archives.santacruzmah.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Georgiana-Bruce-Kirby-Journal.pdf Georgiana Bruce Kirby journal] (MAH eReference library) Cate...")
• 20:06, 7 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Bowman, Edward (Created page with "right '''Edward Bowman''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126680731/edward-bowman 1841-1914]) was a younger brother of Gustavus Bowman, and younger brother (or nephew?) of John Bowman. Edward Bowman acquired the Foster & Lake carriage-maker business on Front Street, changing the name to "Santa Cruz Carriage Works" in ~1884 ([https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCSW18840209.1.2 firs...")
• 20:04, 7 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:1884-Santa-Cruz-Carriage-Works-ad-cropped.png
• 20:04, 7 July 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:1884-Santa-Cruz-Carriage-Works-ad-cropped.png
• 18:09, 6 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Felker, Obed W. (Created page with "'''Obed Wilson Felker''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262457119/obed_wilson-felker 1832-1895]) came to Santa Cruz from Maine (no arrival date found), and acquired the Ocean Street farm where William Felker also lived. Category:Persons Category:Santa Cruz Memorial")
• 17:30, 6 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Category:Santa Cruz Mausoleum (Created page with "The Santa Cruz Mausoleum is located across the road from Santa Cruz Memorial Park. Category:Cemeteries")
• 17:47, 5 July 2025 Carey talk contribs moved page Category:Pioneer cemetery to Category:Watsonville Pioneer Cemetery
• 17:24, 5 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Brookdale Lodge (Created page with "'''Brookdale Lodge''', on Highway 9 in Brookdale, opened in 1902, making it probably the oldest hotel in the county. A unique feature is the creek that runs through the middle of the indoor main dining room. Category:Hotels Category:Buildings Category:Tourism")
• 15:22, 4 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line (Created page with "The '''Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line''' was added to the regional Southern Pacific rail system in 1881 when SP acquired the bankrupt narrow-gauge Santa Cruz Railroad in 1881. By 1883, SP had converted the line to standard-gauge tracks, allowing SP trains to access it from the Pajaro junction, just across the Monterey County line from Watsonville. Southern Pacific merged with Union Pacific in 1996. The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) bough...")
• 16:06, 3 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Borregas Gulch (Created page with "The name '''Borregas Gulch''' (''borregas'' is Spanish for sheep) is commonly used to denote both a creek and the ravine in which it flows. The gulch forms the eastern border of the Cabrillo College property. Category:Water")
• 15:45, 3 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Porter, Warren R. (Redirected page to Porter family) Tag: New redirect
• 20:17, 2 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Chittenden, Nathaniel W. (Created page with "'''Nathaniel W. Chittenden''' was the namesake of the Chittenden community, and nearby Chittenden Pass. *"Stations:Chittenden", ''[https://www.santacruztrains.com/2015/02/chittenden.html Santa Cruz Trains]'' Category:Persons")
• 20:17, 2 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Chittenden (Created page with "'''Chittenden''' is a narrow unincorporated residential-only community located mostly between Highway 129 and the Pajaro River, east of Watsonville. It was named for early settler Nathaniel W. Chittenden. Just across the river in Monterey County is the Graniterock quarry. The community's one access road is Old Chittenden Road, which runs parallel to the old Southern/Union Pacific railroad tracks, and to Hwy. 129 beyond. Accord...")
• 19:23, 2 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Granite Construction (Redirected page to Wilson, Arthur R.) Tag: New redirect
• 19:04, 2 July 2025 Carey talk contribs moved page Wilson, A. R. to Wilson, Arthur R.
• 19:00, 2 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Wilson, A. R. (Created page with "'''A. R. Wilson''' (no local burial found) founded the Graniterock company in 1900. * A ''Good Times'' article by by Christina Waters, DNA, Brad Kava, and Sharan Street (July 2, 2025) named Graniterock as the 4th-oldest continuously-operating business in the county: ". . .on Feb. 14, 1900, A.R. Wilson and a small group of investors formed Granite Rock Company after acquiring the Logan quarry near Aromas." Category:Persons")
• 19:00, 2 July 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Graniterock (Redirected page to Wilson, A. R.) Tag: New redirect
• 21:22, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Natural Bridges State Beach (Created page with "'''Natural Bridges State Beach''' is near the western Santa Cruz city limit, served by West Cliff Drive, Swanton Boulevard, and Delaware Avenue. Adjacent to the west, just inside the city limit, is UCSC's [https://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/ Seymour Marine Discovery Center]. Category:State parks Category:Places in Sidewalk Companion Category:Westside neighborhood")
• 21:09, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page High Street (Created page with "'''High Street''' is an important route in the Westside neighborhood, originally (1794) running alongside the Mission Santa Cruz aqueduct up to its sources at the ''Tres Ojos de Agua'' springs. The street now continues past the springs to meet Bay Street at the UCSC campus main entrance. *History Pages: 3 - The Missionaries * Category:Roads")
• 20:51, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Bay Street (Created page with "'''Bay Street''' is an important route in the Westside neighborhood, running from the coast at West Cliff Drive to the UCSC campus main entrance at High Street. Bay Street began as "Lime Kiln Road", constructed by the Davis & Jordan Lime and Cement Company to transport wagon loads of barreled lime from its lime works operation to its wharf, for loading onto ships. *History Pages: 17 - Lime and Wine Category:Roads")
• 20:11, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Delaware Avenue (Created page with "'''Delaware Avenue''' is one of the main streets in the Westside neighborhood, roughly paralleling Mission Street, but closer to the coast. It begins as Laguna Street at Bay Street near the Dream Inn, changes its name when it curves to the west, passes Natural Bridges State Beach, and ends at the western city limit and the entrance to UCSC's [https://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/ Seymour Marine Discovery Center]. Once past the Laguna-Delaware transition cur...")
• 19:51, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Ocean Shore Railroad (Redirected page to Delaware Avenue) Tag: New redirect
• 19:28, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Mission Street (Created page with "'''Mission Street''' is the main Santa Cruz street through the Westside neighborhood. It's original purpose was to connect Mission Santa Cruz to the "coast road" (now Highway 1) created by the 1769 Portola expedition. On its eastern end Mission Street continues east as Water Street, from in front of the Town Clock, the hub of downtown Santa Cruz. Category:Roads")
• 19:18, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Water Street (Created page with "'''Water Street''' is a major Santa Cruz street, connecting to Mission Street in front of the Town Clock on its west end, and merging with Soquel Avenue at Morrissey Boulevard on the east end. Water Street began as the route from Mission Santa Cruz to a fordable (before there were any bridges) section of the San Lorenzo River, and from there connecting to the road to San Jose that is now Ocean Street and Highway 17. Later extended into the...")
• 15:34, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Morrissey Boulevard (Created page with "'''Morrissey Boulevard''' is a main road in the Eastside neighborhood of Santa Cruz, connecting Highway 1 to a "five points" intersection with Water Street and Soquel Avenue. It is named for early landowner Patrick Morrissey, whose western property line formed much of today's street. Category:Roads")
• 15:25, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Seascape (Created page with "'''Seascape''' is an unincorporated community on the mid-county coast between Aptos and La Selva Beach. It grew up around the [https://www.hotelsone.com/aptos-hotels-us/seascape-beach-resort.html Seascape Beach Resort]. Category:Unincorporated communities")
• 15:22, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page La Selva Beach (Created page with "'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Selva_Beach,_California La Selva Beach]''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the mid-county coast between Seascape and Watsonville. It was founded in 1925 as "Rob Roy". Category:Unincorporated communities Category:Wikipedia")
• 14:21, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Highway 1 beach bypass (Created page with "right|800px In 1955, a new section of road called the '''Highway 1 beach bypass''' began construction, perpendicular from the end of Highway 17 to Mission Street, aiming to improve highway traffic flow through Santa Cruz by creating a new section of Highway 1 to "bypass" the downtown area. In December of 1955, concrete pilings for a new bridge over the San Lorenzo River were in place but not yet held together by a roadway above,...")
• 14:13, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:Beach-bypass-map.png
• 14:13, 30 June 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:Beach-bypass-map.png
• 20:16, 29 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:Hwy-1-Coast-Road-Google.png
• 20:16, 29 June 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:Hwy-1-Coast-Road-Google.png
• 19:45, 29 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Chestnut Street extension (Created page with "In 1964, the '''Chestnut Street extension''' was constructed, extending the existing Chestnut Street up the hill to intersect Mission Street at the also-new Highway 1 beach bypass. In the process, Union Street was cut in two, and several historic buildings were moved or demolished. * John L. Chase, ''The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)'', Chapter Four, entry (39), page 104; and entry (66), page 111. Category:Roads")
• 19:09, 29 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Dodero, Louis (Redirected page to Dodero, Nicolas) Tag: New redirect
• 18:56, 26 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Davenport, Ellen Clark (Created page with "'''Ellen Clark Davenport''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78273024/ellen-clark-davenport 1835-1922]) married John Davenport. Both were natives of Massachusetts, and both died in San Francisco, but only John was buried there. Category:Persons Category:1860-1869_arrivals Category:Soquel Cemetery")
• 18:44, 26 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Daubenbiss, Henry (Redirected page to Daubenbiss, John) Tag: New redirect
• 18:40, 26 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page File:Daubenbiss-house-400px.png
• 18:40, 26 June 2025 Carey talk contribs uploaded File:Daubenbiss-house-400px.png
• 18:11, 26 June 2025 Carey talk contribs moved page Gonzales, Juan to Gonzales, Juan J.
• 17:38, 26 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Gonzales, Francisco (Redirected page to Gonzales family) Tag: New redirect
• 19:08, 25 June 2025 Carey talk contribs moved page Crespi, Juan to Crespí, Juan
• 19:06, 25 June 2025 Carey talk contribs moved page Portola, Gaspar de to Portolá, Gaspar de
• 18:05, 25 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Cowden, Marshall Williams (Redirected page to Cowden, Ambrose A.) Tag: New redirect
• 18:04, 25 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Cowden, Ambrose Franklin (Redirected page to Cowden, Ambrose A.) Tag: New redirect
• 17:03, 22 June 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Tracy, William P. (Redirected page to Tracy, Peter) Tag: New redirect