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A Howling Wilderness:
The Summit Road Area – Santa Cruz Mountains
By Stephen Payne
Citations in the text refer to the Selected Bibliography, Local History Article AR-219.
Situated between the Town of Los Gatos and the City of Santa Cruz, in the central coast
counties of California, is the Summit Road area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Summit area
spans two counties: Santa Clara and Santa Cruz, and is roughly bounded on the west by
Highway 17 and on the east by Loma Prieta Road. The northern boundaries are the Moody
Gulch area, Patchen (an early post office and present state landmark) and Wright's Station
(abandoned). The southern boundaries are the Skyland-Highland area, Hester Creek School
(abandoned), and the little burg of Laurel. This area encompasses roughly twenty square miles.
The first written record of this area was left by Spanish explorers in the mid-1700's. The Spanish
called the area the Sierra Azul (Blue Mountains) and found the area to be a rough and wild land
enclosed by giant coast redwoods (Sequoia Sempervirens). An apt description of the Santa Cruz
Mountains was written by a padre in Santa Cruz:
"The adjecent mountains were wild and rugged, the canyons deep and dark with the
shadows of the forest. Coyotes broke the stillness with their dismal howls, and herds of
deer slacked their thirst in the clear waters of the San Lorenzo. Grizzly bears were
numerous, prowling about in herds, like hogs on a farm." (38:4/22/1934)
In the early 1850's when the first settlers came into the Summit area of the Santa Cruz
Mountains they found that the region's condition was the same as described by the long
forgotten padre. Lyman Burrell, who moved to the area with his family in 1853 wrote years
later what they found at their new home:
�"It seemed like a vast, solitary wilderness-no houses, and no roads. I knew that
bears and lions dwelt here, but I feared them not." (17:12/31/1881)
"At that time there was no one living in this vacinity. It might truly have been
called a howling wilderness: for these beautiful hills and valleys, now covered
with orchards and vineyards, comfortable houses, schoolhouses, good roads,
with all kinds of improvement going on, and everywhere teeming with busy life,
were then the abode of fierce and dangerous animals. They made their homes in
the thickets and hollow trees, and went forth both day and night to seek food for
themselves and for their young. Wild cats and lions were often seen prowling
about while the sun was shining: and the night was often made hideous by the
howling of the coyotes." (17:1/28/ 1882,9-96)
To this wilderness area came the pioneers of the 1850's. In order to have livestock on their little
ranches carved out of the forests of giant redwoods, they had a constant battle with the
numerous grizzly bears and mountain lions of the area. The most famous of the early pioneers
was "Mountain Charley" (Charles Henry McKiernan). McKiernan hunted throughout the area in
the 1850's and killed "hundreds" of bears. Although McKiernan usually won his encounters with
the four-hundred to one-thousand pound creatures, two almost killed him.
McKiernan's first run in with a bear, while not as famous as his second, was, nonetheless an
exciting adventure. While hunting near Lyman Burrell's ranch, in 1853, McKiernan saw a large
bear lying near a pond. McKiernan rode his mule to within thirty feet of the sleeping bear,
dismounted with his musket, took aim at the back of the bear's head and fired. Assuming that
the bear was dead, he was slowly reloading his weapon when the bear rose up and charged
him. He grabbed at his saddle horn and tried to mount his mule, but the frightened animal
jerked back, threw him, and ran off. Seeing the running mule, the bear returned to her cubs and
McKiernan began to search for his gun. Because of his activity the bear was again aroused and
charged McKiernan.
He took to his heels, and never man ran as he did until he reached home. The bear got pretty
close to him at times, and would doubtless have caught him had she not been mortally
wounded.
On the following day McKiernan returned to the spot with a rifle in hand and found the bear
lying dead with her two cubs at her side. McKiernan took the two cubs home to raise, but four
months later the cubs killed some hogs and he was forced to destroy them. (29)
Mountain Charley's second encounter with a bear almost ended with the bear getting the best
of McKiernan. On May 8, 1854, McKiernan, in the company of John Taylor, a neighbor, was out
hunting with Taylor's dog. After killing five deer the men were in the process of dragging the
carcasses out of a gulch when they spotted a bear four hundred yards below them feeding with
her cubs. The men decided to kill the bear and started down an animal trail after it. But as they
were going down the trail, the bear started up it. As they were climbing over a mound, the
�startled men saw the bear on the other side. "The bear gave a snort and plunged at them."
Taylor took a hurried aim and shot, but the bullet missed and he headed for the nearest tree.
McKiernan also fired, hitting the bear over its eye, dazing it momentarily. Not having time to
reload his gun, McKiernan hit the bear over the head until the rifle broke. The enraged grizzly
rose up
"with its tremendous jaws open, and made a snap at Charley, catching him over the
left eye and forehead, crushing the skull and tearing out about five by three inches of
it."
McKiernan tried to protect his head with his arms, but the bear took the upraised arms in its
mouth, "crushing down with her grinders upon one arm, while her tusks passed entirely
through the other, escaping the bone. " At this point the bear dropped the still-conscious
hunter and went down the hill to protect her cubs which Taylor's dog was attacking. Taylor,
thinking that McKiernan was dead, left for McKiernan's home to get a horse to pack his friend's
body home.
After chasing Taylor's dog away from her cubs, the bear returned to McKiernan, dragged him to
a clearing under an oak tree and pawed over him. Finally the bear left.
When Taylor returned, he found McKiernan sitting up and conscious, but paralyzed from the
waist down with shock. McKiernan told Taylor that he had been conscious throughout the
entire ordeal.
After taking McKiernan to his house, Taylor went to San Jose to get a doctor. Taylor returned
the next morning at sunrise with Dr. A. W. Bell, who, after examining the hole over McKiernan's
left eye and nose, sent for his partner, Dr. T. J. Ingersoll. Dr. Ingersol reached McKiernan's
house about nine that evening with a silver plate hammered out of two Mexican pesos. After
examining his patient, Dr. Ingersofl, found that the silver plate was too small. The next day Dr.
Ingersoll returned to San Jose, had another plate made and returned by eight that evening. The
two physicians cleaned the wound and completed surgery by eleven that night--without the
benefit of anesthetics.
A week later Dr. Ingersoll was forced to remove the silver plate as it was irritating the wound.
Twelve months later the wound became infected and again Dr. Ingersoll, this time with a Dr.
Spencer, was forced to operate. During this surgery chloroform was used to put McKiernan to
sleep. This was the first reported local instance of the use of the new anesthetic. After the
doctors removed an abscess caused by a wad of hair in the wound, McKiernan recovered
completely.
The wound left McKiernan's face disfigured. From the time of the accident to the end of his life
he wore large brimmed hats, pulled down to his eyebrows, to hide the scars. (29; 13; 38:
4/22/1934; 18: 3-5; 20: Vol. I 12/21/1957, 4, Vol. III Autumn 1960, 13)
�McKiernan lived to tell his tale to many a small mountain child. But, his encounter was not the
only one between a pioneer and a grizzly.
Down the hill at Lexington, a huge Frenchman,"with a mighty barrel chest, enormous biceps
and ham-like fists" fought a bear without benefit of a weapon. The Frenchman was out hunting
one day when he suddenly came upon a bear. Quickly firing his rifle without taking proper aim,
he managed only to wound the beast in the shoulder. The bear immediately charged the
Frenchman who tried to club it with his rifle. The bear knocked the rifle out of the man's hand
and bit down on his left wrist. Then the bear grabbed his left arm with both of its paws. At this
point the powerful Frenchman's right arm was free and he began to slug the bear's chest with
all his might. The bear hung on to the man's left arm, biting and clawing at it, while the
Frenchman was hitting her with his free hand. Finally the bear had had enough and, letting the
exhausted man go, she lumbered off into the woods. The man's friends found him unconscious
with blood streaming from his arm. Although he lost his arm, the Frenchman lived. The bear
was found the next day-dead from injuries caused by the Frenchman's mighty blows.
(38:6/24/1934)
Lyman Burrell was another of the early pioneers unfortunate enough to have experienced a
brief encounter with a grizzly bear. One day in the mid-1850's Burrell and his son, James Birney
Burrell, were in a pasture, building a fence to hold some pigs they owned. The pigs were nearby
foraging in the field and began to make some strange noises. Taking up his axe, Lyman Burrell
went up a trail to investigate. To his surprise he saw a mother bear and her cub running down
the same trail at him. With only his axe in hand Burrell decided that his best move would be to
run as fast as he could toward the new fence. Lyman Burrell wrote of the incident in 1882:
"I turned back and ran as fast as possible in the trail, with the bear and cub behind
me. I soon came to a short turn in the trail, where I stumbled and fell flat on the ground,
… The old bear instantly took one of my limbs between her jaws. She gave me one good,
strong bite."
Fortunately in the confusion the bear decided to keep going and did not further molest Burrell.
By the time his son reached the scene with a rifle, the bear and cub were gone.
Burrell's wife managed to patch up his leg and he was able to work, after a six-months'
convalescence. The encounter with the bear taught Burrell to have more respect for the grizzly
bear: "Until this happened, I had never felt any fear of wild animals; but after this, I never had
the least desire to meet a bear." (17:3/9/1882,10-11)
Charles McKiernan's son, James V. McKiernan, told John V. Young that when the early pioneers
hunted bear they did so in the following manner:
". . . always the grizzly was treated with respect, and the best shot was a downhill
shot, with a fast horse for a quick getaway if necessary." (38:4/22/ 1934)
�Although the pioneers tried to keep their distance from the giant grizzly, sometimes the bears
would come to them. While the Burrells were building their first home in 1853, they, not
realizing it, located their cabin next to a bear path. Every morning the Burrells would awaken
and find new tracks outside their cabin, although the bears never bothered them while they
were in the house. Once Lyman decided to put up a large gate to cut off the path. One night a
bear came up the path and encountered the gate. Rather than going around and jumping the
low fence, the bear "took hold of it, wrenched it from its fastenings, and laid it on the ground, thinking, no doubt, that he was lord of the forest, and always should be."
(17:12/31/1881,13,16b; 1/28/1882,14b)
Although the foul-tempered grizzlies were a major problem in the wilderness of the Santa Cruz
Mountains, the more numerous and agile mountain lions created problems too. When the early
pioneers tried raising sheep, goats, or even pigs, the lions would quickly deplete their stock.
Even the building of large fences would not deter the spry cats.
One night as the Burrells were sleeping, they awoke to the screechings and growlings of their
dog and a mountain lion, fighting at their front door. Lyman jumped out of bed, grabbed his
rifle and flung open the door. He could not see well enough to shoot so instead, shouted
warnings at the animals. Presently the dog returned victorious and the lion ran off into the
night:
He (the dog) was not badly wounded. He seemed greatly pleased with his victory. He was so
excited over it that he sat on the steps and barked all the rest of the night. (I 7:1 / 28 / 1882,1313b)
The mountain lions would stop at nothing to get a sheep, goat, pig or even small calf. The
Burrells were raising some calves in a pen. One night a mountain lion jumped the fence, killed a
calf, and jumped the fence again carrying the dead animal. Upon this discovery, Lyman put a
full-grown Spanish cow inside the pen on the following night, thinking that the lion would be
back for another meal. He was right! That night the lion came back, but this time met with
more than its match. The cow gored the lion and pushed it clear through the fence, breaking
several planks in the process. The Burrells never again had trouble with lions getting their calves
in that pen. (17:3 /4/ 1882,4)
Other early settlers had problems with the many mountain lions of the district. In 1874, Walter
Young's mother was taking some freshly-killed venison into Santa Cruz from their ranch on
Summit Road. Traveling down the San Jose-Soquel Road on horseback, she heard a rustling in
the bushes. She knew at once that a mountain lion had caught the scent of the deer meat and
was stalking her. Rather than attempt to outrun the quicker lion with her horse on that section
of overgrown road, she rode on slowly, keeping an apprehensive watch for the lion. The
stalking cat crossed the road behind her several times, but Mrs. Young remained calm.
Reaching a clearing on both sides of the road near a neighbor's house, Mrs. Young decided that
that was the time to make a run for it. Her horse raced through the clearing and rider, horse,
and venison reached safety. (40:7/21/1959)
�On another occasion Walter Young's father, William A. Young, was out hunting near the San
Jose-Soquel Road. Walking through the woods, Young was forced to crawl through a section of
brush that was quite thick. Midway through he heard a wildcat's growl. Turning around on his
hands and knees, he spotted the cat ready to spring. He was a good shot and managed to get
the cat before she got him. In searching the area, Young found the reason the wildcat was after
him. She was protecting several kittens. (40:7 /28/ 1959)
Aside from the obvious threat of wild animals the settlers faced other problems. The early
pioneers of the Summit area had to carve their own roads out of this wilderness. The rugged
mountains were covered by giant first-growth redwood trees, along with madrone, oak and bay
trees. Any open area was covered with a heavy covering of manzanita, scotch broom, sage and
other almost impenetrable brush. The steep canyons with year-around running water were
almost impassable. Early roads no more than paths, would often wash out at the first heavy
winter rains; and to clear land or build a good road required a great amount of work and time.
The giant trees, often fifteen or twenty feet in diameter, had to be brought down by axe and
saw. Then the stumps were either blasted from the earth or left in place while vineyards and
fruit trees were planted in the new clearings.
But, even with all the hard work and danger associated with this wilderness, the pioneers came.
They built ranches, stores, post offices, schools, churches, wineries, packing sheds and lumber
mills. Even a railroad was cut through the canyons and trees, and tunneled through the heart of
the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Source
Excerpted from Payne, Stephen Michael. A Howling Wilderness: a History of the Summit Road
Area of the Santa Cruz Mountains 1850-1906. Santa Cruz, CA: Loma Prieta Publishing, 1978.
Copyright 1978 Stephen Michael Payne. Reproduced with the permission of the author.
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Most of the indexed articles are available on microfilm in the Californiana Room or in the clipping files in the Local History Room at the Downtown branch. Copies of individual articles may be available by contacting the Reference Department - <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/">Ask Us.<br /><br /></a>
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1880s
Ben Lomond
Language
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en
Format
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Text
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NEWS
DOCUMENT
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Ben Lomond
Pioneers
-
Dublin Core
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Title
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Local News Index
Description
An account of the resource
An index to newspaper and periodical articles from a variety of Santa Cruz publications.
It is a collection of over 87,000 articles, primarily from the <em>Santa Cruz Sentinel</em>, that have been clipped and filed in subject folders. While these articles of local interest range in date from the early 1900's to the present, most of the collection and clipped articles are after roughly 1960. There is an ongoing project to scan the complete articles and include them in this collection.<br /><br />Also included are more than 350 full-text local newspaper articles on films and movie-making and on the Japanese-American internment.<br /><br /> In addition, this is an online index for births, deaths, and personal names from <em>The Mountain Echo.</em> The complete print index is available at the library. For more information see <a href="https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/134957#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0">The Mountain Echo</a>.
Most of the indexed articles are available on microfilm in the Californiana Room or in the clipping files in the Local History Room at the Downtown branch. Copies of individual articles may be available by contacting the Reference Department - <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/">Ask Us.<br /><br /></a>
<p></p>
While there is some overlap between this index and <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/historic_newspaper_index/">the Historic Newspaper Index</a><a> (approximately 1856-1960), they are different databases and are searched separately.</a>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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LN-4603
Title
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Biography
Date
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1893-06-16
Source
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<i>Santa Cruz Daily Surf</i> 1893-06-16: page 3 column 3
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1890s
Language
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en
Format
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Text
Type
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NEWS
DOCUMENT
Subject
The topic of the resource
Pioneers
Mrs. E. W. Farnham
-
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Local News Index
Description
An account of the resource
An index to newspaper and periodical articles from a variety of Santa Cruz publications.
It is a collection of over 87,000 articles, primarily from the <em>Santa Cruz Sentinel</em>, that have been clipped and filed in subject folders. While these articles of local interest range in date from the early 1900's to the present, most of the collection and clipped articles are after roughly 1960. There is an ongoing project to scan the complete articles and include them in this collection.<br /><br />Also included are more than 350 full-text local newspaper articles on films and movie-making and on the Japanese-American internment.<br /><br /> In addition, this is an online index for births, deaths, and personal names from <em>The Mountain Echo.</em> The complete print index is available at the library. For more information see <a href="https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/134957#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0">The Mountain Echo</a>.
Most of the indexed articles are available on microfilm in the Californiana Room or in the clipping files in the Local History Room at the Downtown branch. Copies of individual articles may be available by contacting the Reference Department - <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/">Ask Us.<br /><br /></a>
<p></p>
While there is some overlap between this index and <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/historic_newspaper_index/">the Historic Newspaper Index</a><a> (approximately 1856-1960), they are different databases and are searched separately.</a>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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LN-4577
Title
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Biography of California pioneer
Description
An account of the resource
Santa Cruz County pioneer
Date
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1885-05-15
Source
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<i>Santa Cruz Daily Surf</i> 1885-05-15: page 2 column 1
Coverage
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1880s
Language
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en
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Text
Type
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NEWS
DOCUMENT
Subject
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Pioneers
Francis F. Fargo
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Local News Index
Description
An account of the resource
An index to newspaper and periodical articles from a variety of Santa Cruz publications.
It is a collection of over 87,000 articles, primarily from the <em>Santa Cruz Sentinel</em>, that have been clipped and filed in subject folders. While these articles of local interest range in date from the early 1900's to the present, most of the collection and clipped articles are after roughly 1960. There is an ongoing project to scan the complete articles and include them in this collection.<br /><br />Also included are more than 350 full-text local newspaper articles on films and movie-making and on the Japanese-American internment.<br /><br /> In addition, this is an online index for births, deaths, and personal names from <em>The Mountain Echo.</em> The complete print index is available at the library. For more information see <a href="https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/134957#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0">The Mountain Echo</a>.
Most of the indexed articles are available on microfilm in the Californiana Room or in the clipping files in the Local History Room at the Downtown branch. Copies of individual articles may be available by contacting the Reference Department - <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/">Ask Us.<br /><br /></a>
<p></p>
While there is some overlap between this index and <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/historic_newspaper_index/">the Historic Newspaper Index</a><a> (approximately 1856-1960), they are different databases and are searched separately.</a>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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LN-7431
Title
A name given to the resource
Biography of her mother
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1893-06-16
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<i>Santa Cruz Daily Surf</i> 1893-06-16: page 3 column 3
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1890s
Language
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en
Format
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Text
Type
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NEWS
DOCUMENT
Subject
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Pioneers
Ora Bruce Kirby
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Local News Index
Description
An account of the resource
An index to newspaper and periodical articles from a variety of Santa Cruz publications.
It is a collection of over 87,000 articles, primarily from the <em>Santa Cruz Sentinel</em>, that have been clipped and filed in subject folders. While these articles of local interest range in date from the early 1900's to the present, most of the collection and clipped articles are after roughly 1960. There is an ongoing project to scan the complete articles and include them in this collection.<br /><br />Also included are more than 350 full-text local newspaper articles on films and movie-making and on the Japanese-American internment.<br /><br /> In addition, this is an online index for births, deaths, and personal names from <em>The Mountain Echo.</em> The complete print index is available at the library. For more information see <a href="https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/134957#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0">The Mountain Echo</a>.
Most of the indexed articles are available on microfilm in the Californiana Room or in the clipping files in the Local History Room at the Downtown branch. Copies of individual articles may be available by contacting the Reference Department - <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/">Ask Us.<br /><br /></a>
<p></p>
While there is some overlap between this index and <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/historic_newspaper_index/">the Historic Newspaper Index</a><a> (approximately 1856-1960), they are different databases and are searched separately.</a>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Notes
Additional notes
Additional names: Jane Rice
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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LN-5321
Title
A name given to the resource
Biography of Isaac Graham
Description
An account of the resource
Jesse recounts his father's life
Jane daughter of Isaac Graham
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1888-04-28
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<i>Santa Cruz Daily Surf</i> 1888-04-28: page 3 column 3
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1880s
Language
A language of the resource
en
Format
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Text
Type
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NEWS
DOCUMENT
Subject
The topic of the resource
Pioneers
Isaac Graham
Jesse Graham
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Local News Index
Description
An account of the resource
An index to newspaper and periodical articles from a variety of Santa Cruz publications.
It is a collection of over 87,000 articles, primarily from the <em>Santa Cruz Sentinel</em>, that have been clipped and filed in subject folders. While these articles of local interest range in date from the early 1900's to the present, most of the collection and clipped articles are after roughly 1960. There is an ongoing project to scan the complete articles and include them in this collection.<br /><br />Also included are more than 350 full-text local newspaper articles on films and movie-making and on the Japanese-American internment.<br /><br /> In addition, this is an online index for births, deaths, and personal names from <em>The Mountain Echo.</em> The complete print index is available at the library. For more information see <a href="https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/134957#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0">The Mountain Echo</a>.
Most of the indexed articles are available on microfilm in the Californiana Room or in the clipping files in the Local History Room at the Downtown branch. Copies of individual articles may be available by contacting the Reference Department - <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/">Ask Us.<br /><br /></a>
<p></p>
While there is some overlap between this index and <a href="https://www.santacruzpl.org/historic_newspaper_index/">the Historic Newspaper Index</a><a> (approximately 1856-1960), they are different databases and are searched separately.</a>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Paper
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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LN-23315
Title
A name given to the resource
Biography of Louis Lapier
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1865-08-05
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<i>Santa Cruz Sentinel</i> 1865-08-05: page 2 column 3
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1860s
Language
A language of the resource
en
Format
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Text
Type
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NEWS
DOCUMENT
Subject
The topic of the resource
Pioneers