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"On Location in Santa Cruz County" is an extensive list of films shot entirely or partially in Santa Cruz County. The time period covered is 1911 through June, 1998. There are two lists, one in alphabetical order by the film title and the other in…

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Type: ARTICLE

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Capitola is located 4 mi / 6.4 km E of Santa Cruz at the mouth of Soquel Creek.

Area
1.6 sq. miles (rounded off to the nearest tenth of a square mile)

Latitude and Longitude
36° 59' N
121° 57' W

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Source: Columbia Gazetteer of North America.
Ed. by Saul B. Cohen. Columbia University Press, 2000.

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* Latitude: 36.59 N
* Longitude: 122.02 W
* Area: 13.3 sq. miles
* Elevation: 20 ft. above sea level

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Source: Goode's World Atlas.
Skokie, IL. Rand McNally & Co., 2000.




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The "City of Santa Cruz" painting hangs on the stairway landing near the second floor entrance to the Young People's room at the Downtown Branch.

The Santa Cruz Daily Surf reported, "the picture of the City of Santa Cruz, painted by F. L. Heath…

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Source: Artists in California 1786-1940.
Edan Milton Hughes. Crocker Art Museum, 2002. p. 505.

Type: ARTICLE

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Mount Bielawski is the highest point in Santa Cruz County with an elevation of 3,231 feet. It is located on Castle Rock Ridge, and was named in 1861 after Captain Casimir Bielawski of the Surveyor General's Office.

It has also been called Mount…

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Source: Santa Cruz County Place Names: a Geographical Dictionary. Donald Thomas Clark. Santa Cruz Historical Society, 1986. p.221.

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The summit of the stretch of Highway 17 that passes through the Santa Cruz Mountains is called Patchen Pass. The elevation of Patchen Pass is 1,808 feet.

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Source: Santa Cruz County Place Names: a Geographical Dictionary. Donald Thomas Clark. Santa Cruz Historical Society, 1986. pgs. 246-252.

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Located in the hills of Santa Cruz, the Mystery Spot remains a mysterious attraction for visitors. Discovered in 1939, the Mystery Spot is an area of roughly 150 feet where the laws of gravity are challenged. Tours are given year round. 465 Mystery…

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Type: ARTICLE

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There are various forms of spelling and definitions for olallieberries. Sharon Herbst describes the olallieberry as a cross between a youngberry and a loganberry, resembling a large elongated blackberry with a sweet distinctive flavor. Robert…

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Source: Sunset Western Garden Book.
Brenzel, Kathleen Norris (ed.). Menlo Park, CA, Sunset Pub. Corp., 2007.

Type: ARTICLE

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The Santa Cruz County Association of Realtors offers local housing market statistics from 1996 to the current month. Up-to-date local statistics, including the area's Unsold Inventory Index, are offered monthly in graphic form by Real Options Realty.

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Type: ARTICLE

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The following are sister cities of Santa Cruz: * Alushta, Ukraine * Jinotepe, Nicaragua * Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela * Sestri Levante, Italy * Shingu, Japan The City of Santa Cruz Sister Cities Committee works to strengthen relationships through a…

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