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From Back: "Santa Cruz Mission, on the Bay of Monterey, was inspired and planned by President Lasuen in his home in the San Francisco Mission. It was founded in the autumn of 1791 and formally dedicated in May, 1794. The Mission reached its zenith of…
Wooden light house building, Santa Cruz, CA. Printed on the front of the card, "Light House, Santa Cruz, Cal."
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…
It has also been called Mount…
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.
The intersection of Pacific Avenue and Front Street. Prominent in the scene is the Tea Cup Restaurant & Cocktails located in the building known as the Flatiron.
The lighthouse keeper's house at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse. (Later Pigeon Point Lighthouse State Historic Park).Pigeon Point was part of Santa Cruz County until 1868 when it became part of San Mateo County.
The wharf at Pigeon Point Landing. At one time, it was used as a whaling station and a shipping station for the dairy products from nearby coastal dairies. Pigeon Point was named for the British sailing vessel, the Carrier Pigeon, that wrecked on the…