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SC Chiefs of Police.pdf

Date: 1867-2011
Type: ARTICLE

AR-007.pdf

Date: 1896
Source: In 1896, Santa Cruz County, a Faithful Reproduction in Print and Photography of its Climate, Capabilities and Beauties, was published. Its aim was to promote Santa Cruz and "to attract the attention of people in other parts of the country" (Prologue). It is a collection of articles on a wide variety of topics. No author is credited on the title page; some of the sections are signed. This excerpt, pages 147-48, appears to be by Mrs. E. S. Pringle.
Type: ARTICLE

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The Davenport jail was built in 1914. Made entirely of cement from the nearby Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company, the walls are eight inches thick.The only known occupants were two boys from San Mateo who were held overnight for horse stealing and a…

Date: 1998
Type: PHOTO

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Two men, Francisco Arias and Jose Chamales, hanged at the Water Street Bridge.

Date: 1877
Type: PHOTO

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The Church Street Fire Station was shared with the Santa City Police Department. The Police Court was upstairs. In front of the station are two fire engines and one police car. They are decorated for the 1929 Fourth of July parade.

Date: 1929-07-04
Type: PHOTO

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John T. Porter, Santa Cruz County Sheriff from October 1857 to October 1861.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

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A portrait of Albert Jones, Santa Cruz County Sheriff from October 1865 to October 1867. As Deputy Sheriff, he participated in the investigation of the murder of Jack Sloan in 1865.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

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Ambrose Calderwood, Santa Cruz County Sheriff from October 1863 to October 1865. He led the investigation of the murder of Jack Sloan in 1865.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

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A portrait of Santa Clara County Sheriff John Hicks Adams, who investigated the murder of Joseph Pelligrini on June 4, 1864.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

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Portrait of Captain Harry Love. Love was the leader of the California Rangers, which was created by the state legislature to capture Joaquin Murieta. He settled in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1855. He married the 'Widow Bennett' and ran a sawmill on…

Date: ca. 1865
Type: PHOTO

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