Date Line - Watsonville and the Pajaro Valley

A timeline for the totality of Watsonville's ante- and post-colonial era, plotting moments of land transferal, business openings, building erections and destructions, notable elections, and more.
Creator: Betty Lewis
Date: 1987
Type: DOCUMENT
Coverage:
  • Santa Cruz
  • Biographies
  • Spanish
  • Watsonville
  • Pajaro Valley
  • Business
  • Agriculture
  • Native American
  • Real estate
  • Churches
  • Architecture
  • Clubs
  • Newspapers
  • Fires
  • Transportation
  • Education
  • Utility
  • Hospitals
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Hotels
  • 1760s
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1980s
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-WATSONVILLE-12

Collection

Preston Sawyer + Ephemera Collection

Citation

Lewis, Betty. “Date Line - Watsonville and the Pajaro Valley.” 1987. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/140948. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.