SCM Information and History
Below I will start adding links to information as I come across it. Of course I need to start with a Wiki! There IS SO MUCH to add to this page. I will slowly add links and info. Honestly it comes down to I could dedicate a whole website to the history behind the SC mountains. If you have a piece of history you would like to share with site please contact me and I will post.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains
Have any info/pics you would like to contribute?
Please drop me a line erik@santacruzmtns.com I will be compiling much of the information I come across and will post it here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains
Have any info/pics you would like to contribute?
Please drop me a line erik@santacruzmtns.com I will be compiling much of the information I come across and will post it here.
Books to check out:
Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains
A fascinating human and cultural history of the Santa Cruz Mountains from 1850 to the middle of the 20th century. The lives of the early settlers and their descendants; a narrow-gauge railroad from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz in existence from 1880 to 1940; mining, logging, and grizzly bears. Tales of Patchen, Burrell, Austrian Gulch and Germantown, White Wash Alley, Lexington, Alma, Glenwood, New Almaden, and more.
Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz
History, photographs, current politics about this famous California road connecting Santa Cruz and San Jose.
Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains
A fascinating human and cultural history of the Santa Cruz Mountains from 1850 to the middle of the 20th century. The lives of the early settlers and their descendants; a narrow-gauge railroad from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz in existence from 1880 to 1940; mining, logging, and grizzly bears. Tales of Patchen, Burrell, Austrian Gulch and Germantown, White Wash Alley, Lexington, Alma, Glenwood, New Almaden, and more.
Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz
History, photographs, current politics about this famous California road connecting Santa Cruz and San Jose.
