One of the primary appeals of a railroad through the Santa Cruz Mountains was its picturesque nature. However, much of the route through whi...

The history of the Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Company on the Santa Cruz Main Beach begins before California statehood. In 1849, early Am...

Parcel services are something that we take for granted today. Before 1918, the United States did not have a consistent, nationwide network o...

There was a time once when Santa Cruz had two rival city railroad depots. On either side of Cherry Street outside the mouth of the Mission...

Over a decade before ground was broken on the Santa Cruz Union Depot, the Santa Cruz & Felton Railroad began the slow process of turnin...