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In 1791, Father Fermín Lasuén continued the use of Crespi's name when he declared the establishment of La Misión de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz (also known as Mission Santa Cruz) for the conversion of the Awaswas of Chatu-Mu and surrounding Ohlone villages. Santa Cruz was the twelfth mission to be founded in California. The creek ...
California Powder Works was the first American explosive powder manufacturing company west of the Rocky Mountains. When the outbreak of the Civil War cut off supplies of gunpowder to California 's mining and road-building industries, a local manufacturer was needed. Originally located near Santa Cruz, California, the company was incorporated in ...
Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, SM (also known as William Joseph Chaminade; Périgueux, 8 April 1761 – Bordeaux, 22 January 1850) was a French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution and later founded the Society of Mary, usually called the Marianists, in 1817. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 September 2000.
Rancho Tres Ojos de Agua. Rancho Tres Ojos de Agua was a 176-acre (0.71 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Nicolás Dodero. [1] The name translates literally as "three eyes of water" (springs). The grant was located on both sides of present-day High Street ...
February 27, 2015. The California Powder Works Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Santa Cruz, California. It is a Smith truss bridge, built across the San Lorenzo River in 1872 by the California Powder Works, an explosives manufacturer whose factory complex stood on the river banks. The bridge was designated a National Historic Landmark in ...
Rancho Soquel was a 1,668-acre (6.75 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to María Martina Castro y Amador. [1] In 1844, Martina Castro was granted by Governor José Figueroa a further 32,702-acre (132.34 km 2) grant known as the Soquel Augmentation. [2] [3] The Rancho ...
Rancho Potrero Y Rincon de San Pedro Regalado was one of the smallest Mexican land grants in Alta California. [1] Unlike the huge ranchos comprising tens of thousands of acres, this one was only 500 varas by 600 varas (91.53 acres) [2] of the pasture land ( potrero) originally belonging to Mission Santa Cruz .
Rancho San Vicente (Escamilla) Coordinates: 37.080°N 122.190°W. Rancho San Vicente was a 10,803-acre (43.72 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Blas A. Escamilla. [1] [2] The grant extended along the Pacific coast from Molino Creek and Rancho Agua Puerca y las Trancas ...