First Christmas Tree Farms
2021-01-07
by Lisa Robinson Over seventy years ago in 1949, it was proclaimed that “Santa Cruz County May Be[come a] Christmas Tree Center.” In fact, it wasn’t until 1943, that the first Christmas Tree farm was founded in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It was James P. Loghry’s TipTop Ranch, located onRead More →
Slippery Rock
2020-05-29
By Lisa Robinson One of the beautiful panels that make up of the mural on the side of Johnnie’s Super, created by artist Yeshe Jackson, is of the Sempervirens Falls. There is an important link between the two locations. Sempervirens Falls is so named for the camp that the SempervirensRead More →
William Hyde Irwin (1903—1982)
2020-02-16
By Lisa Robinson William (Bill) Irwin was born in San Francisco, California in 1903, son of painter Hallie Hyde and journalist Will Irwin. In 1904, Hallie and son Bill settled in Brookdale on the chicken ranch of Will’s father David and brother Herman, after whom Irwin Way was named. HeRead More →