Tourism

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• Capitola Hotel's Heyday, * by Ross Eric Gibson.
• Economic Development of the City of Santa Cruz 1850-1950: Resort and Recreation Development, by Susan Lehmann
  • Waterfront, beach and boardwalk *
  • Surfing; Other recreational sites
• Historic Memories Haunt Brookdale, * by Ross Eric Gibson.
• Mountain Paradise: Mount Hermon has Bohemian Roots, by Ross Eric Gibson.
• Resorts in the Summit Road Area, 1850-1906, by Stephen Michael Payne.
• The St. George was a Center of Culture and Art, * by Ross Eric Gibson.
• The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk:
  • A First in Hot Bathing...Birth of the Boardwalk in 1868, by Ross Eric Gibson.*
  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Area: photographs from the early 20th century. * (graphic intense)
  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Survival of the Funnest, by Andrew Schiffrin.
• Santa Cruz has a Long History of Convention Business,* by Ross Eric Gibson.
• Sea Beach Hotel and Its Gardens were Equal Landmarks,* by Ross Eric Gibson.
• Spirit of Aptos [Bayview Hotel], by Ross Eric Gibson.
• Vanished Resort's Glory Days Recalled [Ben Lomond], * by Ross Eric Gibson.

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