Comments on: Natural Bridges State Beach and Fred Swanton’s Development Dreams /santacruz/natural-bridges-state-beach-and-fred-swantons-development-dreams/ Connecting People to Places Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 .org/?v=7.0.2 By: Ranger Gaudinski /santacruz/natural-bridges-state-beach-and-fred-swantons-development-dreams/#comment-89046 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:35:26 +0000 /?p=11094#comment-89046 In reply to Ivano Franco Comelli.

Thanks Ivano Franco Comelli. I know that book and have looked at it several times for inspiration for Mobile Ranger posts! It has some wonderful stories and photos about the Santa Cruz Coast and I do recommend it. The Santa Cruz Public Library has copies. I would love to have you contribute to what Mobile Ranger is doing if you are interested. Please e-mail me at julia@mobileranger.com.

]]> By: Ivano Franco Comelli /santacruz/natural-bridges-state-beach-and-fred-swantons-development-dreams/#comment-88987 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 23:12:12 +0000 /?p=11094#comment-88987 A very fine and informative article. In my book “La Nostra Costa (Our Coast), A Family’s Journey to and From the North Coast of Santa Cruz, California (pages 354-355), I pay tribute to Fred Swanton and mention the fact that this amazing man established the Big Creek Power Company (1896) which was the first to service Santa Cruz and Watsonville with electricity. Later in 1927, he was elected Mayor of Santa Cruz..

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