Comments on: The Railroads of Santa Cruz County: From Blog to Book /santacruz/the-railroads-of-santa-cruz-county-from-blog-to-book-3/ Connecting People to Places Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 .org/?v=7.0.2 By: Julia Gaudinski /santacruz/the-railroads-of-santa-cruz-county-from-blog-to-book-3/#comment-463 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:29:23 +0000 http://assemblingourhistories.com/?p=331#comment-463 Thats a cool story! The Chinese have a rich history here in Santa Cruz–I have not heard much about the Cornish as a group, have you?

Lisa Robinson of the San Lorenzo Valley Museum just published a free e-Book on the San Lorenzo Valley Chinese. Its available here:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/lisa-robinson/san-lorenzo-valley-chinese/ebook/product-21269720.html

]]> By: Country Mouse /santacruz/the-railroads-of-santa-cruz-county-from-blog-to-book-3/#comment-462 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:55:05 +0000 http://assemblingourhistories.com/?p=331#comment-462 I’ve been reading quite a bit about railroads in the book Chinese Gold by Sandy Lydon. I was most amused to read that the Cornish miners hired to build one end of a tunnel (a tragic explosion meant that Chinese would not work there for fear of the dead/ghosts) challenged, then failed to match the progress of, the Chinese at the other end. I’m sure those Cornish felt their noses put out of joint there, and the Chinese felt some pride. I look forward to your book!

]]> By: Julia Gaudinski /santacruz/the-railroads-of-santa-cruz-county-from-blog-to-book-3/#comment-461 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:19:36 +0000 http://assemblingourhistories.com/?p=331#comment-461 In reply to Jim Whitehead.

Great Jim thanks. I look forward to the book too!

]]> By: Jim Whitehead /santacruz/the-railroads-of-santa-cruz-county-from-blog-to-book-3/#comment-460 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 04:47:28 +0000 http://assemblingourhistories.com/?p=331#comment-460 Great post! I never knew there were these railroad tunnels still in the Santa Cruz mountains. Best of luck in writing the book, I’m looking forward to it!

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