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Swabby and American War Dogs from WWI to Iraq

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|Date: May 25, 2015
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Swabby and American War Dogs from WWI to Iraq

Swabby was a German shepherd and member of the Marine K-9 Corps during WWII. His remains lie in a grave a ...

Swabby was a German shepherd and member of the Marine K-9 Corps during WWII. His remains lie in a grave at the slightly dilapidated Pine Knoll Pet Cemetery, in Santa Cruz, California. He was one of se ...

May 25, 2015
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Holy City: Father Riker’s Cult in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|Date: April 30, 2015
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Holy City: Father Riker’s Cult in the Santa Cruz Mountains

For several decades in the 1900s eight Santa Claus statues welcomed motorists driving along the Old Santa ...

For several decades in the 1900s eight Santa Claus statues welcomed motorists driving along the Old Santa Cruz Highway to a mysterious place called Holy City. The “city” -- a tiny town that took five ...

April 30, 2015
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“Mountain Charley” McKiernan: Fighting Grizzlies in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|Date: February 04, 2015
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“Mountain Charley” McKiernan: Fighting Grizzlies in the Santa Cruz Mountains

“Mountain Charley” McKiernan had finally met his match. Face to face with a 1,000 pound grizzly bear, sta ...

“Mountain Charley” McKiernan had finally met his match. Face to face with a 1,000 pound grizzly bear, standing almost ten feet tall on her haunches, McKiernan was acutely aware of his mortality. Her p ...

February 04, 2015
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Is Highway 17 That Dangerous or Is It Just Laurel Curve?

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|Date: December 17, 2014
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Is Highway 17 That Dangerous or Is It Just Laurel Curve?

The narrow lanes and dangerously tight curves of California’s Highway 17 have earned it ominous nicknames ...

The narrow lanes and dangerously tight curves of California’s Highway 17 have earned it ominous nicknames like “Killer 17” and “Blood Alley”. In the mid-60s philanthropist Harvey West tried to slow do ...

December 17, 2014
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A Thanksgiving Feast from the Year 1900

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|Date: November 26, 2014
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A Thanksgiving Feast from the Year 1900

How many of us can say our family serves larded tenderloin of beef or clear green turtle for Thanksgiving ...

How many of us can say our family serves larded tenderloin of beef or clear green turtle for Thanksgiving dinner? I’m guessing not many, but beef, turtle, duck, lamb and an assortment of other dishes ...

November 26, 2014
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Ghost Towns of Lexington Reservoir: Lexington

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|Date: October 31, 2014
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Ghost Towns of Lexington Reservoir: Lexington

Post Updated on April 13, 2016 Thanks to the plentiful El Niño rains, in early April, Lexington Reservoir ...

Post Updated on April 13, 2016 Thanks to the plentiful El Niño rains, in early April, Lexington Reservoir was at 69% capacity. That's compared to 23% in February of this year. At current levels, the e ...

October 31, 2014
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