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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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One-Eyed Charley: The Cross-Dressing Stagecoach Driver

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|Date: November 09, 2014
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One-Eyed Charley: The Cross-Dressing Stagecoach Driver

Driving from San Jose to Santa Cruz over Highway 17 is a pretty harrowing 40 minutes with tight twisting ...

Driving from San Jose to Santa Cruz over Highway 17 is a pretty harrowing 40 minutes with tight twisting curves and crazy drivers. Just imagine driving a team of six horses and a stagecoach full of pa ...

November 09, 2014
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Cats: The Statues not the Town

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|Date: August 27, 2014
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Cats: The Statues not the Town

Updated March 15, 2016 with new photos from Richard Beal, author of Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz. L ...

Updated March 15, 2016 with new photos from Richard Beal, author of Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz. Living in Santa Cruz and driving back and forth over Highway 17, I always thought the Cats Resta ...

August 27, 2014
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