Secret History

A Guide to Some of the Monterey Bay Region's Best Kept Secrets

Sometimes, we get so busy that we don't notice stuff; our eyes and ears are trapped in a tunnel of "gotta get there"…rush. Rush. And then, when we DO finally slow down, we see something for the first time and ask "What the Hell is THAT?"

It is the job of the History Dude to help you see the secrets behind some of the obvious and not-so-obvious in the Monterey Bay Region.

Like the pilings that appear out of the sand every winter, or a strange looking building. Or?

			Drought History Segment III 1863-1864 – The Drought of Fat, Waddling Buzzards More Info Here				The Abalone Mother Lode and the Ghosts on the Seventeenth Green More Info Here

			Early Droughts Part I – 1840-41 They Slaughtered the Horses More Info Here				Droughts Par II - The 1850s and the Double D's: Drought and Depression More Info Here

			Gas and Ghosts in the Santa Cruz Mountains More Info Here				The Bone Pickers: Appeasing the Hungry Ghosts More Info Here

			What the frack? Chasing the temptation of oil in the Santa Cruz Mountains More Info Here				Croatians immigrants revolutionized regional agriculture More Info Here

			The Secrets of Two Loch Lomonds More info Here				The Mystery of the Santa Cruz County Flag More Info Here

			Acorns Falling on our Heads (to the tune of "Raindrops") More info Here				The Mysterious Pilings near Aptos Creek More info Here

			Dead Whales Make Good Tourist Bait More info here				Why is New Brighton State Beach not called China Beach? More Info Here

			The Moss Landing Whaling Station 1919-1926 More info here				You thought the KKK was only in the South? More Info Here

			What the Heck is That? A Yogi Temple? Or? More Info Here				The Story of Santa Cruz's Wave Motor More Info Here

			The Mysterious Ramparts on Santa Cruz County'sNorth Coast More Info Here				Santa Cruz's 99 Year Search for that Grand Beachfront Hote More Info Here