Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Santa Cruz (Cal.)

SANTA CRUZ, a city and county-seat of Santa Cruz co., Cal.; on the San Lorenzo river, Monterey Bay, and the Southern Pacific railroad and several steamship lines; 76 miles S. of San Francisco. It is one of the best known watering-places in California, being situated on a sheltered and beautiful site on the N. shore of the bay. It contains a high school, public library, street railroad and electric light plants, waterworks, State banks, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Sequoia National park, containing the famous big trees, is a few miles distant. It has manufactories of soap, glue, lime, leather, powder, lumber, paper, bitumen, etc. Pop. (1910) 11,146; (1920) 10,917.