The most comprehensive illustrated history of Santa Cruz Island is being released to coincide with the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service, August 25, 2016. This two-volume book contains nearly 600 images, some of which have never been published. Santa Cruz Island An Illustrated History explores the geologic origins of the island and traces…
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Island Adventures
Santa Cruz Island is full of great adventures. Pick up a map or trail book and hike the endless paths. Kayak through the sea caves with a guide from Santa Barbara Adventure Company. Here is what they had to say about the adventure: “This beloved California destination is renowned for incredible island kayaking, native wildlife,…
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A Guide to East Santa Cruz Island: Road, Trails, Routes, Scrambles, Landslides
Travel tips and authoritative accounts of the trails and routes available on East Santa Cruz Island enable the hiker to enjoy this remote and beautiful island to the fullest. What is Special About Channel Islands National Park? Channel Islands preserves five of the eight California Channel Islands lying just off the coast of southern California….
Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife: Tales of Santa Cruz Island
Margaret Eaton and her husband Ira were well known to Santa Barbarians in the early part of this century as operators of the Pelican Bay Camp on Santa Cruz Island. Beginning humbly with small-scale commercial fishing, seal hunting and passenger charters, the Eatons gradually developed a unique resort that came to be popular among writers,…
Santa Cruz Island: A History of Conflict and Diversity
Rising from the waters of the Pacific off the southern California Coast, Santa Cruz Island captures the imagination. Once home to a large Chumash population, in the nineteenth century it became a self-sufficient island rancho. As with all islands of beauty and size, it attracted people from the coastline. A handsome volume with notes, appendix,…
Santa Cruz Island History 