by Marilyn Hyde | Dec 6, 2022 | Fun History
The Methodist congregation in Watsonville was established in 1852, when Rev. D.A. Dryden preached in a grove of cottonwoods and conducted a marriage ceremony on the banks of the Pajaro River. This was believed to be the first American wedding in the Pajaro...
by Claudia Mize | Dec 6, 2022 | Fun History
Author Tina Baine is pleased to announce the publication of her book, AROMASTORY: The Overlooked History of an Underdog Town. If you are not that familiar with the rural town of Aromas (pop. 2,500), it sits on the eastern edge of the Pajaro Valley, and its history has...
by Claudia Mize | May 25, 2022 | Fun History
Watsonville has celebrated 4th of July in many ways. However, imagine this: in May 1907 the Pajaronian urged Watsonville leaders to take advantage our natural resource: the Pajaro River. It was suggested to dam it up and make a lake for a 4th of July celebration...
by Stanley Stevens | Apr 2, 2020 | Fun History
Stephen Mallory White A Biographical Sketch
Compiled by Stanley D. Stevens Pajaro Valley’s “Favorite Son” “perhaps the most eminent of the State’s native sons.” “the memory of California’s greatest son” — Mayor of Los Angeles Who was this “Favorite Son”?...
