PVHA History
For the last 170 years, the Pajaro Valley has been an opportunity for many different immigrants to improve themselves. Most came with a little except for the desire to make a better life for themselves and their families. The Pajaro Valley was a place where immigrants...
Past Floods
Pajaro at San Juan Road 1937
History of Watsonville First UMC
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...
AROMASTORY: The Overlooked History of an Underdog Town
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...
Celebrating the 4th of July at Lake Watsonville
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...
Stephen Mallory White
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”?...