A Compilation of Local Books
Although those of you that have lived in 95033 as long as I have are probably familiar with these books, others of you may not have heard of them. Some of them are undoubtedly out of print while others are available at the Summit Store.
Where Grizzlies Roamed The Canyons (The Story of the San Lorenzo Valley)
by Nancy McCarthy
Garden Court Press, 1994
ISBN 1-880732-12-2
Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Expanded Edition
by John V. Young
Western Tanager Press, Santa Cruz, CA, 1984
ISBN 0-934136-06-8
There are different editions of this book by different publishers
Holy City, Riker’s Roadside Attraction in the Santa Cruz Mountains
by Betty Lewis
Otter B Books, Santa Cruz, CA, 1992
ISBN 0-9617681-5-0
A Howling Wilderness, The Summit Road of the Santa Cruz Mountains 1850-1906
by Stephen Payne
Loma Prieta Publishing Company, Santa Cruz, CA, 1978
no ISBN
Highway 17, The Road to Santa Cruz
by Richard A. Beal
The Pacific Group, Aptos, CA, 1991
ISBN 0-9629974-0-4
Images of America, Los Gatos
by Peggy Conaway
Arcadia Publishing, various cities, 2004
ISBN 0-7385-2903-6
Images of Rail, Railroads of Los Gatos
by Edward Kelley with Peggy Conaway
Arcadia Publishing, various cities, 2006
ISBN 0-7385-4661-5
Images of America, Los Gatos Generations
by Peggy Conaway
Arcadia Publishing, various cities, 2007
ISBN 978-0-7385-5661-4
Postcard History Series, Los Gatos
by Stephen Ross Mathews and the Los Gatos Library and Museum History Project
Arcadia Publishing, various cities, 2009
ISBN 978-0-7385-6962-8
Images of America, Santa Cruz California
by Sheila O’Hare and Irene Berry
Arcadia Publishing, various cities, 2002
ISBN 0-7385-2081-0
Late Harvest, Wine History of the Santa Cruz Mountains
by Michael Holland and the Late Harvest Project
The Late Harvest Project, Santa Cruz, CA, 1983
no ISBN
A Trip Through Time and the Santa Cruz Mountains
by Billie J. and Reece C. Jensen
Ghastly Gallimaufry Publishing, Garnerville, NV, 1994
ISBN 1-886278-08-3
History of Los Gatos, Gem of the Foothills
by George G. Bruntz
Valley Publishers, Fresno, CA, 1971
Library of Congress CCN 79-174678
Lakeside Legends, The First 125 Years
by Karen Condon Fishback
Karen Condon Fishback, Los Gatos, CA, 2007
no ISBN
comes with a CD-ROM containing pictures
One Life, Mine
by Emma S. Garrod
Xlibris, Bloomington, IN, 2012
ISBN 978-1-4771-2904-3 (softcover)
The South Skyline Story
by Janet Schwind & The Skyline Historical Society
ISBN 978-0615800004
Nuts From Hazelhurst, True Stories & Poems
by Laura J. Sears (1858-early 1940's)
2004.
ISBN: 978-0615126456
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 810.8 Sears
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R810.8 S43 Los Gatos
A History of the Santa Cruz Mountains
by William Wulf
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R 979.473 W96
Survival with Style: The Women of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Revised Edition
by Joan B. Barriga
J.B. Barriga, 1989.
ASIN: B00072JQUG
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R 920.7 B27
San Jose Library Reference section Call Number: REF CAL 979.471 Barriga
The Holy City Sideshow
by Joan B. Barriga
Submitted to Califoria Pioneers of Santa Clara County Essay Contest, 1988.
ASIN: B00071GASS
loose leaf notebook
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R 979.473 Barriga Los Gatos
Santa Clara County Library Call Number: 979.471 BARRIGA
the strange history of Holy City
The Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Book, Tenth Edition
by Tom Taber
The Oak Valley Press, San Mateo, CA, 2006.
ISBN 978-0-9609170-9-9
Los Gatos Library Call Number: USA California
Illustrated Field Guide to the Woody Plants of the Santa Cruz Mountains
by Toni Corelli
Monocot Press, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2005.
ISBN 0-9646994-3-5
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 580 C79
concise and reasonably understandable
Flora of the Santa Cruz Mountains of California: A Manual of the Vascular Plants
by John Hunter Thomas
Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1961.
ISBN: 0-8047-0017-6
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 580 T45
thorough but rather technical
Vegetation types and forest conditions of the Santa Cruz mountains unit of California
of California (Forest survey release / California Forest and Range
Experiment Station) Paperback – 1939
by G. F. Burks and H. A. Jensen (1932) and R. C. Wilson and C. W. Hanks (1935-6
California Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1939.
ASIN: B00088PQGC
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R634.9 J54 Los Gatos
San Jose Library Call Number: SD 428 S3 J4x
dated and mainly of historical interest
Geologic Hazards in the summit ridge area of the Santa Cruz Mountains
by USGS
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R 551.2 U58u
Mama's Memoirs: Growing Up in the Santa Cruz Mountains
by Margaret Louise Rapp Tarquinio
Vista Del Mar Press (1st edition), Los Gatos, CA, 1995.
ISBN: 0-9648618-0-1
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 979.47 Tarquinio
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R 979.471 T19 Los Gatos
good history
Essays on Los Gatos history
by Bruce Franks
loose leaf notebook
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 979.473 Essays
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R979.473 F83 Los Gatos
informal history of the Old Santa Cruz Highway area North of Summit
Whole Mountain Source Book(annual)
by the Wittens
usually delivered free by mail in the Santa Cruz mountains
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 650 Whole 1998
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 650 Whole 2005
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R650 Whole * Los Gatos
where * = 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2010, 2011, 2012
Natural Resources Inventory of Castle Rock State Park and the Upper San Lorenzo River Basin
by Harvey & Stanley Associates
The Sempervirens Fund, 1979.
ASIN: B002K7OJDU
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R574.5 H34 Los Gatos
Santa Clara County Library Reference section Call Number: R917.9794 HARVEY
San Jose City Library Call Number: SB 482 C2 N38x
contains still useful information on climate, geology, plants, and animals
Two for the Show
by Effie Walton
Vantage Press, New York, 1964.
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R921 Walton Los Gatos
Highway 17 almanack & gazeteer
ISBN: 188230201X
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R917.9471 O69
Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault
by David K. Lynch
Thule Scientific, Topanga, CA, 2006 (third printing 2014).
ISBN 978-1-941384-08-4
available on Amazon but not LG Library, more detail for S. CA
Los Gatos Observed, the Architecture & History of Los Gatos, California
by Alastair Dallas, photographs by Peter S. Conrad
Infospect Press, Los Gatos, CA, 1999.
ISBN 0-9670268-0-6
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 979.473 D14
pictures and descriptions of historic houses and buildings
The Raucous Bluejay: Charles Erskine Scott Wood
by Joan B. Barriga
1989.
ASIN: B0007BLGFA
Los Gatos Library Reference section Call Number: R 921 W874 Los Gatos
San Jose Library Reference section Call Number: PS3545.O465 Z54x 1989
Field Guide to Neotectonics of the San Andreas Fault System, Santa Cruz
Mountains, in Light of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, 1990, USGS
Open-File Report, Number 90-274 : pages 1-38
by D. P. and Ponti, D. J. Schwartz
United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 1990.
ASIN: B00171T9OY
not in Los Gatos library
Field-Trip Guide to the Geology of the Lexington Reservoir and Loma Prieta
areas in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties,
California: Open-File Report 2002-221
by Philip W. Stoffer, Paula Messina, U.S. Geological Survey
BiblioGov, February 11, 2013.
ISBN: 978-1288750221
available on Amazon but not in Los Gatos library
automobile field trips
Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault
by David K. Lynch
Thule Scientific, Topanga, CA, 2006 (third printing 2014).
ISBN 978-1-941384-08-4
available on Amazon but not in Los Gatos library
automobile field trips, contains more detail for Southern CA
Song of Los Gatos, Poems of the Gem City
edited by Parthenia M. Hicks
Robertson Publishing, 2014.
ISBN 978-1-61170-163-0
Los Gatos Library Call Number: 811 Song
Legendary Locals of Los Gatos
by Peggy Conaway Bergtold and Stephanie Ross Mathews
Legendary Locals (Arcadia), Charleston, SC, 2014.
ISBN 978-1-4671-0135-6
fun pictures and stories
Backroads & Hiking Trails, The Santa Cruz Mountains
by Jerry Schad
The Touchstone Press, Beaverton, OR, 1979.
ISBN: 0-911518-54-1
available on Amazon but not in Los Gatos library
still has some good information
Like Modern Edens, Winegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains 1798-1981
by Charles L. Sullivan
California History Center, Local History Studies Volume 28, Cupertino, CA, 1982.
ISSN 0276-4105
Santa Clara County Library, 663.2009 SULLIVAN
dated and mainly of historical interest
A Fouled Nest
by Steve Sporleder
Robertson Publishing, Los Gatos, CA, 2009.
ISBN 978-1-935125-56-3
novel set in Los Gatos
Gallivanting in the Gem City, Stories of Los Gatos, CA, California
by Steve Sporleder
Robertson Publishing, Los Gatos, CA, 2009.
ISBN 978-1-935125-57-0
short stories set in Los Gatos
From Sleepy Lagoon to the Corner of the Cats
by Steve Sporleder
Robertson Publishing, Los Gatos, CA, 2011.
ISBN 978-1-61170-051-0
novel set in Los Gatos
Hobo Ashes
by Steve Sporleder
Robertson Publishing, Los Gatos, CA, 2013.
ISBN 978-1-61170-137-1
novel set in Los Gatos
Santa Cruz County History Journal Paperback – 1994
by The History Museum of Santa Cruz County (Editor)
Art and History Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA, 1994.
ISBN 978-0940283053
Santa Cruz County History Journal, Issue Number Two
by Francis M. Kittredge, et. al.
Art and History Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA, January 1, 1995.
ISBN 978-0940283077
Santa Cruz County History Journal:
Gold Gulch Letters of James Frazier Reed;
Davenport Cement Plant Railroad System;
Conditions At the Corralitos Flour Mills 1880;
Old Mission Santa Cruz Water Supply;
Remember Early Watsonville Journal
by Philander Pettijohn, Alverda Orlando, Margaret R. Koch, Dean A. Silvers
Art and History Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA, 1995.
ASIN: B00JCK2DRW
Santa Cruz County History Journal, Issue Number Three
by Sandy Lydon
Art and History Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA, January 1, 1997.
ISBN 978-0940283091
A Gathering of Voices The Native Peoples of the Central California Coast -
Santa Cruz County History Journal Issue Number Five
by Linda Yamane (Author, Editor)
Art and History Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA, January 1, 2002.
ISBN 978-0940283114
Santa Cruz County Place Names
by Donald Thomas Clark
Santa Cruz Historical Trust, Santa Cruz, CA, 1986.
ISBN 978-0940283015
The Forest Spell (Kaine Academy Book 1)
by Megan Kempston
Kindle
ASIN B01EZHAAGC
Animals of the Santa Cruz Mountains
by Robert W. Piwarzyk, Marie Krajci, Barbara Lauck; Illustrated by Stephanie Retsek
Mountain Parks Foundation, Felton, CA, 2000
ASIN: B0006RDIJC
Santa Cruz Trains, Railroads of the Santa Cruz Mountains
by Derek R. Whaley
www.SantaCruzTrains.com, 2015-2017.
ISBN: 978-1508570738
The author was born and raised in Felton. Railroad history and trail guide.
Santa Cruz Trains, Reflections on the Mountain Route
edited by Derek R. Whaley
www.SantaCruzTrains.com, 2016.
ISBN: 978-1539762362
A collection of pictures and quotes.
Wines and Winemakers of the Santa Cruz Mountains, An Oral History
Interviews conducted by Charles L. Sullivan 1992-1994
DR Bennion Trust, Santa Cruz Mountain Vintners, 1994.
The Original 1993-1/2 Highway 17 Almanack & Gazetteer
published by Harvey Gotliffe, edited by R. V. Leonard
Cogitator Publications, Santa Cruz, CA, 1993
ISBN: 1-882302-02-8
Done with a sense of humor.
The Los Gatos Library has a History area with lots of materials that are not for loan, but available for research.
Compiled by Jim Mehl, Stephenie Olson, Vicky Powell, Peggy Schoppe, Hans Johnson, and Chuck Schoppe. Others are welcome to update and contribute.
