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Book Title: Memorial And Biographical History Of The Coast Counties Of Central California.

CHAPTER VI.
SANTA CRUZ UNDER AMERICAN RULE.

BANCROFT estimates the Hispano-Californian population in California, at the time
of the change from Mexican to United States rule, at about 7,000 souls, and of
the foreign population about the same number. He also thinks that between 3,000
and 4,000 ex-neophyte Indians were leading a somewhat civilized life, at or near
the towns and ranches, with perhaps twice as many of the same class scattered
amongst the gentiles, or wild Indians, although he concedes that these estimates
of the Indian population may be only approximately correct.

  On the American occupation, Bolcof was desired to continue to act as a
magistrate at Santa Cruz, either alone or with John Hames, but he apparently
declined, and Joseph L. Majors was appointed in August with William Thompson as
second and Lawrence Carmichael as secretary. March 24, 1847, Governor S. W.
Kearny appointed W. Colton judge of admirality, and E. P. Hartnell interpereter
for the government two weeks earlier. William Blackburn was appointed alcalde of
Santa Cruz, June 21, 1847, by Governor Mason.

  Of the twenty-seven original counties into which California was divided by the
act of February 18, 1850, Santa Cruz was one, although it was first named after
the villa, or pueblo, Branciforte, but the legislature, April 5,1850, changed
the name to Santa Cruz.

  In 1868, a small portion of Santa Cruz county was set off to San Mateo county,
including the town of Pescadero, on the coast about thirty miles from Santa
Cruz, the county seat.

  The population of Santa Cruz county, as reported by the last Federal census
(1890), was 19,270. Of this number, 18,416 were, whites or Caucasians, 58
negroes, 13 Indians, 16 Japanese, and 767 Chinese.

  According to the same census, there were 72,780 Asiatics in California, and of
these, 71,681 were Chinese, and 1,099 Japanese, and there were 12,355 Indians
and 11,437 negroes in the State.

  In the gubernatorial election of 1890, Markham received in Santa Cruz county,
2,029 votes, Pond, 1,666, and Bidwell 242, the total vote of the county being
3,937.

  By the act of the legislature of March 11, 1891, Santa Cruz county was made a
part of the Sixth Congressional District, and with San Mateo county it
constitutes the Twenty-ninth Senatorial District, the State being divided into
forty Senatorial Districts, and Santa Cruz county alone constitutes the
Fifty-third Assembly District-the total number of assembly districts in the
State being eighty.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


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