SANTA CRUZ – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. SANTA CRUZ. — The name of this County signifies “holy cross.” The word cross, mystically speaking, is derived from the gibbet, which … [Read more…]