Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz by Traci Bliss and Randall Brown

1. For Immediate Release
Evergreen Cemetery
of Santa Cruz
By Traci Bliss with Randall Brown
Landmarks Series
ISBN: 9781467143868
$21.99 | 176 pp. | paperback
Available: August 31, 2020
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Learn About Santa Cruz’s Pioneer Cemetery
and Those Who Rest There
Created in 1858, the Evergreen Cemetery provided a final resting
place for a multitude of Santa Cruz’s adventurers, entrepreneurs
and artists. The land was a gift from the Imus family, who’d
narrowly escaped the fate of the Donner Party more than a
decade earlier and had already buried two of their own.
Alongside these pioneers, the community buried many other
notables, including London Nelson, an emancipated slave turned
farmer who left his land to the city schools, and journalist Belle
Dormer, who covered a visit by President Benjamin Harrison and
the women’s suffrage movement. Join Traci Bliss and Randall
Brown as they bring to life the tragedies and triumphs of the
diverse men and women interred at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Traci Bliss is an emerita professor of education. Her BA, MA and
PhD are from Stanford, and she holds an MPA from the LBJ School,
University of Texas–Austin. She retired to focus on the untold story
of women who made environmental history. She serves on the San-
ta Cruz Historic Preservation Commission and leads history tours at
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. She is the seventh generation
of her family to live in Santa Cruz and belongs to the Society of Cali-
fornia Pioneers.
Randall Brown, a Santa Cruz County Distinguished Historian, co-
authored with Traci Bliss the best-selling Santa Cruz’s Seabright. An
expert on the history of silent films, Brown specializes in films made
in the San Lorenzo Valley and serves as a regular history columnist
for the San Lorenzo/Scotts Valley Press Banner. He graduated from
Wesleyan University with a BA in American studies.
About the Authors