5 things you probably don’t know about Santa Cruz’s history, according to the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History

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Santa Cruz’s Museum of Art and History provides an inclusive look at the city’s history, including five facts that will surprise you.

Want to learn about Santa Cruz’s history? Next time you visit Abbott Square, pay the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History — or MAH — a visit.

You know all about the Big Dipper and funnel cakes. But the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s origin story is charming. Founder Fred Swanton missed New York’s Coney Island so much, he took matters into his own hands and built a Santa Cruz version. In the early 1900s, he built up Santa Cruz tourism by touring the state on a train and distributing pamphlets calling his creation, “California’s most popular playground.

During the Gold Rush, Santa Cruz may not have attracted prospectors, but the lumber and limestone industries thrived. You can still see historic lime kilns at UC Santa Cruz, Wilder Ranch, Fall Creek and Pogonip.

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