land west of Rodeo Gulch, from the Sea to Santa Maria, along the SCRR (Santa Cruz Rail Road) above the Schwan's and the Johan's lands, to upper Schwan Lake, the state park area by the Simpkin swim center of 17th Ave. Moran Patrick Moran and Rosa Smith 1866. Blacksmith in 1870 bought 237 acres of land from Rodeo Gulch/ Corcoran Lagoon to 33rd Ave- Lynskey property. Both sides of Moran Lagoon. From the sea to the RR, including Soquel Point and Pleasure Point. Barn on 26th, now in Advent / Pleasure Point Church. Ship, Helen Merrian Cap. Nelson, with cargo of telegraph poles wrecks off ranch. 1896 - Son Patrick, 17, died of typhoid. 1897 - Divorced due to drinking. Son, Martin, drowned off Blacks Point in Jan 1901. Victorian house on beach. Burned March 1901. 1906 - Son, Edward died from mistakenly drinking acid, at his grandfather's ranch in Watsonville. Died in 1904. Walter Lynskey owned 54 acres from 33 Ave to 38th. Died 1918 and land sold. W. Hawes 1907 owned land along proposed E Cliff. F. A. Hihn owned around 120 acres from 38th to 41st the sea to Capitola Road. This included the Road House/ Casa Del Mar, on E. Cliff 1876 narrow gauge railroad from SC to Watsonville built by Hihn, whose locomotive Jupiter is in the Smithsonian. M. Leonard owned 108 more acres The Hook to Capitola Road, Opal Cliffs. G Wardwell owned 58 acres to Capitola Rd. Lower Opal cliffs. March 2, 1891, Corcoran, Moran and Johann gave to the Catholic Ladies' Aid Society June 1892 Hotel Santa Maria Del Mar opened. Twentieth century 1906 The Chapel opened. Moran sold to Nellie Houghton in 1904 in an estate sale on Rosa's death. She bid $2,500 in gold coins. Built a family house at the end of 30th called the Owls, because of the many owls in the area. Mr. A. D. Houghton was an engineering consultant to John D Rockefeller. Children went to Santa Cruz high on the Capitola Street car. They planted the eucalyptus windbreak that still shelters the area now. They also provided over wintering for the monarch butterfly. The house burned on 12.14, 1915. 1920 Neillie owned 6.25 acres at the end of Houghton/30th Ave. 1929 John C. Kleist owned the property C Thompson developed the Pleasure Point subdivision. Dr Norman Sullivan renamed Eucalyptus Dr, Pleasure Point Dr. The Plunge