A couple enjoys a moment on a swing attached to a cement pylon from the old Davenport Cement Pier as the Pacific Ocean glistens with afternoon sunshine on Tuesday. The wharf was built to load ...

The early immigrants to Santa Cruz County from the east quickly realized that there was an abundance of natural resources in the region. The challenge from the earliest days was how to transport ...

Most of the village was destroyed by a fire in 1915, and today there is nothing remaining of that original Davenport-King wharf or the old village. A 2,600-foot-long pier was constructed in the ...