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13 unusual facts about Watsonville


Clementine Deymann

In 1885 and in 1891 Father Clementine was elected definitor of the Franciscan province of the Sacred Heart; in 1886 he was made superior of the boys' orphanage at Watsonville, California.

Faxon Atherton

Atherton was a land speculator purchasing tracts in Hayward, Watsonville and other places.

Frank Post

First Professional win*: In 16 Expert at the National Bicycle Association (NBA) Spring National in Watsonville, California on May 27, 1979.

Franklin Post (b. April 20, 1962 from Watsonville, California U.S.) was an American professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1978-1981.

Gaddi Vasquez

Vasquez's family lived in a trailer in Watsonville, California and worked as migrant workers until Vasquez went to first grade.

John Means

In 1989, he joined 45 other performers, including Los Lobos, Santana, Aaron Neville, and Crosby, Stills & Nash at a benefit concert in Watsonville, California for victims of the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Josh Taves

Josh Heinrich Taves (aka Josh Heinrich; born May 13, 1972, in Watsonville, California) is a former professional American football player.

Monte Vista High School

Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, California (which includes both a high school and a middle school)

Mount Madonna Institute

The Institute is hosted by the Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California.

Pete Gross

Professional career: Pete Gross began his career in sports broadcasting as high school play-by-play announcer in Watsonville, California.

Pulmuone

There is a subsidiary in the United States, called Pulmuone Wildwood, Inc., with offices in Fullerton, California, Watsonville, California, San Rafael, California, Grinnell, Iowa, and Tappan, New York.

Reid-Hillview Airport

The airport was the origin for an emergency supply airlift to the Watsonville Municipal Airport following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, after mountain and coastal roads were blocked, cutting off Santa Cruz and Watsonville from relief efforts by ground.

W. H. Weeks

In 1894 Weeks opened an office in Watsonville, and was employed as the designer for several projects in town.


Brooks–McFarland Feud

On October 10, Jim and his wife were returning home from Weleetka in their buggy and, as they approached a river ford near Old Watsonville, someone opened fire on them with a rifle.

Charlene Pryer

A native of Watsonville, California, Pryer was the daughter of Willard 'Maurice' Pryer, a minor league pitcher who played in the early 1940s for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins of the Northern League.

Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs

Kyuzaburo Sakata, a successful local Japanese lettuce grower in Watsonville, announced he would build a Japanese garden to be designed by Nagao Sakurai, of the Imperial Palace, who was involved in the Japanese exhibit at the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition at Treasure Island in San Francisco.

Maynes

Ben Jacques-Maynes (born 1978), American road bicycle racing cyclist from Watsonville, California