Museum of Art and History Timeline - 1850s-1950s- Santa Cruz, CA
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An agricultural timeline at the Museum of Art and History. The timeline deals with the history of agriculture in Santa Cruz County and the surrounding areas.
Waymark Code: WMX9JG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2017
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1850s: 1852: Scottish immigrants plant grapevines for wine prodction in the San Lorenzo Valley and operns Ben Lomond Vineyards. Chinese immigrants arrive in the onterey Bay region for fishing. Irish immigrants and Yankees arrive in the Pajaro Valley. They plant wheat, apples and hops.
1860s: Chinese laborers become the dominant labor force in the Pajaro Valley. Danish immigrants establish dairy farms in the Pajaro Valley. Swiss immigrants start dairies in Davenport and along the North Coast.
1870s: German immigrants Claud Sprekcles plants the first sugar beet crops in Aptos. 1874: Italian fishermen arrive in Santa Cruz.
1880s: 1888: Scott Act denies Chinese laborers the right to reenter the US after going home. Japanese farm laborers start to replace Chinese. Japanese lead strawberry production in the Pajaro Valley. 1882: Chinese exclusion act severely limits Chinese Immigration.
1890s: 1892: Geary Act requires all immigrants to have legal documentations or be deported.
1900s: Croatian apple farmers arrive in Pajaro Valley and dominate the apple industry. Watsonville becomes known as the Apple Capital of the World.
1910: Rise of the poultry industry in Santa Cruz. Local poultry men take part in the Farm Bureau's Egg laying contests.
1920s: 1924: Johnson Reed Immigration Act sets limits on immigration from specific counties. It bans immigration from Asia and denies legal status to Asian Americans. There are no limits for Filipinos, Mexicans and Latin Americans.
1930s: Tydings-McDuffie Act establishes the independence of the Philippines as a nation reclassifies all Filipinos immigrants as aliens under strict immigration limits. Filipino farm laborers start to replace Japanese and Chinese in the Pajaro Valley and the North Coast.
1940s: Japanese farmers return to the Pajaro Valley and Reestablish berry and flower farms. 1942-1964: Bracero Guest Worker program brings million of Mexican agricultural workers to the US TO COMPENSATE for expected labor shortage during World War II. Mexicans become dominant labor forces in Pajaro Valley.
1942-1944: US declares war on Japan. Executive order 9066 imprisons all Japanese Americans and seizes their assets during World War II. 1301 Japanese Americans residents removed from Santa Cruz County.
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