![]() The middle arch is in danger of collapsing as well due to erosion by wind and waves. The outermost arch fell sometime in 1905 or 1906, and the inner arch collapsed during a storm on the night of January 10, 1980. Of the three original arches only the middle one remains. Wave erosion carved the arches and then cut away the cliffs leaving only islands. The arches formed over a million years ago when a combination of silt, clay and diatoms were solidified into a mixture of stone that formed the three original arches of the beach. Natural Bridges State Beach is named for the naturally occurring mudstone bridges that were carved by the Pacific Ocean into cliffs that jutted out into the sea. The intertidal zone is home to mussels, sea stars, sea anemones and limpets, seen here being studied by children. Geology The natural bridge, as seen at dusk. The park is now surrounded by beach development and commercial properties. The land surrounding the park was largely wild and undeveloped until the 1970s. The land was purchased by the State of California in 1933 and construction of the state beach facilities began in 1954. The area in and around the park later supported a dairy farm, a brussels sprouts farm, hotel, housing for mill workers, a South Seas movie set and a failed housing development. California became part of the United States after the Mexican–American War. The citizens of Mexico used what is now Natural Bridges State Beach as pasture land for their cattle. Governance of the area was transferred from Spain to Mexico after the Mexican War of Independence. The population of Native Americans was greatly reduced by European diseases to which they had no resistance. The displacement of the natives began with the Spanish colonization of the Americas when missionaries and soldiers brought the Ohlone into the missions. Their crafts included shellfish jewelry and baskets. They made tools from locally found stones and shells. The Ohlone raised medicinal plants and herbs. The Ohlone were a semi-nomadic tribe that hunted game and marine mammals and supplemented their diets with shellfish, fish, edible roots and shoots, acorns, nuts, and seeds. The first inhabitants in the Santa Cruz area were small groups of Native Americans. History Arches at Natural Bridges in 1970 A 1975 view of Natural Bridges from the south The Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve is home to up to 150,000 monarch butterflies from October through early February. It is also well known as a hotspot to see monarch butterfly migrations. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach. Natural Bridges State Beach is a 65-acre (26 ha) California state park in Santa Cruz, California, in the United States. Personals or Dating posts are better suited in personals or dating subreddits, there are more than enough to meet your appetites in that regard elsewhere on Reddit.Location of Natural Bridges State Beach in California If you get a shot of a parade of naked protestors marching down Pacific Avenue, that's not shock value: that's Santa Cruz. No nudes ever? At the discretion of the mods. Posting nudes for shock value is also not what this sub is about. Posting NSFW is not enough this is largely a community discussion group. There are more appropriate places to display your body or your primary sexual attributes (or those of your SO or some random stranger you got a pic of), so do it in those places. No Nudity/Exhibitionism or Nudity for Shock Value/Personals or Dating Ads It is okay to advertise a local benefit/charitable event where proceeds go to a cause in the Santa Cruz County community. It's great to ask for recommendations ("Who's a good plumber? What's a good garage for Toyotas?") and it's great to ask for job seeking advice. No Commercial, Business or "Classified' PostsĬommercial posts or "classified ads" (buying, selling, trading, giving unwanted things away for free), help wanted, job wanted, housing wanted, housing for sale or rent, for-profit events) not permitted. If you are directing insults or foul language to another member of the community you'll probably be banned without warning.Īdvocating or suggesting or joking about inflicting physical harm on others will probably also result in banning. Looking for some fun outside of Santa Cruz? The musically-minded ought to head over to /r/SantaCruzMusic. If you are a student, you should check out /r/UCSC or /r/CSUMB. Welcome to /r/SantaCruz, for discussion about Santa Cruz! Most things about Santa Cruz are here.Ĭheck out /r/scsurf for all of your surfing needs.
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