Deborah Osterberg, Capitola Historical Museum curator, poses in front of a replica of the kind of tent that would have been used in Camp Capitola in the 19th century.

"Camp Capitola celebrates its sesquicentennial this year, and the 150th year being named Capitola," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "Everywhere you look, one can see the influence of the ...

Capitola has been a storm target since its early days as the privately owned “Camp Capitola” seaside resort, long before its incorporation as a city in 1949.

Photograph of Camp McQuaide soldiers in the first years of the encampment at Capitola, circa 1926. The camp, located on the ...

Only the name stuck, and the place quickly shifted into a resort: Camp Capitola, which opened in 1869 and was served by a passenger railroad that arrived in 1876.

CAPITOLA — An early-morning fire gutted the Rispin Mansion on Wharf Road, less than a month after the Capitola City Council approved a $14 million hotel project at the historic site. Central ...

Camp Capitola was only a resort located in Soquel, on Soquel Beach. In 1875, Hihn built his trestle to pass over Soquel Creek, and placed the original depot near the rail overpass of Wharf Road.

Capitola has been a storm target since its early days as the privately owned “Camp Capitola” seaside resort, long before its incorporation as a city in 1949. And the wharf that lost a 40-foot ...