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Re: My mysterious Leibrandts
Posted by: Leanne Harrisburg (ID *****7688)	Date: September 06, 2003 at 23:02:08
In Reply to: Re: My mysterious Leibrandts by Gotlieb LEIBBRANDT	of 36

Here's one of several articles on Santa Cruz, California and the Leibbrandt family who moved there:

http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/tourism/bdwalk.shtml

Here's a few paragraphs from the article:

"In the midst of this swimming fad, the Leibbrandts came to Santa Cruz in 1863 and bought Beach Flats and waterfront lands. Johnnie Leibbrandt built the West's first hot saltwater plunge in 1868, on the waterfront east of today's "Neptune's Kingdom." Johnnie and David Leibbrandt were prodigious swimmers, known for Santa Cruz to Capitola open-water contests. They named the plunge "Dolphin Baths," with a large main-floor pool, and a fine upstairs ballroom. The steam generator that pumped and heated the saltwater also regaled bathers with steam-powered music from its poolside calliope.

Beach Street didn't exist then, and carriages drove on the beach itself. The Leibbrandts built the original boardwalk along the waterfront in 1868, for easier access to the baths. A gravel foundation for the 1876 railroad tracks was placed on the sands, and later fill-dirt flanking the tracks became Beach Street."

If you look at the census returns after 1870 you will see numerous branches of the Leibbrandt family all around the Santa Cruz county area. You will also find many of them in King and Whatcom counties in Washington state.

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