Soquel News, 131 Years Ago Today: "A Good Home" for Sale near "Camp Capitola"

On this date (Oct. 23) in 1880, the ads pictured to the right and copied below were posted in the Pacific Rural Press, Vol. 20, No. 17. 

The first is for the sale of a house and blacksmith shop in Soquel near "Camp Capitola."

Note that the classified ad was submitted by C.H. Hall. The city of Capitola was originally founded Samuel A. Hall as Camp Capitola in 1874, six years before this posting. Could Samuel A. and C.H. have been related? It certainly seems possible.

A GOOD HOME

For sale, very cheap, in the healthy village of Soquel, Santa Cruz, Cal., near the famous watering place

CAMP CAPITOLA

Also a well patronized

BLACKSMITH SHOP, 

Together or separate. For particulars inquire of 

C.H. HALL, 
Soquel, Cal.

The second ad asks just $3,500 for 215 acres of land. A parcel of that size would go for millions in 2011. 

FOR SALE
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215 ACRES OF GOOD GRAIN, GRASS and Fruit Land.

Two miles from the Soquel Wharf and Railroad Depot.
Price, $3,500. Four Good Springs and

20 Acres of Heavy Timber
On it. Also, 100 acres, one mile from the Railroad, cheap.
For particulars, inquire of

J. PARRISH,
Soquel, Cal 

It's wild to see the evolution of vocabulary and sentence structure, and interesting to get a real-life look back on what our towns looked like. Anyone need four good springs?