Mountain men in Santa Cruz

Several companions of Isaac Graham, from his days as a fur trapper, also ended up in Santa Cruz. Joseph L. Majors seems to have been the first. By marrying the daughter of a Castro, Majors was able to obtain Mexican citizenship. That allowed him to own land including Rancho Zayante, which he then rented to various Americans, including Job Dye, Isaac Graham and Henry Naile.

Also, discovered a biography called The Trials of Isaac Graham, which is available at the UCSC library.

More Isaac Graham

Following a link from the Wikipedia article on Isaac Graham, I found a biographical article written by Michael Kinsella. The article has a lot of information, but no bibliography or source notes. My quest would be greatly aided if Mr. Kinsella, who used to live in Santa Cruz but is now in Seattle, is willing to share some of that info. He has a MySpace page, where I was able to send a message - no response so far. I'll attend the next RA meeting and ask if anyone knows him.