The Aptos History Museum features a city that derives it’s name from an Ohlone Indian name.
A King Kalakaua of Hawaii had visited the Aptos home of Claus Spreckels in October 1881.
The Forest of the Nisene Marks was the site of the October 17, 1989 Loma Priete Earthquake.
Author’s Note:
On January 2018, Philip Hamilton visited the epicenter of the Loma Priete Earthquake.
Hamilton Historical Records 