The first automobile in Watsonville, 1902. This 1902 Rambler Model C Runabout was a single-cylinder, six-horsepower vehicle and was truly a horseless carriage using a lever to steer the vehicle. It sold for $750. Courtesy of Charles Bergtold

This Rambler Model C Runabout surely scared the living daylights out of the horses that served as the primary occupants of Santa Cruz County roads at that time.

The "Kenosha Cadillac" was manufactured by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company and was one of the very first mass-produced and widely available automobiles around. The Thomas B. Jeffery Company was eventually acquired by the Nash Motors Company.

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