GARIBALDI VILLA HOTEL AND FLOOD OF 1955

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Barbara Ball JohnsonThank you, Larry for posting this picture. I'm not sure I've ever seen a great photo of the flood.
Marvin Del ChiaroWe attended several wedding receptions at the Garibaldi; I was pretty young, but I recall the interior looking like a hunting lodge, with trophy heads mounted on the walls, and most fascinating to me were the rattlesnake skins, framed and displayed on the walls.
Ivano Franco ComelliLotsa of Italians stayed there when they first immigrated from Italy. Also at The Swiss Hotel, own by my God Father Tony Micossi.
Larry DunhamWow, great history!
Elizabeth GallinoI remember eating there as a little girl with my folks. Always spoke Italian there.
Ivano Franco ComelliThe Swiss Hotel was located on Water Street and was run by my Godfather Tony Micossi and his wife Rosie Fusari Micossi. Their daughter Rena Micossi sill lives and works in Santa Cruz.
Ivano Franco ComelliBTW" Rosie Fusari Micossi is the lady on the Front Cover of my book, "La Nostra Costa" along with "Carabiniere" the Gentle Giant of La Costa.
Kandi Lippertmy parents took us there also

Bill Gledhill

I believe the Garabaldi was owned by the Costella family. Joe Costella, my wife's uncle used to tell stories about the citizenship classes they would have for the new Italian immigrants so they could pass the test to become citizens.

---First posted on the "La Nostra-Costa (Our Coast), A Santa Cruz North Coast Journal, by Larry Dunham.