Referenced In

East of Eden
by John Steinbeck

"Joe packed his suitcase, went to the depot, and bought a ticket for Watsonville."

East of Eden
by John Steinbeck

"Of course that made Watsonville get busy."

The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac

"I sneaked down to the east end of the yard with heavy pack slung on, and caught the Ghost as she was coming out, beyond the bull's crossing, and slept beautiful joyous sleep all the way ; to Watsonville where I hid by the weeds till highball, got on again, and slept then all night long flying down the unbelievable coast."

Fat City
by Leonard Gardner

"Ernie hatte seine letzten drei Kämpfe gewonnen – nach Punkten in Watsonville und Santa Cruz, durch K. o. in Modesto, wo der Gegner nicht nur von Ernies Schlägen erledigt worden war, sondern auch von seinen eigenen ungelenken Bemühungen."