Bonny Doon Property Owners of 1905

Bonny Doon Property Owners Map of 1905

by Robert W. Piwarzyk

[The following information is taken from a manuscript titled, "The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon," pp. A-4-1, A-4-3. It is copyrighted 1996 by the author. It is used here with permission.]

Parcel	Owner	Acreage	Parcel	Owner	Acreage
1	Santa Cruz Lime Co.		53	J. Bourcq	78
2	Staffler	64	54	J. Bourcq	181
3	Ben Lomond Wine Co.	430	55	C. Fillppini
4	Bloom & Darren	43	56	Holmes Lime Co.	87
5	Snyder	22	57	Cadveneo	40
6	Lainer	21	58	T. Fairhurst	16
7	Bath	21	59	Holmes Lime Co.
8	Hewitt	18	60	Mrs. A.A. Williams	80
9	Bishop	45	61	Staffler	29
10	C. Hoffman	83	62	not indicated
11	J. Cooper	22	63	Ownes	70
12	J.A. McGuire	61	64	C. Fenneom	75
13	W. Fanning	43	65	S.H. Chase	77
14	Tamagni	21	66	Zalbert	20
15	McGuire	22	67	J. Bourcq	58
16	H. Smith	28	68	Holmes Lime Co.
17	Judd	11	69	M. Delaney	209
18	L (?)	11	70	H. Cowell Lime Cement Co.
19	W. Fanning	92	71	E.L. Williams	165
20	Russell & Ley		72	J.W. McAdo & W.A. St. Amont	66
21	Holmes Lime Co.	79	73	Coast Dairies Land Co.
22	Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co		74	Holmes Lime Co.	77
23	J.S. Lewis	39	75	E. Davenport	78
24	H. Beauchamp	82	76	Mary Kirby	99
25	Holmes Lime Co.		77	F.E. Davenport	79
26	Holmes Lime Co.		78	Henry Cowell
27	Mrs. M. Robinson	39	79	Estate of H. Place	40
28	F. Quistorf	110	80	A.D. Pena	72
29	E. Benner	75	81	S.H. Chase	78
30	P.R. Adams		82	F. Reggiardo	200
31	Silva	39	83	James Kirwan	210
32	B.A. Brown	39	84	Ed & Mary Kiely	155
33	Walter Mahan	80	85	Holmes Lime Co. 450 / F.A. Hihn	585
34	Santa Cruz Lime Co.		86	not indicated
35	M.A. Cook	73	87	Henry Cowell
36	Davenport	75	88	Mrs. E. Glover	118
37	Margaret & R.A. St. John	157	89	J. Steudeman	80
38	M. Mahan	80	90	E. Glover	22
39	not indicated		91	Holmes Lime Co.	38
40	Steincamp, & Woods	185	92	Precilla Henneuse
41	J. Robin		93	H. Henneuse	101
42	Santa Cruz Portland Cement		94	W. Russell	158
43	J. Kelley	120	95	J.F. Henuse [sic]	109
44	T.R. Thayer	150	96	G. Rossi
45	P.A. Woodman	80	97	J. Bonnetti	45
46	Tilden	40	98	I.L. Thurber	473
47	E.P. Main	39	99	Coast Dairies Land Co.
48	not indicated		100	Thurber & Cowell	360
49	Todtman & Hartmen	40	101	C.C. Bannister	81
50	Coates	20	102	Johnson Estate	30
51	Thomas	20	103	Henry Cowell Lime Co.
52	W.E. Ensign	80	104	M. Enright	1013

Notes:

Of 104 parcels shown, 21 were owned by lime companies (or persons involved in the lime business). This represents 20% of the parcels in Bonny Doon! Although not all acreages are listed, it appears that approximately 50% of the land area was devoted to the lime industry. Wine and dairies are the only other uses apparent.

Other items worth noting are:

The variation in company names. Many names changed over time with mergers and change in ownership.
Parcels 20 & 94: Russell and Ley were associated with the Holmes Lime Company.
Parcel 25 : The Holmes Lime Company owned all of the upper Laguna canyon as well as the Laguna limekiln site.
Parcel 30: This is the lot described by Ruth Adams Trotts as belonging to her paternal grandfather, reverend Phelps R. Adams. (see interview. [Not included on this site.])
Parcels 98 & 100: Was I.L.Thurber the partner of Cowell shown for Parcel 100? Was there any connection with the T.J. Thurber (see Koch) who ran a quarry in Santa Cruz? Was Parcel 98 the site of the bitumen quarry?

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