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Cowell Ghost, by Santa Cruz Sentinel

On May 14, 1903, Sarah Agnes Cowell, the youngest daughter of Henry Cowell, was killed in a buggy accident at ... [Read more]

Henry Cowell and His Family (1819--1955): Introduction, by Laurie MacDougall

The S. H. Cowell Foundation is named after Samuel Henry Cowell, [Read more]

The Gold Rush and the Early Years (1850-1865), by Laurie MacDougall

In order to appreciate the business climate in which this fortune was begun and expanded, it is necessary to understand ... [Read more]

The Santa Cruz Years (1865-1897), by Laurie MacDougall

By 1865, Henry was in control of a thriving business in San Francisco, with significant assets, including at least a ... [Read more]

The Tragic Year (1903), by Laurie MacDougall

The year 1903 was fateful for the Cowells. Henry Cowell was shot in the shoulder in a boundary dispute with ... [Read more]

The S. H. Cowell Years (1911-1955), by Laurie MacDougall

There were now three surviving members of the Cowell family, S. H., Isabella and Helen. None of them had married, ... [Read more]

Notes and Research Bibliography, by Laurie MacDougall

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Mineral Survey of Santa Cruz County - Bituminous Rock, by C. McK. Laizure

he deposits of asphaltic and bituminous rock in Santa Cruz County have long been known and utilized. The material is ... [Read more]

The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon, by Robert W. Piwarzyk

Thomas Bull (sometimes shown as Bohl) bought 450 acres in 1865 and began producing lime in 1866. The following year ... [Read more]

Lime, by Henry G. Hubbard

The burning of lime was one of the earliest industries established in Santa Cruz County, the first kiln having been ... [Read more]

Mineral Survey of Santa Cruz County - Lime, by C. McK. Laizure

The burning of lime is one of the earliest industries established in Santa Cruz County, the first lime kiln having ... [Read more]

The Laguna Limekilns: Bonny Doon, by Robert W. Piwarzyk

In California, lime production techniques arrived from at least three directions: from the north by the Russians, from the south ... [Read more]

The Pogonip, by Ross Eric Gibson

Today, as the city of Santa Cruz decides its fate, the famous Pogonip Clubhouse stands vacant on a panoramic site ... [Read more]

There are but a few Chinese in Santa Cruz,
because our people hate them, dread them, despise them.
-Duncan McPherson, 1882

Part 1

It is the summer of 1885 and three young children are peering into a barbershop on Front Street a few steps from where ..." [More]

Excerpted from Climbing Golden Mountain by Geoffrey Dunn