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The other early industry, one that will have a direct bearing on the Coast Dairies story, involved the huge limestone ... [Read more]

In order to understand the development of the Cowell business, it is essential to know something about lime. [Read more]

The enormous stands of virgin timber found in what would become Santa Cruz County attracted entrepreneurs to the area as ... [Read more]

The Laguna limekilns and quarries are located in Santa Cruz County, in the Santa Cruz mountains, in Bonny Doon, California, ... [Read more]

The Laguna limekilns are two, open top, side-by-side, top loading pot kilns that were built into the hillside such that ... [Read more]

Some brick pieces can be found in the remaining lining of both kilns, and in the rubble around the kilns. ... [Read more]

On the east side of Laguna Creek, downstream of Ice Cream Grade, are two side-by-side hillside pot kilns. Their floor ... [Read more]

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

It comes naturally in many forms. It comes in shades of white, yellow, green, brown, red, grey, and blue. It ... [Read more]

Since ancient times, limestone has been burned (calcined) in open pits or piles with the fuel mixed or layered with ... [Read more]

Named or branded bricks as seen, photographed, and/or collected in Santa Cruz, California from 1975 to 1996. List revised 17 ... [Read more]

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

This property, formerly known as the Thurber Quarry, contains 23 acres, situated two miles northwest of Santa Cruz, adjacent to ... [Read more]