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https://history-omeka-dev.santacruzpl.org/omeka/uploads/articles/AR-021.pdf

Date: 1912-07
Source: This article, with photographs, was published in Overland Monthly, July, 1912, pp. 17-23.
Type: ARTICLE

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On May 14, 1903, Sarah Agnes Cowell, the youngest daughter of Henry Cowell, was killed in a buggy accident at the Cowell Ranch. Sarah and the ranch housekeeper were riding in the family buggy along the upper kiln road on the Cowell ranch (now the…

Date: 1903-05-14
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
October 30, 1975

Type: ARTICLE

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Limekilns on the former Cowell Ranch. The quarried limestone was dumped into the open pits from the path at the top. The square stone tower is an oil-burning "patent" kiln. This site, which was known as the "Lower Kilns was in use until 1946. It is…

Date: late 1950's
Type: PHOTO

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An oil-burning "patent" kiln on the former Cowell Ranch. Oil-fired kilns began to be used in the 1880's as timber became scarce. Two older pit style kilns are visible to the left of the "patent" kiln. This site is now part of the UCSC campus, near…

Date: ca. late 1950's
Type: PHOTO

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The Cowell Ranch cooperage, which manufactured barrels for shipping the lime produced in the kilns seen in the background. This site is now part of the UCSC campus, near the Main Entrance.

Date: After mid 1960's (when the eastern half of the cooperage was removed)
Type: PHOTO

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Two of Henry Cowell's daughters, in front of the Ranch House on the Cowell Ranch.

Date: late 1800's
Type: PHOTO

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Date: Late 1950s
Type: PHOTO

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Mary Shaw (left) and sister Ellen Rubottom with son Roy Shaw by the family cabin, Cowell Ranch. The ranch is now part of UC Santa Cruz.

Date: 1910
Source: Photo courtesy of Shareen Bell.
Type: PHOTO

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