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This collection contains 6 scrapbooks compiled at the turn of the 19th century by members of the Hecox family, the particular relatives of Adna and Margaret Hecox who first arrived in California in 1846. The scrapbooks vary in size, and consist of…
Laura Hecox and her mother, Margaret Hecox, on the front steps of the lighthouse. Miss Hecox's father was the lightkeeper until his death in 1883. After his death, Laura Hecox took over the position and served as lightkeeper for 33 years.
Cabinets containing the collection of marine life and minerals that belonged to Laura Hecox, the lightkeeper. One room in the lighthouse housed the collection and served as a small museum for visitors.
Laura Hecox, lightkeeper, sitting on the rocks just below West Cliff Drive.
A cabinet containing Laura Hecox's shell collection. Laura Hecox, the lightkeeper, turned one room of the lighthouse into a small museum. In 1904, she donated her collections to the City of Santa Cruz. Out of her collections grew the present Santa…
