Beginnings

This is an incomplete essay addressing the culture and practices of early Indians to the explorers of the 1700s and setllers who followed.

Creator: Charlotte Lyons

Source: Essay

Date: BCE-1950s

Type: Essay

Identifier: MS-HUMMEL-BonnyDoonGeneralHistoricNotes-01

Collection

Marilyn Hummel: Bonny Doon History and Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve

Tags

Almaden Vineyards; Baldwin; Ben Lomond Winery; Bituminous; Brighten; California Bear Revolt; California Indians; Canandaigua; Captain John P. Davenport; Carlo Saroglia; Catholic Law; Civil War; Clear-cutting; Crest Ranch; Davenport; Davenport Landing; Donkey Engines; Dragging Logs; Dunleavy; Frederick Eaton Wilson; FW Billing; Georgia Luftus; Gil Sanchez; GinoniDairy; Gold Rush; Goodrich; Graham's Sawmill; Gushee; H. A. Pfeiffer; Harper's Ferry; Henneuese; Howard Nielsen; IC Wilson; James Williams; Jenne; JN Smith; Joaquin Armas; John Brown; John Burns; John F Coope; Lawlessness; LiddellCreek Lumber; Lime; Logging; Louis Benoist; Mayan Indians; McHenry Library Special Collections; McHenry Library UCSC\Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz; McHugh; Mexican government; Mission; Monterey Consulate; Mountain Echo; Navaho Indians; Osterhaus; Padre Adams; Ranch De La Laguna; Ranch del Oso; Rancho De La Canada del Rincoin; Rancho De Refugio; Rancho San Vincente; Rancho Zayante; Rowland; Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz County Assessors Maps; Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's Archives; Santa Cruz Sentinel; Sayante; Scaroni Dairy; Science Library UCSC; Sturtevant Lands; Thayer Lands; The Daily Surf; Thurber; Walwrath; Welles; Whaling Piers; Whipswaw; Williams Landing; Yellow Butter Dairy

Bonny Doon history before California settlers to 1950s.

Citation

Lyons, Charlotte. “Beginnings.” Essay. BCE-1950s. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/139098. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.