Lime Kiln Chronicles: Spring/Summer 2013

A newsletter detailing current events and notable history surrounding the Cowell Lime Works. The primary article within speaks of lime's adjacent industry of bituminous rock mining.

Notables: Dos Osos Timberworks, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Webster Foundation, Virginia Rivera, Santa Cruz Archaeological Society, Les Strong, Jill Perry, Jonathan Chaney, Ken Christopher, Redtree Partners, Orin Hutchinson, Pat Paramoure, William Majors, Thomas Majors / Tom Majors, Henry J Majors, bituminous rock / asphaltum / tar sand / petroleum / bituminous sand, Henry Cowell, UCSC Oral History Project, Santa Margarita Formation, Monterey Formation, Brian Thompson, Domenic DeLuca, Margaret Koch, Isaac Thurber, Santa Cruz Surf, Mark Hylkema, Isaac Davis / Isaac Elphinstone Davis, Albion P Jordan, William T Coleman, Davis & Jordan, Davis & Cowell, Rincon Quarry, Ernest Cowell
Source:
  • Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District
  • University of California, Santa Cruz
Date: 2013
Type: NEWSLETTER; ARTICLE; PHOTO; NEWS
Coverage:
  • Santa Cruz
  • UCSC
  • Education
  • Cement industry
  • 2010s
  • Business
  • Native American
  • Science
  • Geology
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-UCSC-04

Citation

Perry, Frank et al. “Lime Kiln Chronicles: Spring/Summer 2013.” Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District. 2013. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/139832. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.