An article beginning at the earliest history of the present-day UCSC campus, going from how natives governed the land, to settling Spaniards and Mexicans, to the Cowell Ranch era. Presented with interviews and a familiar touch of campus locales.

Notables: Henry Cowell, Harriet Cowell, Carriage House, Ohlone, Randall Jarrell, Rancho La Canada del Rincon, Rancho Refugio, Pedro Sainsevain, Jose Bolcoff, Candida Castro, Frank Perry, Santa Cruz City Museum, Harry Cowell, S H Cowell Foundation, Ranch House, Albion P Jordan / Albion Jordan, Bull Barn, Stone House, Granary, Barn Theater, Cooperage