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UC Santa Cruz Other Recent Work Title Santa Cruz and the Cowell Ranch, 1890-9641 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2zw5t11r Authors Regional History Project, UCSC Library Cardiff, George Calciano, Elizabeth Spedding Publication Date 1965-06-01 Supplemental Material https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2zw5t11r#supplemental eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California i University of California, Santa Cruz The University Library GEORGE H. CARDIFF SANTA CRUZ AND THE COWELL RANCH, 1890-1964 An Interview Conducted By Elizabeth Spedding Calciano Santa Cruz 1965 ii George H. Cardiff At his screen door November, 1962 iii All uses of this manuscript are covered by an agreement between the Regents of the University of California and George H. Cardiff, dated January 7, 1965. The manuscript is thereby made available for research purposes. All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to The University Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the University Librarian of the University of California, Santa Cruz. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. COMING TO CALIFORNIA ..................................................................................................................................................3 CHESTNUTWOOD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE............................................................................................................................8 STIKEMAN AND CANFIELD'S GROCERY STORE .............................................................................................................15 THE CANFIELD FAMILY ..................................................................................................................................................19 OWNING A LIVERY STABLE................................................................................................................... CLAUS SPRECKELS ..........................................................................................................................................................24 RUNNING THE STABLE ....................................................................................................................................................30 WAKES AND FUNERALS ....................................................................................................................................................37 DRIVING TO SAN JOSE..................................................................................................................................................43 CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON ..................................................................................................................................47 COURTING IN SANTA CRUZ................................................................................................................... TWELVE YEARS IN GLENN COUNTY ........................................................................................................... STARTING A RETAIL LUMBER COMPANY ...................................................................................................... AUSTIN HOUGHTON ..........................................................................................................................................................61 THE SAN VICENTE LUMBER COMPANY ...........................................................................................................................66 S. R. COWELL BUYS THE BUSINESS .........................................................................................................................72 COMMUNITY SERVICE......................................................................................................................... THE LIBRARY BOARD......................................................................................................................................................74 WATER BOND SCANDAL....................................................................................................................................................80 BANK OF AMERICA ADVISORY BOARD............................................................................................................................84 STARTING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ........................................................................................................................86 SANTA CRUZ HOSPITALS..................................................................................................................... ESTABLISHING HANLY HOSPITAL ..................................................................................................................................97 MARY JANE HANLY........................................................................................................................................................106 DOMINICAN SANTA CRUZ HOSPITAL............................................................................................................................108 COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ..................................................................................................................................................111 COUNTY HOSPITAL ........................................................................................................................................................115 THE COWELL RANCH........................................................................................................................... EMPLOYEES -- PORTUGUESE AND ITALIAN...............................................................................................................118 THE LIME KILNS..........................................................................................................................................................122 COWELL OXTEAMS ..........................................................................................................................................................132 THE GHOST RANCH........................................................................................................................................................135 THE COWELL WHARF......................................................................................................................................................139 MAKING BARRELS ..........................................................................................................................................................141 CATTLE AND HAY ..........................................................................................................................................................144 THE COOKHOUSE ............................................................................................................................................................152 HUNTING AND FENCING ................................................................................................................................................154 HENRY COWELL REDWOODS STATE PARK .....................................................................................................................158 THE COWELL FAMILY.......................................................................................................................... v THE RANCH HOME..........................................................................................................................................................166 S. 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(HARRY) COWELL ..........................................................................................................................................167 ERNEST COWELL ............................................................................................................................................................181 ISABELLA AND HELEN COWELL....................................................................................................................................183 SARAH COWELL ..............................................................................................................................................................187 THE UNIVERSITY PORTION OF THE COWELL RANCH.................................................................................... 189 ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY ..........................................................................................................................................189 THE INDIAN MOUND......................................................................................................................................................193 THE GOLD MINE............................................................................................................................................................194 NEIGHBORING PROPERTY ..............................................................................................................................................200 THE COWELL COMPANY......................................................................................................................... THE FALL CREEK PROPERTY .......................................................................................................................................201 POGONIP.........................................................................................................................................................................204