The Lime Kiln Chronicles
Through our newsletter, the Lime Kiln Chronicles, the Friends share the latest in historical research, recent gifts, and activities in the District. The Chronicles is published twice yearly, April 1 and October 1.
2013
Hay Barn to be Restored!
Lime's Sister Industry: Bituminous Rock
A Model Home (Cabin B)
The New Fence, Boy Scout Jonathan Chaney
New Signs Greet Visitors
Spring Archaeological Excavation
IRA Charitable Rollover Program Reauthorized for 2013
Branding Iron
A Crash Course in Technology
Lime and Fingerprints
Isaac Davis Quasquicentennial
2012
Archaeology (cabin B study completed)
Barn, Hay (exhibit at the MAH)
Barn, Hay (feasibility study)
Bricks (sent to museum in Japan)
Cooperage (study completed)
Cowell, Ernest V. (employees in will)
“Our Lady of Miracles” (artifact discovered)
Paramoure, Patricia (archaeology study by)
Photograph (aerial, 1957)
Signs, interpretive (funding received)
Cabin B Restoration (restoration photos)
Cattle
Conde, Joseph (interview)
Cook House (last cooks)
Coewll, Alica (petitions for more money, 1912)
Cowell, S. H. (supposed last visit)
Hay (harvesting)
Hunters (unwelcome on Cowell Ranch)
Lime Kilns (description of Rincon)
Lorenzana, Jim (interview)
Morgan, Sally (staff liaison departs)
Netto, Joseph and Mary (worked for Cowell)
Plants (tour to see)
Rincon
Timber Framing (lecture and demonstration)
2011
Barn, Hay (study completed)
Boy Scouts (restore fence)
Community Foundation (grant for cooperage)
Gosliner, Aaron (sign discovered)
Lime Kiln, continuous (sesquicentennial)
Movies (made here in 1911)
Muse, Stan (boy scouts restore fence)
Photographs (taken in 1960s)
Signs, interpretive (prototype installed)
Barn, Hay (documentation starts)
Cardiff Shed (restoration work)
Cowell, S. H. (birthday and biography)
2010
Archaeology (update on Cabin B)
Baker-Rabe, Philippa (interview with student)
Cooperage (grant to document)
Jordan descendants (visit lime works)
Nails (using to date Cabin B)
National Trust for Hist. Preservation (grant)
Newspapers (old ones in Cabin B)
Wood (donated)
Barrel lifer (tool)
Plaque, National Register (unveiled)
Sugar (use of lime making)
2009
Cabin B (restoration continues)
Certificate of Appreciation from City
Conference, Lime (report on)
Jordan, A. P. and family
Brown, Albert (biography)
Cabin B (restoration begins)
Cooperage (grant to stabilize)
Cowell, Henry (quote about kiln)
Cowell, S. H. Foundation (grant from)
Depressions, economic
2008
Bricks (refractory used in kilns)
Cabrillo Civic Club (donation)
Cacace, Jo Ann (interview)
Cowell, Henry (confusion with musician)
Lime (used by rich and famous)
Rose (heritage variety at Cabin B)
Silva, Carlos (family history)