2025
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Cowell and the IXL
One hundred and fifty years ago, the IXL Lime Company produced its first batch of lime near Felton. Frank Perry will discuss the company’s history in an online lecture on November 8, 2025.
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Nov. 8 history talk will focus on IXL Lime Company
Join historian Frank Perry, co-author of the book Lime Kiln Legacies, for a November 8 lecture on the IXL Lime Company. The speaker will discuss the history of the company, including some new information discovered since the publication of his book in 2007.
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Oct. 11 event takes you behind the scenes with the Cowell Family
Join historian Frank Perry and fellow Friends the Lime Works board members on October 11 for a tour of the house and grounds (now called the Cardiff House and home to the UCSC Women’s Center). We will also be dedicating the recently restored Cardiff Shed nearby.
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Lime Facts and Lime Fiction
Frank Perry describes how errors can sometimes creep into otherwise carefully researched books and articles, including those about Santa Cruz’s lime works history.
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Cowell Lime Works participating in 2025 History Fair
Our Friends group is participating again in the Santa Cruz County History Fair; this year’s fair will take place on Saturday, May 17.