JULY
4 - San Pedro
Bay Historical
Society's Annual 4th
of July Ice Cream
Social, at the
Muller House, 1542
Beacon St, San
Pedro: ice cream,
music, guest
speaker, and
spectacular
fireworks (9 pm)
over the Bay!
Reservations $5 per
person; check to
SPBay HistSoc c/o
Reddick, 3712
Almeria St, San
Pedro CA 0731.
Information
310.519.3613.
4 - Del Norte
Co. Historical
Society holds an
"Old Fashioned Ice
Cream and Homemade
Pie & Cobbler
Social!" 8:30 am-2
pm (if the pie holds
out); hot coffee
served. On the lawn
of the Main Museum,
577 H St. at 6h,
Crescent City.
10 - Santa
Ana Historical
Preservation
Society's
All-American Ice
Cream Social, and
2010 Annual
Membership & Awards
Meeting, at the
historic Dr.
Willella Howe-Waffle
House, 120 Civic
Center Dr W, Santa
Ana. Entertainment,
guest speaker,
Annual Preservation
Award to Guy Ball (CCHS
webmaster).
Reservations $10,
714.547.9645.
12-16 - "Wild
West Vaquero Camp"
for kids 7-10 years
old. Two one-week
camp sessions, 9
am-2 pm daily; $125
per session; at the
Santa Ynez Valley
Historical Museum,
3596 Sagunto St,
Santa Ynez. Campers
may weave a basket;
create a stamp of
their own brand
design; be
introduced to cowboy
poetry and to
old-fashioned
activities like
square dancing,
jacks, and
kick-the-can; learn
to braid a leather
lariat and to rope
like the vaqueros of
yesteryear!
Information, or to
register: call
805.688.7889 or
visit
www.santaynezmuseum.org
17 - Country
Music Festival &
BBQ, honoring Jake
Copass, at the
Montanaro Farm &
Store, Grand Ave,
Los Olivos. 4:30 pm
music and stagecoach
rides; 6:30 pm
dinner. 3 country
music groups, barn
dancing, Jake's
poetry & humor, tour
historic buildings,
live/silent auction,
wagon rides to Los
Olivos!
Ticket/donation $85
per person. Santa
Ynez Valley HistSoc
805.688.7889
17 - "Mayor
Fletcher Bowron"
lecture by Tom
Sitton, historian
and author, a part
of the 18th annual
Marie Northrop
Lecture Series. 2 pm
in the Taper
Auditorium of
Riordan Central
Library, 5th St
between Grand Ave &
Flower St, downtown
Los Angeles. FREE.
Los Angeles City
Historical Society:
213.891.4600 or
www.lacityhistory.org
29 - Bus trip
to Kendall-Jackson
Wine Center; depart
8 am from Valley
Village Apts, 390 N
Winchester Blvd,
Santa Clara; return
5 pm. Reservations
(& cancellations)
408.251.7887 M-F
mornings; $61 per
person. California
Pioneers of Santa
Clara Co.
16-20 -
Regional Oral
History Office
Summer Institute,
Bancroft Library, UC
Berkeley. See
bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO.
22 - Sonoma
Co Hist Soc invites
members and
interested parties
to take part in a
visit, noon to 4 pm,
to beautiful Glen
Oaks, 13255 Sonoma
Hwy, just south of
Glen Ellen.
Participants are
asked to bring their
own lunches and
folding chairs (and
portable tables if
possible). Beverages
will be provided.
Tours of the house
will be available.
No charge.
22 - Quilt
Show: quilts from
the museum
collection. Main
Museum of the Del
Norte Co. Historical
Society, 577 H St.
at 6th, Crescent
City.
26 - San
Francisco Moving
Movie Tour: coach
tour of movies made
in and about SF; 80+
film clips (video
screen on bus);
drive by locations
while the guide
explains more about
the film and the
actors. Hosted lunch
at Fog Harbor Fish
House; choice of
Mahi Mahi or steak.
More touring after
lunch, and stop at
Mel's Drive-In for
sundaes or milk
shakes (included).
Depart 8:45 am from
Valley Village Apts,
390 N Winchester
Blvd, Santa Clara;
return 5 pm.
Reservations (&
cancellations)
408.251.7887 M-F
mornings; $52 per
person. California
Pioneers of Santa
Clara County.
SEPT
21-24 - Lake
Tahoe Adventure: 3
nights & 4 days.
Stay at Embassy
Suites (daily
breakfast & cocktail
hour). Narrated Lake
cruise, gondola
ride, drive around
lake to Tallac
Museum, Watson
Cabin, Gatekeeper's
Museum, and more.
$505 each double
occupancy; $150
single supplement.
Reservations & info:
Mike at
408.246.1080.
California Pioneers
of Santa Clara
County
30 - Bus tour
to Charles M Schultz
Museum. Depart 8 am
from Valley Village
Apts, 390 N
Winchester Blvd,
Santa Clara; return
5 pm. Lunch at Warm
Puppy Cafe at
Snoopy's Home Ice in
the Redwood Empire
Ice Arena, choice of
sandwich: turkey,
tuna salad or BLT,
w/fries & salad.
After lunch tour
Canine Companions
for Independence and
learn of their
training and work
with the
handicapped..
Reservations (&
cancellations)
408.251.7887 M-F
mornings; $52 per
person. California
Pioneers of Santa
Clara County.
OCT
3 - Spanish
Day at the
Rios-Caledonia
Adobe, 700 Mission
St (across from
Mission San Miguel);
11 am-3 pm; FREE.
Friends of the
Adobes; 805.467.3357
or
hermanjah@tcsn.net
9 - 4th
Martinez Historical
Home Tour. For
information, visit
www.martinezhistory.org
9 - Family
History Day at the
California State
Archives, 1020 "O"
St, Sacramento; 8:30
am to 4 pm. Over 20
classes from
beginning genealogy
to internet
resources and
specialized research
topics such as
preservation of
family papers.
Genealogical,
historical and
lineage societies,
research libraries
and archives will
have displays and
information.
Admission FREE.
21-23 -
"What's So Funny
About History?"
California Council
for the Promotion of
History 30th annual
conference, in the
Sierra foothill
towns of Sonora,
Jamestown and
Columbia. Visit
www.csus.edu/org/ccph
for information.
22-30 -
"Trains & Canyons of
the Southwest:"
Sedona, Sedona
trolley tour,
Scottsdale, Phoenix,
Grand Canyon
Railway, Sandia Peak
Tramway. $2649 to
Collette Vacations
includes air San
Jose-Phoenix, tour
manager and guide
tips. 9 days, 13
meals. Information:
Mike 408.246.1080.
California Pioneers
of Santa Clara
County.
23 -
Strangers in a
Strange Land:
Immigrants Who
Shaped Orange
County, the annual
historical cemetery
tour from the Santa
Ana Historical
Preservation
Society. Costumed
actors share the
stories of people
who shaped a truly
“international”
Orange County. 714
547-9645, email:
tour@sahps.org,
or visit
www.santaanahistory.com
23 -
Candlelight Tour of
the Rios-Caledonia
Adobe (across from
Mission San Miguel)
- with ghost
stories! 7-9 pm;
FREE. Friends of the
Adobes; 805.467.3357
or
hermanjah@tcsn.net