Pioneer Jamboree at Stagecoach Inn Newbury Park on Saturday, June 9th

The Stagecoach Inn Museum will hold its Annual Pioneer Jamboree from 10 am to 4 pm, Saturday, June 9th, on the museum’s grounds at 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park.

This celebration of the way we lived, will include music, storytelling, butter churning, crafts, games, gold panning, lemon squeezing, fossil digging, antique toy making and m

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Team Work: Horses and Mules on the Job Exhibition in Santa Paula on June 2nd

 Pulling Their Weight: Learn How Horses and Mules Helped Ventura County Grow

Team Work: Horses and Mules on the Job, an exhibition opening Saturday, June 2 at the Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula, illustrates a time before tractors and automobiles, when four-legged horsepower provided the major muscle for agriculture and commerce. Rare photographs from the museum’s research library collection, as well as oral and written accounts, tell the story of how horses and mules were essential to Ventura County’s growth during the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries.

Mule Team Delivering Hay 1890s Oak St Ventura MVC Research Library Collection

A free reception on Sunday, June 3, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. will celebrate the opening of the Team Work exhibit and the accompanying exhibit Horse Play: Paintings by Katie Upton. The public is invited to meet artist and horse enthusiast Katie Upton and enjoy the Texas swing and bluegrass music of the Ventucky String Band. Both exhibits run through September 2 at the Agriculture Museum.

Team Work specifically explores the local use of draft animals in agriculture, the oil industry and by the railroads. They also pulled stagecoaches, streetcars and buggies; prepared the roads, delivered mail, freight, groceries and consumer goods; were first responders when fires broke out; and no patriotic parade was complete without a horse-drawn carriage or float.

Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum is located at 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula, California, in their historic downtown, near the Depot and railroad tracks. Hours are 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, free for Museum of Ventura County members, and for children ages 5 and younger. On first Sundays of the month, general admission is always free. For more information, go to www.venturamuseum.org or call (805) 525-3100.

1902 Ventura Street Car driver Jessie Sifford MVC Research Library Collection

History Days 2012 at Strathearn Park in Simi Valley on Saturday, June 16th

HISTORY DAYS 2012 at Strathearn Park in Simi Valley is on Saturday, June 16th from 9 am to 4 pm. Admission is $7.00 with children under 5 free. Families $20 maximum admission. All active duty and their families are free. 2012 activities to be announced...prior year's activities included the following:

• Antique cars
• Vintage tractors and vintage farm equipment
• Ham radio demonstrations
• Chumash stories and crafts
• Blacksmith horseshoeing demonstration
• Craft fun for big kids and little kids
• Vintage sewing machines
• Living history
• Photo opps
• Self-tours of historic buildings
• Kiwanis chuck wagon available for lunch - or bring your own lunch

Location: 137 Strathearn Place, Simi Valley - From Madera turn West on Strathearn Pl.

Information: 805-526-6453 or www.SimiHistory.com