Thursday, April 26, 2012

Olivas Adobe Field Trip


Today, we were able to visit Olivas Adobe Historical Park on an awesome field trip! 
 
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The Olivas Adobe home is the only two story adobe house from the California Rancho period still standing.  In 1847 it was built by Raymundo Olivas after he received a land grant from the Mexican government for his service in the military. 

An excellent set of docents helped us

mix adobe bricks in the mud pit
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Learn about herbal uses and remedies. 
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Rope Ferdinand the Bull
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Learn about the trade of cattle and their hides
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And Take corn from this
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To this
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To massa
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So we could use tortilla presses
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To create super yummy fresh tortillas.
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We were also able to tour the house.  
 Though the house is quite large, the upstairs only has three rooms. 

A girls’ room
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The master bedroom
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And a boys’ bedroom?----Nope!  The younger boys slept on the porch while the older boys bunked with the ranch hands.   Instead of using the third room for a boys’ bedroom, the third room was used as a chapel.  
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  Which served this family of 21 children and around 100 Chumash Indians and other hired ranch hands.
The house was filled with charming little artifacts like this mouse trap
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and this charming chamber pot
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Many of the original plants still remain at the rancho.
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We had an awesome day and learned a ton!  
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5 comments:

  1. How wonderful this looks like a great hands on place. thanks for sharing on field trip hop.

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  2. What a wonderful field trip! Thanks for sharing at Happy Family Times!

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  3. Thanks so much for sharing at Happy Family Times. What a fun and informative outing. I bet the tortillas tasted wonderful :-)

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  4. That looks like a great way to spend the day. I bet those fresh tortillas tasted wonderful. Thanks for sharing your trip with us!

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  5. My boys and I went on that field trip with you, although we don't know you. It was a great experience and a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing your memories (and mine) on this blog.

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