Old Californio News

 
Veterans Memorial & Burial Meadow Dedication Ceremony
Aptos Times
Come join us, and all Veterans whether young or old. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Tres Pueblos, Post 7263, Santa Cruz, California has received a donation of the Stagnaro Family Crypt from “Big Boy” Robert Stagnaro to be dedicated for the burial of ...

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Pasadena Weekly
Sideman Summit
Pasadena Weekly
“[Social Distortion keyboardist] Danny McGough sat in for Jason a couple times, and Woody Aplanalp from Old Californio subbed for Rick,” Douglas says. “But typically we try to only have one sub. It's hard for a lot of people to learn that repertoire ...


 
Your Community: Dates to Watch and Upcoming Events
Signal
The early Californio lifestyle is preserved in its original rural environment at this nonprofit museum. Docent-led public and group tours are offered at 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm on Saturday and Sunday February through November and by appointment year-round.

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Santa Teresa County Park is a hidden jewel in South San Jose and Gilroy
San Jose Mercury News
Early San Jose settler José Joaquin Bernal carved out a cattle ranch here in the early 1800s, and it was also here that the Treaty of Santa Teresa was signed in 1844, paving the way to Mexico relinquishing its claim to California.


 
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Times Past: Bones would not stop railroad
San Luis Obispo Tribune
After the founding of Mission San Luis Obispo, this area became our region's principal seaport where cattle hides (Californio “dollars”), tallow, barley and wine were exchanged for much needed iron implements. That trade continued into the rancho era.


 
Los Angeles Times
Updating historical San Gabriel pageant will take some doing
Los Angeles Times
Today, Lopez is thrilled that the city of San Gabriel, the Mission Playhouse and the East LA Classic Theatre plan to revive next year the landmark romance about the rise and fall of California's mission system for the town's centennial.


 
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Oui, the French eyed California
San Luis Obispo Tribune
By Courtesy photo | purchase prints Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, near Oceanside in 1842, drawn for the Eugene Duflot de Mofras spying expedition on the wealth of California. By Dan Krieger Leather from cattle hides became the major source of ...