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RCM Breaks Ground on New Tataviam Village member of a prominent Santa Barbara
California family. The couple married in
In partnership with 1893 under the once expansive Camulos
the Fernandeno walnut tree.
Tataviam Band of
Mission Indians, Plans are underway to stage an exhibit
RCM broke ground and lecture in 2018 on these two
this fall on a new exciting museum acquisitions.
interpretive village
·. that will share
Tataviam history
and their role at COMING MARCH 2018: Reginaldo de/ Valle
Rancho Camulos in St. Francis Dam Disaster: Camulos Connections
the 19th-century.
Tataviam Indians March 18, 2018 marks the
Volunteers at work on the new Tataviam labored for the 90th anniversary of the
village at RCM, scheduled to open in early 2018 del Valle family
terrifying St. Francis Dam
and helped to build the family's home, now referred to as the Disaster that devastated
"Main Adobe." much of the Heritage
Valley and took the lives
The village being constructed by Tataviam and museum of more than 450 people.
volunteers will consist of a dwelling (kij), a storytelling area In remembrance of this
(ramada), a non-functioning sweat lodge and native plants tragic date in local history,
from the Tataviam era. The village will offer school children Rancho Camulos (along
and older visitors the opportunity to learn about the role the with other community
Tataviam people played at Camulos. The village will open for Ruins of St. Francis Dam, 1928 organizations) will
tours in early 2018. commemorate the occasion
with a special month-long exhibit and lecture. The exhibit, "The
Historic Portraits Returned to Camulos St. Francis Dam Disaster: Camulos Connections" will be open
to the public every Sunday of the month from 1-4 p.m. in the
The portraits of two
museum's recently renovated small adobe. The exhibit will
important del Valle family
include photos, letters and newspaper articles documenting
members, attributed to
how Rancho Camulos experienced the disaster. Coincidentally,
noteworthy painter and
Reginaldo del Valle, who was a member of the Board of Water
illustrator Alexander
and Power Commissioners for the city of Los Angeles between
1. Harmer (1856-1925), have
1908-1929, spent his formative years at Camulos before his
been donated to Rancho
family sold the property in 1924. Del Valle's connection to the
Camulos by del Valle
descendants. The wedding disaster will also be explored.
portrait of Josefa del Valle
On Sunday, March 18 at 1 p.m., RCM will host a community
Forster ( 1861-1943 ) was
potluck and guest speaker to commemorate the St. Francis
recently donated to the
Dam break and flood. National Park Service archeologist
museum by Suzie Daggett,
Ann Stansell will speak on her research findings and answer
the great granddaughter
questions regarding the disaster's impact on Rancho Camulos
of Josefa, who played an
in what ranks as one of the worst American civil engineering
important role in helping
her widowed mother failures in the twentieth century.
manage the ranch before
RCM Board Chair Judy Triem accepts
the 19th-century wedding portrait the property was sold in 2018 RCM EVENTS CALENDAR
ofjosefa de/ Valle Forster from 1924. Josefa was noted as
Suzie Daggett, great granddaughter the president of the del
of the bride Valle corporation on the SUNDAY, FEB. 11 - Helen Huntjackson Returns
firm's letterhead in the
to Rancho Camulos. (Living History Re-enactment.)
early 1900s. Daggett also returned the small mission bell to
2 p.m. $5 per person.
the museum that originally hung adjacent to the chapel with
two larger bells. SUNDAY, MARCH 18 - St. Francis Dam Exhibit
& Lecture
The portrait of Josefa's older brother Reginaldo del Valle (1854-
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 -Artists' Day. An invitation for
1938) was donated to the museum by his great granddaughter
DeeDee Grady about two years ago, and was recently painters and photographers to enjoy Camulos'
restored. This portrait, likely painted in the early 1880s, depicts colorful gardens and grounds. $25 per person.
Reginaldo as a young man. Although not signed, the portrait
Reservations required.
bears a strong similarity to the portrait of his sister Josefa
FRIDAY, APRIL 20 - Cowboy Festival & Luncheon.
and is also believed to be the work of Harmer. According to
Harmer's great granddaughter, Michele Plumridge, the painter Includes concert, tour and vaquero buffet.
spent a lot of time at Camulos as a young man, was friendly Performer to be announced in early 2018.
with the del Valle family and married Felicidad Abadie Yorba, a