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~ RANCHO CAMULOS ~ PREFA

tors and passers-by can purchase. Rancho
Camulos citrus and other tasty ranch products
under the Home of Ramona brand name. From
the rest stop, a restored steam locomotive can
be seen pulling up to the Camulos Depot, a
small wooden structure and platf orrn recon-
structed in its original location across the high-
way to the north. A large group of tourists
disembarks from the train for a visit to the
Rancho.

Also, visible from this spot is the Visitor Cen-
ter sign hanging on the small adobe home built
in 1920. The Visitor Center contains interesting
exhibits, literature and history about the Ranch
and the other attractions of the Santa Clara River
Valley. Here, helpful museum staff run a small
gift shop, where among other things, copies of
the book Ramona can be purchased. A path
The Courtyard, as it appeared in early 1900's, with the original formal planting still substantially in place.
leads from the Visitor Center back to the orchard

School house, built in the 1930' s for the children the county's agricultural histocy.
on the ranch. A film of the Ramona stocy is show-
ing in the school house to a.group of high school Across from the winecy is a bunkhouse with clis-
students. plays depicting the life and work of ranch hands.

As the path curves past the Giant Walnut tree, A rest stop on the tour is provided at a small
you come upon a rustic brick building, the del shady grouping of tables and chairs under an
Valle winery, built in the 1860's. Inside you arbor of purple wisteria flowers. Water
find an exhibit hall packed with artifacts and gurgles as it flows through an open channel
displays depicting the history of the site, in- to irrigate nearby orchards. From here, you
cluding Native American influences, the daily lives can see the bright red barn with its Ii ve ani- The Winery, as it appeared at the tum of the century.
of the Del Valle and Rubel families, and an ex- mal and agricultural equipment exhibits. You Note the picket fence along the drive .
tensive collection of faim implements that span can also see the highway fruit stand. Ranch visi-

OVERVIEW AND VISION