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Living History Day – Every spring, step back in time to 1840, with hands-on activities for kids, music, games, dancing. |
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For all the details, read our blog post: Petaluma Adobe: Rancho Living History Day |
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Kids can explore the two story adobe brick house (80 percent of the adobe bricks are original) and grounds of this historic rancho. The house was not just a home to the Vallejo family and ranch workers, there were large storerooms and workshops for rendering tallow from cowhides, making candles, dying wool, weaving blankets, blacksmithing and carpentry. |
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Downstairs, check out the hides storeroom with stacks of cowhides and other examples of saddles and leather working, the granary where sacks of corn, barley and wheat were stored and a grinding mill, weaving room with large looms. In the courtyard beehive ovens were used for cooking, and large iron pots for other crafts. |
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Upstairs are the dining room (with a big long dining table, there were always a lot of people to feed), parlor and large family bedroom for the Vallejo family, servants and artisan's quarters. |
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Bring your lunch, there are picnic tables in the shade, next to the parking lot. |
