Director of Advancement Alyssa Kichula at the Cocina. Photo by Anne Petersen.
On April 6, 2017, staff at the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation welcomed 300+ local third graders to El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park for Early California Day, a day of living history demonstrations related to life in early California. Demonstrations included gardening and native plants, blacksmithing, archaeology, life of the Soldados , wool spinning, Chumash storytelling, and pottery.
Docent Sean Barnwell with students at the adobe and construction station. Photo by Anne Petersen.
We had a a busy day, and several of our newly-trained docents made their debut at the program. We our proud to serve over 700 Santa Barbara County Students over this two-day program every spring. If you would like to be a part of it, we can use your help! The next Early California Days will be on Thursday May 11. For more information, or if you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact Kevin McGarry, Director of Programs, at kevin@sbthp.org or (805) 965-2004.
Docent Suzi Calderon Bellman discusses women’s work, including laundry, mending and keeping chickens. Photo by Anne Petersen.
For more photos from Early California Day by Mike Imwalle and Anne Petersen, please visit our Flickr album, here.