“ said, we’re going to go to a luncheon, it’s about giving tours to kindergartners and first-graders,” she recalled. The 78-year-old Fountain Valley resident has volunteered at the farm for the past 20 years, since her husband urged her to consider the activity. Kids and their parents were surprised to learn a loofah is not a sea sponge, but the dried interior of a gourd. Nearby, longtime volunteer Cheri Wall manned the touch table, which encourages kids to hold, touch and smell various varieties of vegetables, flowers and crop plants. As a treat, they got to see baby chicks and pet them. Inside the Millenium Barn, children watched cow-milking demonstrations and learned about the development of chickens, from the egg to tiny fluff balls to full-grown adults. “There’s so much to know - I need to get my feet wet by just doing this,” she said, and when Alward had to step away momentarily and a group of school children came to see the massive bovines, that’s exactly what she did. Thursday found newcomer Bills working with Alward and the oxen. Their breed was brought from Devonshire, England to the Plymouth Colony in 1623 and was George Washington’s favorite cow. The American Milking Devon bulls came from a ranch in Colorado. “So when I retired, I came here.”īy now, the tutorial she delivers to children as she introduces them to Howie and Hoss has become second nature. And when I came, this was the first place I came,” she said. “When the fair came I’d be the first one to come out. Although she is visually impaired and has to take a 90-minute bus ride to Costa Mesa from her home in Seal Beach twice a week and four times during the fair, it’s worth the trip. She explains to youngsters an ox is simply a cow or bull that has taken up the yoke and been put to work.Īlward came to Centennial Farm 15 years ago after retiring from UC Irvine, where she worked as an academic counselor. Not sure what to do next in your genealogy research? Get some new ideas by using our Ancestor Source Finder tool.Near the site’s Millennium Barn, 76-year-old volunteer Robin Alward is stationed near two 2,400-pound oxen, Howie and Hoss. (Tracy, San Joaquin County, Cal.) 1898-Current Stockton: Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. (Manteca, San Joaquin County, Calif.) 1917-Current (Lodi, San Joaquin County, Calif.) 1870s-1894 (Lodi, San Joaquin County, Calif.) 1881-1935 (Escalon, San Joaquin County, Calif.) 1926-Current For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.Įscalon: Escalon Times. Offline Newspapers for San Joaquin CountyĪccording to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed in this county, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. Vital records from Stockton (California) newspapers, 1850-1852 FamilySearch Library Stockton, California Newspaper Index, Schools (Stockton), Ca. Stockton, California Newspaper Index, Ca. Stockton Weekly Independent to Genealogy Bank Stockton Record (Stockton, 1890-1904) California Digital Newspaper Collection Stockton Independent (Stockton, 1856-1925) California Digital Newspaper Collection Stockton Evening and Sunday Record 1969-1969 Stockton Daily Independent to Genealogy Bank San Joaquin Republican (Stockton, 1851-1862) California Digital Newspaper Collection San Joaquin County Public Library, Stockton, Calif., obituary index file, ca. San Joaquin County Public Library, Stockton, Calif., W.P.A. San Joaquin County Public Library, Stockton, Calif., Stockton Newspaper Index, Ca. Record, The: Blogs to Current Genealogy Bank Pacifican, The: University of the Pacific to Genealogy Bank Gold rush days, volume IV : births and marriages : copied from early newspapers of Stockton, California, 1856-1862 WorldCat Gold rush days : vital statistics copied from early newspapers of Stockton, California, 1856-1862 WorldCat Gold rush days : vital statistics copied from early newspapers of Stockton, California, 1850-1862. Gold rush days : vital statistics copied from early newspapers of Stockton, California, 1850-1855 WorldCat Gold rush days : vital statistics copied from early newspapers of Stockton, California WorldCat Daily Evening Herald 1865-1881 ĭaily San Joaquin Republican to Genealogy Bank
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