News release
The Rancho Camulos Museum is hosting the opening of a new art exhibit 1 p.m. Saturday featuring “The Whimsical World of Carl Peters,” the immigrant blacksmith who lived and worked at Camulos from about 1920 to 1943.
This exhibit focuses on authentic artifacts from Peters’ workshop, and was curated by Barbara De Hart, the granddaughter of August and Mary Rubel.
The Rubels purchased the 1,800-acre Camulos working ranch from the del Valle family in 1924. The del Valle family had been given the land as part of the 48,000-acre Rancho San Francisco. It was an 1839 Mexican land grant that spanned the area from the Newhall Pass to the Piru Creek.
California Blacksmith Association instructor Gary Standke, who provided professional consultation for the exhibit, will be on hand to answer questions. The suggested donation for the event is $15. This exhibit will be a permanent part of the museum’s docent-led tour program.
As part of the exhibit opening, Rancho Camulos plans to honor the Canyons Questers for the nonprofit organization’s contributions totaling $3,500 to Rancho Camulos, helping to fund the exhibit. Canyons Questers is the local chapter of an international organization dedicated to keeping history alive through education, preservation of meaningful places and funding restoration projects.
The museum is located at 5164 E. Telegraph Road, Piru, about 12 miles west of Interstate 5 on State Route 126. For more information, go to RanchoCamulos.org.
