News release
The community is invited to Rancho Camulos Museum on Sept. 26 for a presentation by Margie Brown-Coronel as she shares the story of how artifacts from the museum became part of an exhibit called “Many Voices One Nation” in the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., in 2017.
That ongoing exhibit traces the 500-year journey of diverse cultures meeting and shaping American society, said a news release from Rancho Camulos.
Within the exhibit, in the historical period about “Incorporating Western Lands,” the “Mexican California” segment is represented by the Spanish Mexican del Valle family. The del Valles had received the 1839 Mexican Land Grant of the 48,000-acre Rancho San Francisco and then later they lived and preserved their culture at their rancho in the westernmost portion of that area known as Camulos.
Brown-Coronel, an associate professor of history at California State University, Fullerton, played a major role in getting that story and the collection of Camulos artifacts from numerous sources included in the exhibit, the release said.
Tickets ($10) for the presentation are available online at ranchocamulos.org and at the door. The event is scheduled 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at the museum, 5164 E Telegraph Road, Piru.
