LMVA LIVING HISTORY
September 2&3, 2023
Labor Day Weekend
Join us the Laguna Mountain Volunteer Association
for the 34th Annual Presentation of
LIVING HISTORY
Visit a Kwaaymii Indian display , an Imperial Valley Farm family, Cowboys from the Campo Cattle Company, and the Cleveland National Forest’s first Ranger, Carl Brenner,
and be sure to watch out for Smokey Bear!
LAGUNA MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS
THE RED-TAILED ROOST
10385 Sunrise Highway
Near 22.5 Mile Marker of Sunrise Highway,
across from the Old Volunteer Fire Department station.
Tour times: Sat/Sun 9:30 to 11:30, 1:00 to 3:00
Sorry, no pets allowed on the tour, but we will gladly pet-sit them for you.
THE RED-TAILED ROOST
10385 Sunrise Highway
Kumeyaay
Get acquainted with the lifestyle of the long-ago Kwaaymii Indians who called their Mount Laguna home a “Land of Plenty”. From where you stand today, look around. What would you use from nature, and how? For these hunter-gatherers, life was good. They knew what local materials to use for food, clothing, medicine, and shelter.
Farm Family
Turn-of-the-20th century pioneering families of Imperial County sought relief from summer’s scorching heat by camping out all season in Laguna’s cool forests. They were happy to have visitors.
Cowboys
You meet real cowboys depicting the 1880s Campo Cattle Company whose herds munched on the tender mountain grasses of Laguna Meadow. We wonder if today’s
meadow grazers are descendants from the Campo Cattle Company’s herds.
Jackass Mail Line
The San Antonio–San Diego Mail Line, also known as the Jackass Mail, was begun June 22, 1857, the first land mail operation from the Eastern United States to California It left San Antonio and reached San Diego via Oriflamme Canyon. Learn more about this historic route to California.
Prospectors
There were several mines in the Mount Laguna Recreation Area. The prospectors were hardened people who worked hard to grind up rocks searching for gold. Their methods were different from those who panned for gold. Come find out what these prospectors have to say about their adventures.
Forest Ranger
Mount Laguna’s
first Forest Ranger,
Carl Brenne
started work in 1912.
How was his job similar to that of forest rangers today?
Come listen and find out.
Coleman camping!
Take you back to what it was like to camp in the 1960s on Mount Laguna. Take time to reminisce and see the big canvas tent, white gas lantern and cook stove, old red and white ice chest, with the insulated water jugs, coffee pot and the big thick sleeping bag with much more.
SMOKEY
WATCH FOR SMOKEY BEAR AND FIRE FIGHTERS WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT
If they are not on call
they may be able to visit and show off their equipment.
ACTORS
Actors are members of Laguna Mountain Volunteer Association,
and their invited guests:
First Ranger (Carl Brenner): Joe Zechman
Farm Family-Joe and Linda Sullivan, and family
Campo Cattle Company: Bob Callen and Company
Kumeyaay People: Vivian Sartori
Miner Prospector: John Grisafi
Jackass Mail Line John and Laurie Fisher
2023 LIVING HISTORY is presented by
Laguna Mountain Volunteer Association in cooperation with
Descanso District, Cleveland National Forest.