Programs and Links

                       
2011- 2012 Calendar of Events:

Explore Calabasas History at the Calabasas Library

A new monthly series  led by the Calabasas Historical Society (CHS)

Jan. 26th, 12noon: Park Moderne AKA The Bird Streets– Learn the history of the first sub   division of Calabasas. See a video, photographs and maps from the CHS collection.

February 23,  12noon: California Cooking– Explore recipes from the 1950-80’s in cookbooks from the CHS collection. Cookbooks focus on California missions, hospitality and heritage.

March 29,  12noon: The History of Girard– Learn the story of Girard, the town that later  became Woodland Hills. See pictures of plot maps and learn how developers enticed settlers.

The Minnie Hill Palmer House, also known as The Homestead Acre, is the only remaining homestead cottage in the San Fernando Valley. The cottage is a redwood Stick-Eastlake style American Craftsman-Bungalow located on a 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) site in Chatsworth Park South in Chatsworth. 

The Dudley House, Ventura                        Downtown LA Walking Tour of the historic core of Los Angeles.  The tour, led by a special docent of the Los Angeles Architectural Conservancy, includied the following buildings and landmarks:  Pershing Square, Biltmore Hotel, Pacific Mutual Building *, Mayflower Hotel (now Hilton Checkers), Southern California Edison Building *, Los Angeles Central Library, US Bank Tower, Title Guarantee and Trust Building, Subway Terminal Building , Broadway Department Store (now known as the Junipero Serra State Office Building), Angels Flight, Grand Central Market, and Bradbury Building 

The Casa del Herrero, designed by architect George Washington Smith and completed in 1925, is noted as one of the finest examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in America, is included on the National Register of Historic Places, and in January 2009, was designated a National Historic Landmark by then Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne    (Pictured: George French, Arlene Bernholtz, Pat French)

Casa Del Herrero (Arlene Bernholtz and Taryn Wayne)


Urban Rangers’ Last-Harrah Malibu Public Beach Safari.  The Safaris was a 3-year Malibu project to celebrate our public beaches.     

TO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THESE EXCURSIONS, OR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CALL OR EMAIL MARTHA DULEY  
818-347-1744 or MDULEY26@GMAIL.COM 


Links

City of Calabasas: http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/

Calabasas Chamber of Commerce: http://www.calabasaschamber.com/

Leonis Adobe Museum: http://www.leonisadobemuseum.org/

Mountains Restoration Trust: http://www.mountainstrust.org/

Malibu Creek State Park: http://www.malibucreekstatepark.org/

Stunt Ranch: http://stuntranch.ucnrs.org/

Digital Library at CSUN: http://digital-library.csun.edu/SFV

Campo de Cahuenga: http://www.campodecahuenga.com/

Canogo-Owensmouth Historical Society: http://www.co-hs.org/

San Fernando Valley Historical Society: http://www.sfvhs.com/

Associated Historical Societies of Los Angeles County: http://www.ahslac.org/

Conference of California Historical Societies: http://www.californiahistorian.com/