Event date: Saturday, February 26,
2011
Event place:
Rancho
Cucamonga,
CA
History Day at the John Rains
House
Families are invited to try life as early
Californians lived it at the John Rains House in Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday, February 26, from 11am to 2pm. This event is free of
charge.
Family activities will reflect the life of the early
Southern
California settlers—beat
rugs, wash clothes the old-fashioned way, make candles, make whirly gigs and
corn husk dolls, and other activities common in the 1800s. Children can even
make an authentic adobe brick to take home. Activities are suitable for children
ages 4 and older.
The day will also include tours of the fired
brick John Rains House led by members of the Casa de Rancho Cucamonga Historical Society. The John Rains House is the
restored 1860 residence of John and Maria Merced Rains on the Cucamonga Rancho.
It passed through several owners between 1871 and 1971 when it was purchased by
the County of San
Bernardino and became a San Bernardino County
Museum Historic Site. The John Rains House is listed on
the National Register of Historic Places. It is the oldest fired brick structure
standing in San Bernardino County.
The John Rains House, a San Bernardino County Museum historic site, is at
8810
Hemlock Street in Rancho Cucamonga. To reach the site, take
Vineyard
Avenue north from Interstate 10. Turn right on Hemlock,
just north of Foothill
Boulevard. No
admission fee is charged; donations will go toward the preservation and
maintenance of the historic site. For more information call (909) 307-2669 ext.
271, or visit www.sbcountymuseum.org.
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