Book Talk and Signing: “Rancho Guadalasca: Last Ranch of California’s Central Coast”
**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Wed, Aug 23 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Address (map)
215A E. Canon Perdido
Venue (website)
Alhecama Theatre
Join archaeologist and anthropology professor Colleen M. Delaney as she traces five-thousand years of community and lifeways that shaped Ventura County in her book, Rancho Guadalasca: Last Ranch of California’s Central Coast. A Mexican land grant awarded in 1836, Rancho Guadalasca lay at the western end of the Santa Monica Mountains along the eastern Oxnard Plain.
Indigenous Chumash, Californio ranchers, Anglo American farmers, Japanese fishermen, and Basque sheepherders all left their marks on the land, along with institutions like Camarillo State Hospital and CSU Channel Islands.
A limited number of book copies will be available for purchase. A book signing will follow the book talk.
This book talk is free for SBTHP members and $5 for nonmembers.
About the Author
Colleen M. Delaney channeled her interest in history to earn a PhD in Anthropological Archaeology. Currently a professor at California State University–Channel Islands, Professor Delaney uses archaeology, history, and oral history to tell the stories of Ventura County’s past and present.