Saticoy’s Prisoner of War Camp
By Andy Ludlum, Museum Volunteer Ortwin Holdt and his fellow workers stood on stools and peered over a fence in Saticoy to watch…
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By Andy Ludlum, Museum Volunteer Ortwin Holdt and his fellow workers stood on stools and peered over a fence in Saticoy to watch…
Read MoreBy Andy Ludlum, Museum Volunteer Ventura County’s first organized baseball game was played in 1873, a time when new rules were beginning to…
Read MoreBy Andy Ludlum, Museum Volunteer Paleontologist Ed Mercurio has called Ventura County a marvel of paleontological diversity. He told the Los Angeles Times,…
Read MoreBy Andy Ludlum, Museum Volunteer Early Ventura County newspapers offered one of the few ways to connect pioneer communities with stories, opinions, and…
Read MoreBy Andy Ludlum, Museum Volunteer Don José De la Guerra y Noriega was known to everyone as “El Capitán.” He was already one…
Read MoreWritten by Andy Ludlum, Library Volunteer This was the moment they had been working towards for over 25 years. Suffragists were confident that…
Read MoreWritten by Andy Ludlum, Library Volunteer Recorded interviews in the Research Library’s oral history collection give us a glimpse into the lives of…
Read Moreby Library Staff Three grades still in use today, the Conejo Grade, the Dennison Grade and the Norwegian Grade, played an important role…
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