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Stage to Tassajara Hot Springs

Photo Circa 1900

Los Laureles Lodge

Photo Circa 1920

Carmel Valley

Photo Circa 1880’s

Hatton Dairy, Mouth of Carmel Valley

Photo Circa Late 1930’s

Holman Ranch Rodeo

Photo circa 1950

Rosie's Cracker Barrel

Photo Circa 1960

Carmel Valley Trail & Saddle Club (Est. 1956)

Photo Circa 1965

Carmel Valley Vintage Airfield

Photo circa 1990

New Edition: History of Jamesburg Earth Station

New Edition: History of Jamesburg Earth Station

44 pages (8.5×11 format), 65 photos Carmel Valley’s Jamesburg Earth Station played a key role in Intelsat’s world-wide communications global network from the 1960s to the 1990s. Among its historic transmissions are Apollo 11’s famous “first step” TV video on the moon,...

SAVE the DATE: Teague-Swanson Talk July 18

SAVE the DATE: Teague-Swanson Talk July 18

(Click images for larger)placeholder to get around uppercase styling in next blockA Presentation by Scott Gale with Kris Swanson Donald Teague & Jack Swanson Carmel Valley History Center Saturday, July 18, 3:30 Join Scott Gale and Kris Swanson for an image-rich...

June 2026 Newsletter Now Available

June 2026 Newsletter Now Available

In this issue: A Message from CVHS Co-Presidents The Carmel Valley Tennis Camp 2026 Annual Meeting a Huge Success! Viticultural Area Map & Documentation Upcoming Event Financial Contributions Documents, Photos, Artifacts, Etc

Video: JES Satellite Dish

Video: JES Satellite Dish

See and hear Carmel Valley’s Jamesburg Earth Station dish reposition itself in the following spliced together videos taken in May 2026. As is seen, the antenna is still operational after first being built by Comsat to support Intelsat’s worldwide communication system...