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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

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...

Postcards from the Past

Postcards from the Past

Click above for slideshowplaceholder to get around css problemThe earliest United States Postal Cards were issued by the U.S. post office in the 1870s, and the first commercial postcards sold as souvenirs were at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois in 1893....

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...

1983 Carmel Valley Viticultural Area Map

1983 Carmel Valley Viticultural Area Map

Click image for largerOther than for its ranching, farming, and fruit orchards, Carmel Valley is also recognized for its ideal grape-growing climate. To officially support this claim, the Society has recently been donated the official 1983 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...