by sbadmin | Jul 5, 2024 | Video
Play In this video, Jeff covers the early brands of California through branding in Carmel Valley from the 1860s to present. He also covers how to read brands and how rustlers changed brands by using the infamous “running iron”. Even old ranchers in the audience...
by sbadmin | Oct 11, 2023 | Video
Play Many millions of 78 rpm recordings were pressed on shellac (beetle resin) records between 1898 and 1950. Records are played on the museum’s 1909 Columbia Disc Graphophone that is wound up like a clock to play – no batteries needed or electricity attached. For the...
by sbadmin | Dec 19, 2022 | Video
Play Some may not know that an old Yosemite railroad train bell sits atop the Village Shopping Center. Silent for many years, it was rung during the 2022 Santa Fly-In parade to the enjoyment of nearby revelers. The complete story of the bell was chronicled in the...
by sbadmin | Sep 19, 2020 | Video
Play An overview of the history of Carmel Valley’s Cachagua Fire Department. This presentation takes you from its formative days of the mid-1970s to present. The presentation includes the history of the department’s founders and directors, its volunteer firefighters...
by sbadmin | Oct 11, 2019 | Video
Play Historical Society historian Jeff Ohlson presented a talk at the Salinas Church of the Good Shepherd’s Double Nickels luncheon group on September 11, 2019. The subject was “A History of Ranching in Carmel Valley” which was based on his book of the same title....
by sbadmin | Jun 5, 2019 | Video
Play Jeff Ohlson of the Carmel Valley Historical Society speaks on the important role the Jamesburg Earth Station in Carmel Valley played in delivering the live TV signal of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon in July, 1969. This presentation was made as...
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