Forwarded: Calif. History Lecture Series (5 lectures, for a $5 fee for non-members). See <http://www.rancholoscerritos.org/calendar.html> for more info, and make your reservations early! Sounds neat. Carol Tucson >X-Sent-Via: DakotaCom.NET >Delivered-To: [email protected] >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) >Approved-By: Thomas & Pamela Wellock <[email protected]> >Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 07:59:11 -0800 >Reply-To: H-NET List on California Studies <[email protected]> >Sender: H-NET List on California Studies <[email protected]> >From: Thomas & Pamela Wellock <[email protected]> >Subject: CA History Lecture Series in Long Beach, Jan-May >To: [email protected] >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by >breaker.dakotacom.net id i09FEZiS013111 >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.3 required=5.0 > tests=APPROVED_BY,AWL > version=2.55 >X-Spam-Level: >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) > >From: [email protected] >Subject: CA History Lecture Series in Long Beach, Jan-May >Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2004, 9:44 AM > >Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site in Long Beach, Ca, is offering a terrific >lecture series during the winter and spring. These lectures will take place >on five Saturday mornings, January through May. The first lecturer is Prof >Engstrand, of Univ San Diego, who will speak about Baja and Alta Ca in the >late C18. It's Saturday, January 24, at 10am. There is a modest fee, and >reservations are necessary. The full schedule is below, and it can be sent >by flyer is preferred. > >Best, >Meighan Maguire Ph.D. >Education Coordinator >Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site >4600 Virginia Road >Long Beach, CA 90807 >562-570-1755 >www.rancholoscerritos.org <http://www.rancholoscerritos.org> > > >Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site announces its > >2004 Lecture Series on Early California History > > > >January 24, 2004 at 10 a.m. >Baja California: Where California Really Began >Speaker: Dr. Iris H.W. Engstrand > > >Beginning with the plans of Hernan Cortes in the early 1530s, and continuing >through the final Jesuit Missions two centuries later, the history of the >Baja California peninsula set the stage for continued exploration and >settlement to the north. Dr. Engstrand explores cave paintings, missions, >ranching, mining, scientific research and more, all taking place in the >south before the Spanish settled San Diego and soldiers including Manuel >Nieto received vast land grants for ranching operations in Alta California. > > > >About the speaker: Iris H. W. Engstrand, professor of history at the >University of San Diego, received her PhD from the University of Southern >California, where she specialized in the history of California, Latin >American and the American West. She is the author of fifteen books, >including Rancho Los Cerritos: A Legacy Preserved. > > > >Cost: $3 for students and members, Friends of Rancho Los Cerritos; > >$5 general public > >For further information and reservations, please call: (562) 570-1755 > >Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site >4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach, CA >www.rancholoscerritos.org > >Upcoming lectures include: > > > >February 21 Women's Roles and Rights in Early California >Ms. Donna C. Scheule > > >March 13 The Hide and Tallow Economy in Early California >Dr. William Barger > > >April 17 The History and Heritage of Mexican Los Angeles: Ranchos to >Barrios, 1781-Present >Dr. Antonio Rios-Bustamante > > >May 8 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Californio Ranchos >Dr. Ricardo Griswold del Castillo Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> Honest Intellectual Inquiry <http://www.dakotacom.net/~depriest>