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Topic: Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park


  
  Antelope Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Antelope Valley in California is located in northern Los Angeles County and the southeastern portion of Kern County, California.
Antelope Valley in spring covered by a carpet of goldfields Lasthenia californica.
Historically known regionally for its extensive alfalfa fields and fruit crops, farmers now are growing a wider variety of crops, such as carrots, onions, lettuce, and potatoes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antelope_Valley   (1516 words)

  
 LA Housing & Commercial Articles
The valley extends for approximately 45 miles (72 km) in Riverside County southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains to the Salton Sea.
Although geographically the valley is the northwestern extension of the Colorado Desert to the southeast, the irrigation of over 100,000 acres (405 km²) of the valley since the early 20th century has allowed widespread agriculture.
The valley is the primary date-growing region in the United States, responsible for nearly 95 percent of the nation's crop and is celebrated each year in Indio during the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival.
www.peterthottam.com /la_housing__commercial_articles.htm   (4738 words)

  
 Nevada Division of State Parks - Valley of Fire State Park
Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest and largest state park, dedicated 1935.
Ancient trees and early man are represented throughout the park by areas of petrified wood and 3,000 year-old Indian petroglyph.
The atlatl was a predecessor to the bow and arrow.
parks.nv.gov /vf.htm   (1194 words)

  
 TPWD: Big Spring State Park
The park was deeded by the city of Big Spring in 1934 and 1935, and was opened in 1936.
Shortly after the State of Texas acquired the park property in 1934, the park was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
Domestic livestock have not grazed the park land since the 1920's, and, as a consequence, vegetation typical for the semiarid region blankets the park.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us /park/bigsprin   (1132 words)

  
 WebMagic's WebGuide: Museum.net/Cultural   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Antelope Valley Indian Museum - Begun as a private home in the middle of the Mojave Desert in 1928, the Antelope Valley Indian Museum possesses unique collections of Pacific Coast Indian artifacts.
Museum for Pre- and Early History, Berlin - Collections and exhibitions covering the prehistoric cultures of Europe and the Ancient Near East from their beginnings down through the Middle Ages.
Museum of Welsh Life - A 100-acre parkland dedicated to show how the people of Wales lived, worked and played during the past five hundred years, with over thirty original buildings moved from various parts of Wales and re-erected in historical context.
webguide.webmagic.com /Museum.net/Cultural   (536 words)

  
 Open Directory - Reference: Museums: Cultural: Ethnic: Native American   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Grace Hudson Museum, an art, history, and anthropology museum - Located in Ukiah California, the museum is dedicated to art, history, and anthropology and focuses on the lifeworks of artist Grace Hudson (1865-1937) and her ethnologist husband Dr. John Hudson (1857-1936) and featuring an extensive collection of Pomo basketry.
Museum at Warm Springs Indian Reservation - Museum in central Oregon dedicated to to preserving, advancing and sharing the knowledge of the cultural, traditional and artistic heritage of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs offering educational exhibitions and programs that raise and inspire awareness of The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and other indigenous tribes.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture - A component of the Museum of New Mexico, furthers understanding of the Southwest's Indian communities through collection, research, and education focused on the region's indigenous cultures and their history.
dmoz.org /Reference/Museums/Cultural/Ethnic/Native_American   (2371 words)

  
 Antelope Valley Indian Museum SHP
The Antelope Valley Indian Museum is closed indefinitely for stabilization.
The museum was originally constructed by homesteader/artist H. Arden Edwards in 1928.
It is 19 miles east of the Antelope Valley Freeway (State Highway 14), at 15701 East Avenue M in Lancaster.
www.parks.ca.gov /default.asp?page_id=632   (438 words)

  
 Artcom Museums Tour: Antelope Valley Indian Museum
She opened the Edwards' house as the Antelope Valley Indian Museum in the early 1940's and operated it for the next three decades, continuously adding to the collections.
FAVIM was instrumental in pursuing activities begun by the local chapter of the American Association of University Women, which culminated in the purchase of the museum by the State.
In the 1980's, the State Parks designated the museum as one of its regional Indian museums, this one to represent cultures of western Great Basin (east and southeast of the Sierra Nevada Mountains).
www.artcom.com /Museums/nv/af/93584.htm   (932 words)

  
 LAFORKIDS Press Release 3
Park entrance is a block east of the intersection of Valley Boulevard and Mission Road.
The museum is devoted to the history and culture of the American Indians, particularly the Indians of California and the Southwest.
The museum, the largest in the western United States, is composed of four main buildings: the Ahmanson Gallery on the west, the Hammer Building on the north, the Bing Center on the east, and the 1986 Robert O. Anderson Building in the front.
www.laforkids.com /pr03.htm   (16030 words)

  
 Tomo-Kahni web links
Located on the grounds of Sutter's Fort in downtown Sacramento, California Indian Museum and Cultural Center features Native American structures built in an outdoor demonstration area, as well as exhibits and artifacts illustrating the native cultures of California.
Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest, California is dedicated to the cultural and natural history of the upper Mojave Desert.
Indian Grinding Rock State Historical Park is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains east of Stockton and Sacramento, California.
www.bakersfield.org /tkpark/links.htm   (441 words)

  
 Los Angeles County, California - Los Angeles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The coastal portion of the county is heavily urbanized, though there is a large expanse of lesser populated desert inland in the Santa Clarita Valley, and especially in the Antelope Valley which encompasses the northeastern parts of the county and adjacent eastern Kern County, lying just north of Los Angeles County.
As of 2004, the county's population is larger than the populations of 43 states.
The California Poppy Reserve is located in the western Antelope Valley and shows off the State's flower in great quantity on its rolling hills every spring.
losangeles.wikia.com /wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California   (2010 words)

  
 Playing In the Antelope Valley
Most sports activities in the Antelope Valley may be found at schools, parks, and at Lancaster’s professional baseball stadium, The Hangar, home of the Jethawks minor league baseball team.
The 2,955-acre state park, elevation 3,651 feet, surrounds Saddleback Butte and protects the butte, Joshua tree woodland, and other plants and animals that once were common throughout the high desert area.
The Antelope Valley has a wonderfully diverse variety of youth and adult clubs, as well as countless organizations of every kind from which to choose.
www.sepcopublishing.com /AV/recreation.html   (1574 words)

  
 Real estate and homes for sale in the Antelope Valley
The Antelope Valley Stretches from Palmdale at the South end to Ridgecrest at the north end.
US Highway 395 lies on the east end, State Highway 14 on the west end and State Highway 58, a major truck route cuts across the valley and along with the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads eventually reaching the Eastcoast markets.
Historic railroad loop designed by William Hood in 1876 to help the Southern Pacific Railroad gain the summit of Tehachapi Pass.
www.rosamondproperties.com /antelopevalley.html   (986 words)

  
 Kawaiisu Tribe of Tejon, Southern California Native American Art and History
The local paper photographed an Indian burial on the reservation in 1964 and at least one descendant is still living there.
It also denied an Indian the right to testify against a white person and made sure that the local constable notified Indians of their new status.
The courts have a record of designating "Indian Country" as the land base that "is" deeded to the tribe or that "once was" deeded to the tribe such as: English land grants, Mexican land grants and Spanish land grants.
www.csubak.edu /~crobinson   (2822 words)

  
 BlogOklahoma.us - Historic Places Set
United States Cavalry units, including the Buffalo Soldiers (the 9th and 10th U.S. Cavalry), and the Cheyenne & Arapaho Indian Scouts maintained the peace on the central plains until the turn of the century.
A recreational-educational park that is accessible for hiking and picnicking from sunrise to sunset.
Red Wheat, although a mistranslation of an Indian woman's name, is meaningful to two distinct peoples who lived and interacted with each other during the reservation period and through Oklahoma statehood after 1907.
www.blogoklahoma.us /MarkerSet.asp?id=5   (1063 words)

  
 Casa Malpais Pueblo, Indian Ruins, Arizona, White Mountains
As You Ascend The Terraces To Casa Malpais...
The museum and field laboratory are open for visitation, and guided tours are available by contacting the museum.
Within 30 miles of this photogenic Mountain Valley, you will find great waterskiing, windsurfing, and petroglyphs at Lyman Lake State Park, excellent lake and stream fishing, campsites galore, historical museums, hundreds of acres of National Forest offering tall pines and herds of elk and antelope, a variety of restaurants and accommodations, and genuinely friendly people.
www.wmonline.com /attract/casam.htm   (563 words)

  
 List of California state parks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of state parks and reserves in the California state park system.
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_California_state_parks   (733 words)

  
 SCA Archaelogy Month 2005: Los Angeles County
The museum features magnificent exhibits on California prehistory and history, and includes the Braun Research Library.
The exhibits represent American Indian groups, both aboriginal and contemporary, of the Southwest, Great Basin, and Californian cultural regions.
15701 East Avenue M in Lancaster, northeastern Los Angeles County, 19 miles east of the Antelope Valley Freeway (State Highway 14).
www.scahome.org /educational_resources/resourceGuides/los_angeles.html   (266 words)

  
 East Yosemite Valley Utilities Improvement Plan - Chapter 6 Consultation and Coordination
The Yosemite Valley Plan recognized that utility systems in the Valley would need to be relocated and upgraded to implement the actions called for in the Yosemite Valley Plan.
Yosemite National Park is currently under a Cleanup and Abatement Order from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to implement improvements to the wastewater collection system to prevent future unplanned discharges from the system.
Yosemite National Park is consulting with American Indian tribes having cultural association with Yosemite Valley, including the American Indian Council of Mariposa County, Inc. (Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation), the Tuolumne Me wuk Tribal Council, and the Mono Lake Indian Community on proposed actions under the East Yosemite Valley Utilities Improvement Plan.
www.nps.gov /yose/planning/ump/ump_chapter6.htm   (1098 words)

  
 Utah State Parks & Recreation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The park entrance fee is $5 per vehicle for up to eight occupants or $3 per vehicle for senior citizens (62 or older).
Millsite State Park is located in Ferron Canyon, about 5 miles west of the town of Ferron.
Join the park naturalist on a 1-mile round trip nature hike to discover some of the wonders of birds.
www.stateparks.utah.gov /visiting/events.php?month=june   (2123 words)

  
 California State Parks
California State Parks' SNO-PARKS Program provides opportunities for snowmobiles, cross-country skiing, dog sledding, and more.
California's State Parks and Beaches make up the most diverse natural and cultural park system in the nation.
There are over 1.3 million acres of land to hike or bike through, pristine coastline to surf, ghost towns to tour, and ancient redwood groves to admire and treasure.
www.goingtocalifornia.com /pages/state-parks-beaches/index-state-parks.html   (270 words)

  
 CA State Park Latitude/Longitude, Area, & GIS Maps - Antelope Valley Indian Museum SHP
Return to Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park's webpage
Disclaimer: These images represent the Latitude/Longitude center of Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park.
Please refer to the park brochures and call the park office prior to visiting Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park for specific location of park features, such as, Visitor Center, Campground, etc.
www.parks.ca.gov /lat_long_map?lvl_id=271&type=2   (250 words)

  
 Join!: Antelope Valley Indian Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Please note: The Antelope Valley Indian Museum is closed until September 2007.
Friends of the Antelope Valley Indian Museum (FAVIM) assists the educational and interpretive program at the Antelope Valley Indian Museum.
Become a docent and lead school groups in their exploration of the fascinating ways native peoples adapted to the harsh environment of the Antelope Valley.
avim.parks.ca.gov /join.shtml   (288 words)

  
 Index of Native American Museum Resources on the Internet
Millicent Rogers Museum Taos, NM Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Santa Fe, NM Poeh Center Pojoaque Pueblo, NM Roswell Museum and Art Center Roswell, NM The Portal Santa Fe, NM at the Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico.
Museum at Campbell River Campbell River, BC Museum of Anthropology Vancouver, BC University of British Columbia
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Burnaby Mountain, B.C. Nova Scotia Museum and its
www.hanksville.org /NAresources/indices/NAmuseums.html   (1481 words)

  
 California Almanac - National and State Parks
Archaeology and History in California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park - Lumbermills in the backcountry
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park - The Temple of the Forest Beneath the Clouds
www.notfrisco.com /almanac/links/parks.html   (496 words)

  
 Photo Gallery - Historic Buildings, Sites, and Museums in California - Kenneth A. Larson
What we do have are archaeological sites dating back thousands of years, remnants and reproductions of buildings and ships significant to the European settlement of the Americas, as well as other architecturally or historically significant buildings from the last two centuries.
This page is for historic sites and buildings in my native state of California.
Some of these historic sites are also museums and I will soon add more museums, even if some are newer construction.
www.kenlarson.net /photos/california/historic/code/historic_bldg0.htm   (556 words)

  
 Historical Societies, Museums and Archives
Historical Societies, Museums and Archives in Los Angeles County
Archives and/or manuscript repository, historical society, and house museum
Archives and/or manuscript repository, historical society, historical Park, and house museum
www.laalmanac.com /history/hi10.htm   (320 words)

  
 Places, Earth, United States, California, Los Angeles County
These pages are a collection of words and pictures of places in the United States, occasionally places that no longer exist.
These pages sometimes include drawings, maps, directions, and hours, all to help you find places to visit and inform you of why these places may be of historical significance.
Gene Autry Museum/Autry Museum of Western Heritage/American Museum of the West
www.placesearth.com /USA/California/LA/LAmain.htm   (190 words)

  
 California State Beaches & State Parks
Camping is one of the amazing things to do in California and California's State Parks Beaches are a great place for camping.
There are over 1.3 million acres of land in California to hike or bike through, pristine California coastline to surf, California ghost towns to tour, and ancient California redwood groves to admire and treasure.
You’ll find something extraordinary here — you’ll find yourself here...and when you do, remember that California's State Parks and Beaches need you as much as you need them.
www.goingtocalifornia.com /pages/state-parks-beaches?D=A   (277 words)

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