2011 Old Spanish Trail Association Conference Kellogg-West Conference Center Cal Poly Pomona SESSIONS & PRESENTERS (alphabetically by session title) SESSION TITLE(S) SESSION SUMMARY PHOTOS PRESENTER MICRO-AUTOBIOGRAPHY "170th Anniversary of the In 1841, a group, often referred to as the Workman and Rowland Paul Spitzzeri - Paul R. Spitzzeri is Collections Manager at the Workman and Rowland-Workman Party" Party or Rowland and Workman Expedition, of perhaps sixty-five Collections Temple Family Homestead Museum in City of Industry, or so persons arrived in the Los Angeles area by the Old Spanish Manager, Workman- California, where he has worked since 1988. Recipient of his Trail. This assemblage of Americans, Europeans and New Temple Family B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from California State University, Mexicans heralded a movement of overland migration and Homestead Museum Fullerton, Paul has written on overland migration, railroads, and settlement that threatened the relative isolation and vulnerability of criminal justice for Journal of the West, California History, Mexican Alta California. This talk focuses on that settlement within Southern California Quarterly and several anthologies. His book, the context of the titanic changes that convulsed California in the The Workman and Temple Families of Southern California, 1830-1930 , years after their arrival. was a 2009 winner of an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. "Agua Mansa Cemetery" The communities of Agua Mansa and La Placita along the banks of Michele Nielsen - Michele Nielsen is the curator of history and archives at the San the Santa Ana River were originally settled by people who had come Curator of Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, CA. Here area of from Abiquiu, New Mexico on what is now called the Old Spanish History/Archives, special interest is the material culture of post-Gold Rush Trail. Many of those settlers, their descendants, and other residents San Bernardino California. Ms. Nielsen is currently working on the major of the local area are buried at Agua Mansa Cemetery. The cemetery County Museum renovation of the museum's history exhibits at the main facility, itself is a part of their life stories, and they in turn, are an important and the new Victor Valley Museum site. part of our collective regional history. "Alternate Travel Plans: The Southern Emigrant Trail, from Yuma Crossing to Los Angeles, Phil Brigandi - Phil Brigandi has been researching and writing local history since The Southern Trail in played an important role in the history of Southern California for Historian & former 1975, with a special interest in Orange, Riverside, and San Diego California" more than a century. Indians, Spanish explorers, Mexican and County Archvist, counties. He is the author of more than twenty books, including American soldiers, '49ers, stage coach drivers, cattlemen, and Orange County, histories of Orange, Temecula, and Borrego Springs. He is active homesteaders all followed its trace across the desert. This session California with the Orange County Historical Society, the Los Angeles will provide a brief overview of the long history of the trail. Corral of The Westerners, and the E Clampus Vitus. Page 1 of 18 SESSION TITLE(S) SESSION SUMMARY PHOTOS PRESENTER MICRO-AUTOBIOGRAPHY "An 1834 Bill of Sale: As well-known as the Rowland and Workman Expedition of 1841 is Paul Spitzzeri - Paul R. Spitzzeri is Collections Manager at the Workman and Prelude to the Rowland- for its impacts on Mexican Alta California, the extent to which its Collections Temple Family Homestead Museum in City of Industry, Workman Expedition of reputed leaders, William Workman and John Rowland, knew Manager, Workman- California, where he has worked since 1988. Recipient of his 1841" beforehand of California was not. In recent years, however, an Temple Family B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from California State University, 1834 document has come to light that seems to give some Homestead Museum Fullerton, Paul has written on overland migration, railroads, and indication, as this talk will explore. criminal justice for Journal of the West, California History, Southern California Quarterly and several anthologies. His book, The Workman and Temple Families of Southern California, 1830-1930 , was a 2009 winner of an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. "ARRA Funded „Historic The presentation will discuss the current status of the BLM Jim Shearer – Jim Shearer is the BLM Archaeologist and Cultural Lead for the Trails Inventory Program‟ " National Trails ARRA project, the cultural resources inventory Archaeologist, BLM, Barstow Field Office. He has been involved with the Old components and the scenic and visual assessment components, and Barstow Field Spanish Trail for more than 5 years. Jim received his Masters how these differing components offer new strategies and Office, Bureau of degree from Utah State University. opportunities to define and evaluate both historic setting for Land Management specific cultural resources on the Old Spanish National Historic Trail within the context of the National Register of Historic Places and high potential route segments and landscapes for visitor use and experience within the context of the National Trails Act. "ARRA Funded „Historic Jon Horn - Jon Horn is a co-owner and a Principal Investigator of Alpine Trails Inventory Program‟ " Archaeologist, Archaeological Consultants, Inc. in Montrose, Colorado. He has Alpine over 35 years of experience conducting historical and Archaeological archaeological investigations throughout the west. In addition to Consultants, Inc. the Old Spanish Trail, Mr. Horn has conducted projects along the Barlow Road in Oregon, the Oregon and California Trails in " " Wyoming, Utah, and California, and the Santa Fe Trail in Kansas. "ARRA Funded „Historic Rolla Queen - Rolla Queen is the Heritage Resources Program Manager and Trails Inventory Program‟ " District District Archaeologist for the California Desert District of the Archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management in Moreno Valley, CA. He holds a California Desert B.A from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a District Office, M.A. from the University of Nevada Reno. He specializes in Bureau of Land cultural resources management, historic preservation, and the Management historical archaeology and history of expansion and settlement of " " the American West. He serves as the BLM California state lead for the National Historic Trails ARRA contract. Page 2 of 18 SESSION TITLE(S) SESSION SUMMARY PHOTOS PRESENTER MICRO-AUTOBIOGRAPHY "ARRA Funded „Historic Stacey Jordan- Based in San Diego, Dr. Stacey Jordan-Connor is the Cultural Trails Inventory Program‟ " Conner - Resources Project Manager and California State Manager for the Senior Bureau of Land Management‟s ARRA-funded Inventory of Archaeologist, National Historic Trail Features project. Dr. Jordan has been AECOM professionally involved in the fields of archaeology and history for over a decade. Her specialty in historical archaeology combines the use of material culture and the archival record in " " anthropologically driven analyses of cultural resources. She recently organized the session “Paths of inquiry: perspectives on the study and management of trails in the western United States” for the Society of American Archaeology 2011 Annual Meeting. "The Brothers Wolfskill" William and John Wolfskill came to California on the Old Spanish Paul Spitzzeri - Paul R. Spitzzeri is Collections Manager at the Workman and Trail in the 1830s. While the former became a major figure in Los Collections Temple Family Homestead Museum in City of Industry, Angeles, the latter established himself in Solano County and both Manager, Workman- California, where he has worked since 1988. Recipient of his were known for their cultivation of orchards, including grapes, Temple Family B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from California State University, oranges and other fruits. Few families had as pronounced an Homestead Museum Fullerton, Paul has written on overland migration, railroads, and involvement in widespread areas of the state as the Wolfksill criminal justice for Journal of the West, California History, brothers and this talk will discuss their lives in the transformation Southern California Quarterly and several anthologies. His book, and turmoil of 19th century California. The Workman and Temple Families of Southern California, 1830-1930 , was a 2009 winner of an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. "Bruce Harley & Agua The late Bruce Harley, former archivist for the Diocese of San Peter Bradley - Peter Bradley is currently the Archivist for the Catholic Diocese Mansa" Bernardino, significantly contributed to renewed interest and Archivist, Catholic of San Bernardino, CA. He has worked for the Diocese since awareness of San Salvador de Jurupa, the first non-idigenous Diocese of San 1979. Mr. Bradley is a graduate of the Western Archives community established in Southern California's "Inland Empire", Bernardino Insitute.Peter Bradley is currently the Archivist for the Catholic including La Politana and the communities of Agua Mansa and La Diocese of San Bernardino, CA. He has worked for the Diocese Placita de los Trujillos founded in 1844 by emigrants from New since 1979. Mr. Bradley is a graduate of the Western Archives Mexico. Insitute. "The Californio Vaquero During the period of the Old Spanish Trail, Californio