Experience Oakland History on May 8 at the Back to the Rancho Festival

Friends of Peralt... Wed, 21 Apr at 10:04am
Oakland children compete at Takersia: Ohlone javelin throwing.

Oakland children compete at Takersia: Ohlone javelin throwing.

Ever made an adobe brick? Come learn how!

Get your fingers in the clay and take home your brick made of ecologically righteous building material. At Peralta Hacienda's Back to the Rancho festival, you can enjoy this and 10 other hands-on historical activities. Learn what it was like to live as a Californio pioneer or a native Ohlone when Oakland was still one big cattle ranch!

The activities Oaklanders enjoy every year at "Back to the Rancho" are enjoyed year-round by students on Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park's two successful field trips: Ohlone Daily Life and Peralta Rancho Life. Teachers rave that "It's a real eye opener," and students "cannot stop discussing their experience."

The free festival takes place Saturday, May 8 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, 2465 34th Ave., in Fruitvale.

Limited parking is available. Tours of the new Peralta House Museum are available at 2:30 and 4:15, RSVPs recommended: ben@peraltahacienda.org.

About Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is a Fruitvale-based non-profit that runs the Peralta House Museum and provides school field trips, after-school and summer programs, volunteer opportunities, community parties and cultural events. The mission of Friends is to promote understanding, historical healing and community amid change and diversity, and to give voice to the many cultures that have created – and are still transforming – California. The park was once the headquarters of the 45,000-acre Rancho San Antonio, and the first European building in the East Bay. Today, the Peralta House Museum is full of five-senses exhibits about Fruitvale history. Pay a visit, and leave your story!