CONFERENCE OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES TO REVISIT OLD CALIFORNIA, LANCASTER.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Bootleggers, antelopes, Judy Garland and airplanes will be among the topics explored beginning today during the Conference of California Historical Societies. Held in conjunction with the conference is Lancaster History Day, featuring a bus tour Saturday of historical sites in Lancaster, Rosamond, Willow Springs Willow Springs may refer to:
``We are proud of our history, and it ties in with the conference,'' said Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery curator Norma Gurba, organizer of the event. The tour will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $4 and are available at the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery, 44801 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . Because there are only two buses available for the tour, those wishing to attend are encouraged to purchase their tickets early. About 150 history buffs from throughout the state are expected to attend the annual conference, whose theme this year is ``The Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley - Heritage of a Desert Frontier: Native Americans, Pioneers, and Aerospace Exploration.'' The conference will feature a variety of workshops and presentations, including ``Bootlegging bootlegging, in the United States, the illegal distribution or production of liquor and other highly taxed goods. First practiced when liquor taxes were high, bootlegging was instrumental in defeating early attempts to regulate the liquor business by taxation. Tales from California and the Mojave Desert'' by historian Cliff Walker; ``Historical Women of the Antelope Valley'' by Gurba, who will talk about such women as suffragette Katherine Philips Edson Katherine Philips Edson (Mrs. Charles Farwell Edson) (January 12, 1870-November 5, 1933) was an American social worker and feminist, born at Kenton, Ohio, and educated in private schools. and Judy Garland; and ``If This is the Antelope Valley, Then Where Are All the Antelope?'' by archeologist Bruce Love. The presentations are open to the public. Anyone may attend one presentation without paying the $25 registration fee. Anyone planning on attending two or more of the presentations must pay the fee. There is an additional fee, ranging up to $22, for presentations conducted during lunch or dinner engagements. For information about the presentations, call the museum at 723-6250. Capping history day will be a screening at 9:30 p.m. Saturday of the 1923 silent-movie version of ``The Hunchback hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. of Norte Dame,'' featuring Lon Chaney Lon Chaney may refer to:
Tickets are $2 for those 12 and older. Some seating will be provided, but moviegoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Moviegoers also are invited to come early and picnic before the movie starts. |
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