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I assisted in the concept and design of the mobile app for the Putnam Museum & Science
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track your location and help you gain more information about hands-on interactive pieces
in the science center.

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W O R K S H O P

CAMPS 2016

CALLING ALL BUTTERFLY

ENTHUSIASTS!

Spend the summer discovering, inventing and engaging in amazing experiences!

Our summer camp programs are available for youth entering grades K 8. Before and after care is available from 8 AM to 4 PM.
Additional costs apply, per-registration is required. Contact Alice Loff at aloff@putnam.org.
Scholarship opportunities are also available.

JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL

MONARCH WORKSHOP

WEEKLONG: FULL DAY

CAMPS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

NOTE: The grades listed for camps are the grades the students will be entering in the fall.

FEE: $160 (MEMBERS $150)

Day Packages are $11 per person and include:

HARRY POTTER, Grades 3 - 5 SOLD OUT!

JUNE 6 - 10, 9 AM - 3 PM
Hop a train to the Midwests premiere
wizarding prep school. Complete you wizard
apprenticeship by completing Quidditch
training and attending classes about Potions,
charms and more, all while you discover the
science secrets behind the magic!

Butterfly Care Workshop

10:30am, 11:30am, or 1pm
Butterfly Themed Crafts and Activities
10am-2pm
Monarch Butterfly Slideshow
12:15pm

CODE-GRAMMING, Grades 3 - 5 SOLD OUT!

JUNE 13 - 17, 9 AM - 3 PM
Join us on a wild coding adventure. Create
your very own out of this world creature, be a
heroine protecting your city from disaster, or
create your very own masterpiece. The
possibilities are endless with Scratch and
Turtle Art. Meet Dash & Dot and program
them to play their very own concert or create
mischief in the museum. Let your imagination
run wild while learning the basics of coding
and programming!

Flight of the Butterflies 3D in the National

Geographic Giant Screen Theater
11:30am, 1pm, or 2pm

One caterpillar to take home dont forget to bring

a glass jar!

RUBE GOLDBERG DESIGN, Grades 3 - 6

JUNE 20 - 24, 9 AM - 3 PM
Can you use a golf ball to open a bottle or a
string to swing a bat? Discover the power of
tinkering to really make things happen and
create a functional Rube Goldberg machine
of your own design.

tickets are
Workshop only
a person.
available at $3
.
ars are $3 each
Extra Caterpill

DONE IN A DAY CAMPS

FEE: $35 ($31.50 MEMBERS)

WRAPPED UP IN EGYPT
Curious about mummies and pyramids? Discover the
secrets of King Tut and ancient Egypt while you build
a pyramid, mummify a living organism, and become a
scribe as you write your name in hieroglyphs. A visit
to The Discovery of King Tut special exhibit and the
Putnams Unearthing Ancient Egypt are included to help
campers solve the mysteries of ancient Egypt.
Grades 2 - 3 : JULY 7, 9 AM - 3 PM
Grades 4 - 5 : JULY 8, 9 AM - 3 PM

DONE IN A HALF-DAY CAMPS

FEE: $20 ($18 MEMBERS)

1717 West 12th Street

Davenport, Iowa 52804

WRAPPED UP IN EGYPT, Grades K - 1*

Curious about mummies and pyramids? Discover the
secrets of King Tut and ancient Egypt when you visit The
Putnams Egyptian Gallery, build a pyramid, learn how to
wrap a mummy, and become a scribe as you write your
name in hieroglyphs.
MORNING CLASS JULY 6, 8:30 - 11:30 AM
*No after care available for this camp
AFTERNOON CLASS JULY 6, 12:30 - 3:30 PM
*No before care available for this camp

WEEK LONG: HALF-DAY

CAMPS
FEE: $85 ($76.50 MEMBERS), $160
FOR 2 CAMPS ($150 MEMBERS)

CODE-GRAMMING JR., Grades K - 2

JULY 11 - 15, 8:30 - 11:30 AM
Make friends with our favorite programmable
robots, Dash & Dot and teach them how
to play! We will go robot bowling, play hot
potato-dot and come up with a few games
of our own, designed by our campers!
RUBE GOLDBERG DESIGN JR., Grades K - 2
JULY 11 - 15, 12:30 - 3:30PM
Use simple machines and tinker your way
towards fun and funny machines. This cause
and effect camp is full of exciting discoveries
for young minds.

PATENT PENDING, Grades 3 - 6

JUNE 27 - JULY 1, 9 AM - 3 PM
Spend a week inventing and innovating at the
Putnam. Explore inventions from across time
and around the globe, then dig in and join
great inventors by developing your very own
creation!

MAGIC TREE HOUSE EXPLORERS,

Grades K - 2 SOLD OUT!
JULY 18 - 22, 8:30 - 11:30 AM
Like Jack and Annie, young campers enter the
Magic Tree House for exciting adventures to
an observatory, a space station and the Moon.
Daily story time will be an important part of
this Magic Tree House journey!

DONT TRY THIS AT HOME!, Grades 5 - 8

AUGUST 1 - 5, 9 AM - 3 PM
Explosions, experiments and excitement!
Come to this camp for science that leaves a
mark well try all those things you could
never do at home and end our week with a
BANG!

JEDI CAMP, Grades K - 2 SOLD OUT!

JULY 18 - 22, 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Do you have what it takes to conquer space?
Explore black holes, space exploration,
rocketry and discover how to use the force
during a week that is sure to be out of this
world.

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NOTE: You can sign up for both Fall and Spring Season at the same time if you wish.

Dino Detectives

Sunday, September 13 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Two legs or four? Carnivore or herbivore? Learn how paleontologists study fossils to learn the answers to these questions and
more.

Ghostly Goo

Sunday, October 4 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Explore chemistry with a Halloween twist as we make chemical

concoctions that glow in the dark, foam and fizz.

3-2-1 Blastoff!

Sunday, November 8 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Today really is rocket science. Learn the basics using materials

and hands-on activities from NASA, then design and build your
own rocket.

Deck the Halls

Sunday, December 6 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Learn about circuits and electricity, the use what youve learned
to make your own light- up seasonal card or ornament. Use our
stickers made in our own FabLab to personalize your creation.

Lions, no Tigers, and Bears Oh my!

Sunday, January 10 1:30 to 3:30 pm

See animals in their habitats on display right here at the

Putnam. Take a good look and find out how polar bears, African
lions, and even some animals that live closer to home, have
adapted to survive.

Walk Like an Egyptian

Sunday, February 7 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Who was King Tut? How do you make a mummy? What can
modern science teach us about life in ancient Egypt? Learn
the answers to these questions and more and get an up close
and personal look at the Putnams very own mummies.

Rockin Robotics

Sunday, March 6 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Robots arent just cool they ROCK! This workshop is filled

with hands-on experiences with robots large and small.
Learn about the many different jobs robots do for us.

Polymer Pros and Cons

Sunday, April 3 1:30 to 3:30 pm

In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we do some fun

experiments with amazing chemical compounds called
polymers and learn how they are both good and bad
for the environment.

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with subscription
Proposed
solution:
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oriented around the sofa to create a
plans have as few as away
15 customers,
while
others
from the
walls
and have
float it in
balanced arrangement conducive to
more than 300 subscriptions. One of the biggest
the room. In an open floor plan, this
conversation.
benefits of subscription farming, says Ray Johnson
provides a cozy seating area. In a small
Alternately, you can place the sofa
of Custom Gardens Organic Farm, is the vital income
room,
it creates
the appearance
and a love seat to form an L, with the
provided by winter and
springtime
subscription
sales. of airi-

ness.

From April through the

first of
July, everything
Bigger
challenge:
Getting the prois an expense, says Johnson,
who hasto work.
posed solution
worked his 2.5-acre plot of land in Silver
Springs for 22 years. Everything is money
going out on products, airy
seed, arranGemenTs
equipment, labor
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arrangement
is difficult
every conceivable expense
is during
those
to pull
off, since
anything other than
months. In conventional
farming
models,
perfect
placement
can make furnishings
Johnson says, farmers
often are
forced to turn
look
likemonths
ships cast
to agricultural lenders
in lean
to getat sea or as though
someonesupplies
cleaned
the walls and forgot
short-term loans to purchase
and
pay labor. Subscription
farming,
known back, says New
to move
thealso
furniture
as community-supported
agriculture,
provides
York designer
Scott
Salvator.
farmers with a means toFor
avoid
on any
thetaking
average
person, and even for
additional debt whilepros,
theyre
nurturing aoutcome
crop to requires a
a successful
harvest. Membershiplot
sales
also allow farmers
to gauge says
of arranging
and rearranging,
revenues.
designer Dawn Falcone, also of New

arms close together for cohesion. You

probably will need to place furnishings
with comparable visual weight across
from the love seat for balance. An area
rug can be used to define and unify your
arrangement, Falcone says.
With your primary pieces in place,
you need to figure out how to use the
rest of the space. In a huge room, if
planning,
everythings in the middle you need to
and you
have other groupings of furniture,
Falare making
cone says. Against one wall, you
could
a financial
place two chairs with an occasional
commitment
table between them, for example.
that you have to
In the best-case scenario, these
meet. You may
groupings would accommodate
have a difficultother
spring that
activities, such as really
reading,
says.
putsFalcone
your crops
very far

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to set aside
time
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people
wehave
are growing
for, and
it to
furniture.
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muchwith
seed,your
equipment
and Sometimes
labor are back, but you still have obligations to meet.
needed to fulfill the number
of boxes
or subscriptions
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something
back one
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crops at farmers markets and a
have taken on, Johnson
says.allItthe
gives
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planning
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difference
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floor
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with
roadside stand,
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at those
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can be
impacted
tools, which are very important.
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simply
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matter how ture groupings arent possible, fill in the
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pay about
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undertake.
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really anand
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of in-season
vegetables
or place a console table against the wall
fruits. Subscriptions are sold with some customer input
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Tahoe
LifeStyles
2011
so farmers can determine
crops
peopleJULY
want
and
how much to plant. Rachel McClure, co-owner of Sierra
Edibles with her husband Daniel, is in her first year of
subscription farming on her 10-acre spread in Wellington
in the Smith Valley. Sierra Edibles has grown hiratake
mushrooms, specialty herbs and vegetables for local
restaurants for four years.
from California wildfires that blanketed much of northern
Nevada two summers ago and kept shoppers indoors.
Farmers welcome the stability of subscription sales, says
Ann Louhela, who coordinates 300 members for the Great
Basin Basket CSA.

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Salisha Odum, owner of Salishas Delicious, a oneacre organic farm in Fallon, says subscription farming
has been the best thing thats happened in her 15-year
farming career. Odum currently has 15 subscriptions,
but shes been growing for other subscriptions farms in
Churchill County and Washoe Valley for the past three
years.
Profits are largely determined by how many hours she
works, Odum says. She shares tedious chores with her
boyfriend and sometimes hires labor for weeding and
replanting. Odum harvests all crops herself to maintain
tight quality control.
I want to see everything that goes out, she says.
Subscription farming is not without risk to farmers. It can
be much more labor-intensive than traditional farming,
says Louhela. Because customers already have paid for
their produce, farmers must purchase crops from other
farms in the area if they have crop failures or a late start to
the growing season.
Johnson of Custom Gardens Organic Farm says the start
of the growing season has shifted to 30 days later in the
year during the past five years. Soil temperatures have to
be around 55 degrees for planting, he says. Oftentimes,
farmers
purchase
from neighboring
farms
or table $1,900.00 (tax not included).
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Instead of having to grow 70 different things, they can grow a dozen

different crops and then throw them all in the pot, Louhela says. It
gives members a better variety too.

~ Ann Louhela

even from California farms to meet their subscription

obligations. Negative economic cycles also can adversely
affect subscription sales, which can plummet 25 to 30
percent during a down economy.

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He is not alone.
Jeff Begovich is in charge of weed control for Douglas County
Parks & Recreation Department.
He got his start in weed control when he was hired with
American Recovery and Recovery Act funds by Michael Hayes of
the Carson Valley Conservation District.
Begovich was the crew boss for the team and now works for
Douglas County. He and Hayes are out in the field frequently,
assessing how the county is faring in the war on weeds.
The biggest problems we have are absentee landlords or
people who have a 20-acre parcel that might have been part of a
ranch and they dont know anything about weeds, Hayes said.

Inside This Issue

Carson Valley rancher Clarence Burr talks about weed-free hay.

Sometimes Begovich works more like a detective as he tries to

locate out-of-area property owners whose land is overrun with
weeds.
The Valley has been so chopped up, said Begovich, who grew
up in Carson Valley. Its not like the old days where you could
call three or four guys and let them know they had a problem.

The work is never completed; the

weeds are never completely eradicated
~ Michael Hayes
Begovich caught up with one property owner who was in
Serbia. But that was OK, he said. Id known her since we were
little kids. Bank-owned properties or homes in foreclosure face
challenges of their own. We run into absentee landlords who
just walked away from their land, Begovich said.
In the meantime, 35,000 acres of irrigated need to be protected.
The work is never completed; the weeds are never completely
eradicated, Hayes said.
But that doesnt mean they dont try, using every weapon in
their arsenal from shovels to global position and geographic
information systems.
The weeds have changed, Begovich said. Theyre trying to
stay ahead of the chemistry.
The best tool, weed warriors believe, is education.

Photo by Shannon Litz

Hemlock.

Every week, people stop by Begovichs office with samples of

Impacts of weed invasion Native plants are displaced

Invasive weeds affect threatened and endangered
species Wildlive habitat is reduced, and forage is lost
Recreational values and uses are affected Forage
production for livestock is reduced Land values are
reduced Weeds may affect human and animal health,
and harbor vermin Weeds may cause structural damage
to buildings and roads Maintenance costs are increased
Invasive weeds impact the economy and may cause job
losses

This is where we store the gold, he said, pointing to neatly

stacked bales of hay bound with orange and blue twine. The
binding, which Burr calls pretty, but not practical, indicates
the hay is weed-free, a coveted designation which ranchers like
Burr and a team of county and state employees fight year-round
to retain.

I took a weed course at Cal Poly and when you got out of it,
you hated weeds, Burr said.

Nevada Department of Agriculture

http://agri.nv.gov/PLANT_NoxWeeds_index.htm
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
http://www.unce.unr.edu/

On a chilly spring morning, rancher Clarence Burr ushered a

small group of visitors into a barn on his 650-acre ranch in the
heart of Carson Valley.

It means the hay is free from propagative plant parts and weed
seed on the Nevada and North America Weed Management
Association hit list and more valuable in the marketplace.

ON THE WEB
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http://www.douglascountynv.gov/sites/Community_
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ANNUAL BATTLE: Waging

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Nevada Ranch and Farm Exchange

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Workers at Custom Gardens Organic Farm in Silver Springs remove frost blankets from tomato plants. Subscription sales offer farm
owners Ray and Virginia Johnson with a steady source of income.

PE

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Packing day at a subscription farm. Small farms in northern

Nevada count on subscription sales to provide valuable seed
money.

Photo by Ray and Virgina Johnson/Custom Gardens Organic Farm

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Instead of having to grow 70 different things, they
can grow a dozen different crops and then throw them
all in the pot, Louhela says. It gives members a better
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pretty-looking plants that turn out to be noxious weeds. I got

one lady on the phone, her whole lawn was Canada thistle,
Begovich said. She wanted to know what she needed to do to
control it. She didnt know she had a problem.
State law requires landowners to eradicate all noxious weeds. If
the homeowner doesnt take care of it, the county can order the
weeds eradicated and collect from the resident.
The Douglas County Weed Control District can assist property
owners with house calls to help identify weeds, advice on
control methods, sales of control agents, rental of spray
equipment or chemical spray services.

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Weed control has its own page on the Douglas County website.
There, visitors can look through photos of puncture vine,
Russian knapweed, Canada thistle, pepper weed, hoary cress
and the like.
Each picture is accompanied by detailed information
describing the weed, along with links to the Nevada Department
of Agriculture and the University of Nevada, Reno, Cooperative
Extension.
The vigilance pays off at all levels from neighborhood
gardeners to ranchers like Burr whose family homesteaded in
1860. Seventy percent of the states weed-free hay comes from
Douglas County.

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Douglas is one of the cleanest counties around, Hayes said.

Weed control maintenance has kind of ruined the Carson
Valleys landscape for Begovich and Hayes.
Begovich cant look across a field, or over a backyard fence
without assessing the property.
Its all we think about, Begovich said.

Knowing about the birds and bees

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National Pollinator Week keeps us a buzz

By NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

One week in June went to the birds and the

bees - and to all of the other pollinators that
keep our world growing and productive. The
last week of June was National Pollinator Week,
and its intent was to raise awareness of the
importance of pollinators to plants, animals,
and humans.

End of an Era:
Dangberg Ranch

plants is typically best. By diverse, we mean

use of flowers, shrubs
and trees with

As pollinators gather nectar and pollen for

their survival, they are responsible for the
reproduction (the production of fruits, seeds,
nuts, etc.) of 70 percent of all flowering plants
and two-thirds of crop plants. This ecological
service is worth $14.6 billion annually in the
United States, quite a chunk of change for this
diverse batch of insects, birds and mammals.
Unfortunately, many of the worlds pollinators
are at risk. Studies have shown that about
a third of the nations managed honeybee
colonies are lost each year, a trend that has held
steady for the past five years. Pesticides and
other toxins have also reduced the number of
butterflies and other crucial pollinators.

Pages 6

But its not all gloom. An army of agencies

and nonprofit groups have assembled to help
restore and protect pollinator populations. And
there are things you can do in your very own
yard to help pollinators flourish. First, you can
incorporate pollinator friendly plants into your
landscape. A diverse planting of mostly native

Avoid using pesticides. While pesticides

kill those pesky bugs, they take
out a lot of beneficial bugs, too.
Explore non-pesticide options
when protecting yourself and
your plants. Planting certain plants
can ward off unwanted bugs or attract
those good bugs toward them off for
you.
You can also promote pollinator habitat in
your community. Green spaces like parks
and golf courses can provide valuable
habitat for pollinators. As urbanization
continues to deplete natural lands, these
green spaces can serve as sanctuaries for
pollinators. Encourage your local leaders
and golf course owners to use landscaping
and pesticide management best suited for
pollinators.

different
shapes, colors and
times of bloom.
You can also provide
nesting sites for bees,
called bee blocks. To make
a bee block, start with
preservative free lumber
and drill holes 3/32 to
3/8 inches in diameter.
Holes should be spaced
3/4 inches apart, and they
should only be open at
one end.

Roadsides are another resource for helping

pollinators. American roadsides have 10 million
acres of land that could be ideal habitat. Ask
your local and state highway officials to
plant or allow native vegetation to
colonize roadsides, creating an
aesthetically pleasing vista for motorists
as well as helping pollinators.
USDA and the Natural Resources
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End of an era: State discontinues tours

of Carson Valleys Dangberg Ranch

By CARy HALLER
Nevada Ranch and Farm Exchange

Wearing blue shoe booties, six friends

walked through Carson Valley ranching
history last week on one of possibly the
last Dangberg Home Ranch tours.

Haycations
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Due to budget cuts, Nevada State Parks

ended its operation of the ranch on the
last day of June. Douglas County, which
owns the property and a portion of the
collection, also could not continue the
operation.
I have great personal and professional
attachment to the Dangberg Home Ranch,
so it was disconcerting to learn that state
parks would not operate the site in the
future, Park Interpreter Mark Jensen said.
The worst fear is that neither the historic
artifact collection nor the buildings would
be cared for after so much time, money
and effort has been put into preserving
them.
The Dangberg Home Ranch was
established in 1857 by H.F. Dangberg.
The property is 5 and a half acres
consisting of the main house, laundry,
stone cellar, carriage house, cooks house,
slaughterhouse, hide storage house, bunk
house and barn, which are all on the
National Register of Historic Places.

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Displayed in the outbuildings and

the 15-room main house are close to
39,000 items all original to the Dangberg
family. The collection includes books,
photographs, dishes, antiques, furniture,
letters, clothes and a 1906 edition of The
Record-Courier reporting on the San
Francisco earthquake. Before the closure,
visitors could take a 90-minute guided

A tour group visits the historic Dangberg Ranch recently

For first-time visitor Sylvia Willadsen,

the kitchen was the room she enjoyed
the most. The history is unbelievable,
she said. I loved all those gadgets, the
appliances, the packaging of all the old
food containers and such. Jacks Valley
resident Karen Reinhardt said the tour was
fabulous.
The tour guide is very informative,
and interesting to listen to, she said. He
makes this come alive.
Jensen has lead hundreds of tours
since 2008, and estimates the park has

When I first visited Dangberg Ranch, I was struck by how

much of the history of Carson Valley is represented by its
contents and family history. It is a record of the agricultural
history of Carson Valley, that may soon vanish.

outdoor lighting

tour focusing on the main level of the

house, but visitors were allowed to tour
the grounds on their own afterward.
Minden resident Linda Hafele has lived
in Carson Valley for 33 years, and had
never visited the ranch before Wednesday.
Its a nice tour, and its good to hear the
stories of the family, she said.

SERVING NORTHERN NEVADAS

~ Mike Hall

welcomed more than 5,000 visitors.

Jensens position was terminated with
the state, but he will continue working as
curator for The Friends of the Dangberg
Home Ranch. President Mike Hall said
the nonprofit organization has submitted
a proposal to Douglas County to operate
the park and preserve and protect the

Photo by Jim Grant

When I first visited Dangberg Ranch, I was struck by how much of

the history of Carson Valley is represented by its contents and family
history. It is a record of the agricultural history of Carson Valley, that
may soon vanish.

~ Mike Hall

artifact collection. The proposal would

include continuing tours.
When I first visited Dangberg Ranch,
I was struck by how much of the history
of Carson Valley is represented by its
contents and family history. It is a record
of the agricultural history of Carson Valley,
that may soon vanish, Hall said. The
history of the Dangberg family is not only
their history, but a representative history
of all the pioneer families that settled this
area.

To join Friends
of the Dangberg
Home Ranch
Email dangbergfriends@gmail.com

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