Please join us on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 1pm in the Patagonia Library for our next meeting. Mike Anderson, baseball historian and author of “Warren Ball Park”, will be our guest speaker.
The town baseball team in 1956. Baseball field was located where the current high school fields are now.
Lochiel, Arizona – One Room School House
Built before 1905 of adobe and used extensively as a schoolhouse through the 1970′s, the property, owned by the Patagonia School District, became a site for vandals and litterbugs as recently as 2009. In 2010 The Patagonia Museum leased the schoolhouse property from the Patagonia School District for the purpose of preserving this historic site for future generations to be utilized as a historic and educational facility for our students and community. The work continues today with the help of dozens of volunteers and financial and in-kind support from individuals and groups including: the Patagonia Regional Community Foundation, Arizona Centennial Legacy Project, Tucson Glass and Mirror and the San Rafael Valley Association. The Patagonia Museum usually hosts a workday on the last Saturday of the month except for the months of November and December when a Saturday in early December is dedicated to the workday. Everyone with an interest in this endeavor are welcome.
A Project of The Patagonia Museum
Help preserve our local history. Join us for an enjoyable work day!
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2013
Tim: 9am to 1pm
For further information contact German Quiroga (520-343-5641) or Ralph Schmitt (520-394-2732). Please bring water, lunch, tools (if available) and gloves.
The Patagonia Museum met on Thursday, September 15, at 7pm in the Patagonia Town Council Chambers. Eight members and one guest attended. Plans were finalized for the fall festival. A paragraph from a letter written in the 1880′s by Brewster Cameron to Alex Fulford was read at the end of the meeting.
A gathering of friends
On Saturday August 27, nine volunteers participated in the Lochiel Schoolhouse workday. The remaining window panes for the metal sash windows were installed, 3 window frames were painted, the south fence was mended, the schoolyard weeds were trimmed and the Lochiel Schoolhouse sign was installed. Our next workday will be on Saturday, December 10, from 10am to 2pm.
Left to right: Dick Volz, Ralph Schmitt, German Quiroga and Bea Quiroga
The Lochiel Schoolhouse Sign was installed at the schoolhouse on Saturday, August 27.
Students from Patagonia Elementary School learned about local history and helped clean up a historic schoolhouse site during a recent field trip to Lochiel.
The visit by Kate Musick’s first- and second-grade students to the Lochiel School was the culminating event of a partnership between Patagonia Elementary School, The Patagonia Museum, and The Patagonia Creative Arts Center, Musick said. Read more….
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