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Yolo County Historical Museum

Woodland, California

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Park

The Gibson home, land, and outbuildings serve as the Yolo County Historical Museum. Located at 512 Gibson Road in Woodland, California, the museum has been open to the public for more than 25 years. William Byas Gibson was typical of ranchers and farmers in the early agricultural history of Yolo County. The house and grounds are maintained for educational and recreational purposes. The museum represents a typical rural home and ranch setting of the period from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries.

Yucaipa Adobe

Yucaipa, California

Culture, History, Historic House

Believed to have been constructed in 1858 by the noted hunter, trapper, and mountaineer, James Waters, it was purchased by John Dunlap in 1868 and developed as an agricultural ranch. California Historic Landmark #528.

Culture, History, Historic House

This 1852 historic adobe was the home of Raimundo Yorba and was purchased in 1868 by Fenton M. Slaughter. California Historic Landmark #191; National Register of Historic Places 75-450.