Julian Journal
• Tue, Mar 01, 2011
On Saturday, March 19 the newly-formed Warner Springs Historical Society will hold an Open House to dedicate its temporary museum, located at the Warner Community Resource Center, 30950 Highway 79. The public is welcome and refreshments will be served from 3 to 7 p.m.
Historian Phil Brigandi will speak at 4 p.m. about the southern immigrant trail, and Mark Sauer, president of Sauer Construction, will speak at 5 p.m. about the historical preservation of the Warner/Carrillo Adobe and Butterfield Stage Stop.
This endangered historical monument is on land owned by the Vista Irrigation Water District on S-2 (San Felipe Road) and is being restored under a California Cultural and Historical Endowment grant. Mark Sauer Construction along with Is Architecture is doing the historic preservation, which is currently under way. It is hoped that a museum can be constructed on the site of the Warner Carrillo Adobe where docents will be able to conduct tours of the reconstructed stage stop and provide information to the public.
The museum contains artifacts, books, articles, photographs and other items formerly housed at the privately-owned Warner Springs Ranch, which is in escrow to the Pala Band of Indians. This is the first time the public has had a chance to view these and use the museum as a resource library.
The goal of the Historical Society is to expand the current collection to include artifacts and provide information on the history of this significant area of the North County, from Native American Indian times to present day.
The Historical Society thanks the Warner Resource Center and Warner School for sharing their facilities and helping to sponsor the open house.
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I hear the Stage Stop will be opening in November 2012 for tours.
I’m looking forward to that.
Not sure if this is the place to ask this question however……………………
Are there personal items from old time inhabitants of Warner Springs. I am specificly looking for some letters that my Grandmother Susie Coleman wrote to a friend of hers. I imagine these letters would be dated in the late 1800’s. Someone once told me he saw them there.
It would be best you contact the Warner Springs Historical Museum directly. I just did a link to them for my website.
Sounds like that will be interesting. Always something going on.
Should be very interesting, too bad we are a week too early. Hope it stays around awhile.