High Desert Homestead Ranch
Head outside and back in time more than 120 years to the 1880 High Desert Homestead Ranch.
Have a chat with Mrs. Blair and help her with the daily chores at the Blair family cabin. Meet the Blair family, hired hands and ranch visitors. Learn the many ways in which the pioneers of the High Desert made a living from the challenging landscape. With the demands of ranch living in 1880 in the remote region east of the Cascades, the Blairs need all the help they can get. .
Lend a hand at churning butter, splitting wood, dip candles, water the vegetables, and try your hand at Placer mining. Also visit the Barn, Willow Corral, Root Cellar, and other structures that make up the Blair's ranchstead.
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Daily
NEW FARM ANIMALS AT THE RANCH!
Come and see the new Homestead barn and authentic willow corral and visit Beatty, the Museum's Mustang or Noah, a Toggenburg Milch goat. Peek into the chicken coop to see the growing Plymouth Rock and White Leghorn Chickens.
