[CINC] Reminder: From Shore to Sea Lectures Tonight and Tomorrow "Exploring Ranching History on San Miguel Island"

[Shauna Bingham]

November 9, 2010

For Immediate Release

Yvonne Menard, Channel Islands National Park (805) 658-5725

Shauna Bingham, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (805) 382-6151 
#102

 

Exploring Ranching History on San Miguel Island

 

During the November lectures, Dr. Julia Costello, one of California's 
most respected historical archeologists, will discuss new findings about 
early sheep ranches on San Miguel Island.

 

According to Costello, intensive ranching over the last 150 years 
drastically changed the island landscape. Erosion of the newly barren 
ground created sand drifts that covered the 1850's era Niedever adobe 
and the Mills-Waters ranch that followed it.   

 

In 2009, Costello directed an archeological study of these sites 
revealing new information about who actually built the ranches and what 
life was like for those who lived and worked on this remote, windswept 
island. In addition, Costello will discuss findings that the Nidever 
adobe was a more substantial structure than previously thought. She will 
also demonstrate through aerial photographs how, in the end, some of the 
ranch remnants were covered by sands exposed from overgrazing.

 

Costello, who received her PhD from the University of California at 
Santa Barbara in 1990, has served as President of both the Society for 
Historical Archeology and the Society for California Archeology. She is 
also a member and chair of the State Historical Resources Commission. 
For the last 30 years Costello has specialized in researching sites 
relating to California's European colonization through the early 20^th 
century. She is currently an archeologist with Foothill Resources, Ltd. 
in Mokelumne Hill, CA.

 

The "From Shore to Sea" lecture series is jointly sponsored by Channel 
Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary with 
support from Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The purpose of the series is 
to further the understanding of current research on the Channel Islands 
and surrounding waters. The lectures occur at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 
November 9, 2010, at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way in 
the Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at the 
Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center, 1901 
Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. The programs are free and open to 
the public.

 

This publication is available on line at: 
www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/newsreleases.htm 
<http://www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/newsreleases.htm>

-- 
Shauna Bingham 
Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator
NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
~~~~~~~~~~"Celebrating 30 years"~~~~~~~~~~
3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #2-202
Oxnard, CA 93035
Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov
(805) 382-6149 ext. 102
Fax (805) 382-9791
http://channelislands.noaa.gov

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