Welcome to the on-line store for the Hamilton Ranch Museum Foundation!
Several books and a DVD are currently available (for a donation). If you live near the museum you may choose to pick up your items in person, otherwise we will ship your items via the US Postal Service (USPS). Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery.
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AROUND ANZA VALLEY, an Arcadia Publishing Images of America book of over 100 photographs and information about early mountain people.
Written by Margaret Wellman Jaenke and Tony Mauricio. Paperback, 128 pages. Published Feb 4th 2008 by Arcadia Publishing.
The area around Anza Valley, located in the south-central part of Riverside County, California, includes Terwilliger Valley, Garner Valley, Pinyon Flats, and parts of Aguanga, a former Butterfield Overland Stage stop.
$19.99/each
LOOKING BACK : Anza and Garner Valley, a book of over 100 pictures and much information about early mountain people.
Written by Margaret Wellman Jaenke. Paperback, 86 pages. Published 2002 by Morris Publishing.
Story of the Garner Valley and Anza Pioneers who settled this California desert area in the 1800s. The author, a fifth generation member of a family who has lived in the Anza and Garner Valley since the 1800s, brings an extensive collection of information including family stories, pictures, documents and other materials of historical significance to the area.
$10.00/each
IN THE OLDEN DAYS REVISITED, a look at the history of the Anza Valley and surrounding areas from my point of view.
Written and published by Margaret Wellman Jaenke in 2006. Paperback, 93 pages.
This book is a collection of articles commenting on the mountain area history, people and life style as the author remembers it growing up in Anza Valley and listening to the old-timers. Some of the articles in this book were first published in the High Country Journal. The numerous photographs came from the author's family collections, unless otherwise noted.
$10.00/each (TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK)
IN DAYS OF OLD : Chronicles of Preservation, a DVD featuring interviews with the descendants of early mountain cattlemen and the Cahuilla people, was produced with a grant from THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES.
Interviewed were: Dick Cary, Harriet Bergman Costo, Ann Tortes Hamilton, Margaret Wellman Jaenke, Catherine Caserro Kitchen, JoMay Lubo Modesto, Ruth Roman, Alvino Siva, George Tortes, Esther Bergman Trunnell, Bud Wellman and Twila Wellman.
$5.00/each
About the Author
Margaret Wellman Jaenke is a fifth-generation member of three intertwined pioneer families who settled in Garner Valley and Anza. She has spent most of her life collecting family and local history and has written three books about the area, In the Olden Days, Looking Back: Anza and Garner Valley, and In the Olden Days Revisited. These books would not have been possible without the dedication and countless hours contributed by Tony Mauricio and the staff and volunteers of the Hamilton Museum.