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Symposium Registration Form
“Rolling Through The West”
Thursday April 7th ~ Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Price per person is $200 if paid before March 7, 2011: $225 if received after this date.
Registration fee includes Welcome Reception on Thursday, all talks and presentations,
refreshments daily, Western Dinner/Dance on Saturday evening and stagecoach demonstrations.
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_____ # of Symposium Registrations @ $225 (after March 7, 2011)
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Return this form to: SYV Historical Museum, Attn: Carriage Symposium
P.O. Box 181 Santa Ynez, CA. 93460 Fax (805) 688-1109
Questions? Call the Museum at (805) 688-7889 or e-mail syvm@verizon.net
www.santaynezmuseum.org
“Rolling Through The West”
Symposium Schedule
ACCOMMODATIONS
For your convenience we have listed the following accommodations in Santa Ynez, Solvang and Buellton.
For more help in finding a room or camping/RV facilities, you can call the Solvang Visitor’s Bureau
(805) 688-6144 or the Buellton Visitor’s Bureau (805) 688-7829. To find a complete listing of Valley
accommodations please check the Santa Ynez Valley Visitor’s Association website: www.syvva.com
SOLVANG
Best Western King Fredrick (805) 688-5515
Chumash Casino Resort Hotel - on line reservations (Santa Ynez)
Holiday Inn Express (805) 688-2018 (Solvang)
Hotel Corque – on line reservations (Solvang)
Svendsgaard’s Lodge (805) 688-3277 (Solvang)
Wine Valley Inn (805) 688-2111 (Santa Ynez)
BUELLTON
Day’s Inn (Windmill) (805) 688-7797
Motel 6 (805) 688-7797
Pea Soup Andersen’s (805) 688-3216
Quality Inn (805) 688-0022
Santa Ynez Valley Marriott (805) 688-1000
HOW TO GET HERE
Santa Ynez is located approximately 40 miles north of Santa Barbara and 120 miles north of Los Angeles
International Airport. Most convenient airports are the Los Angeles Int’l Airport (LAX) or the Santa Barbara
Airport (SBA).
Driving time is approximately 2.5 hrs. from LAX. Shuttle service is available to the Santa Ynez Valley from
LAX or Santa Barbara. The Museum is located at 3596 Sagunto Street in Santa Ynez.
Shuttle Service: Central Coast Shuttle provides roundtrip service to and from Santa Barbara Airport or LAX. Pick
up and drop off location is at the Santa Ynez Marriott in Buellton. Call 1-800-470-8818 for information and
schedule. www.CentralCoastShuttle.com.
AMTRAK: An AMTRAK bus that comes to Buellton and Solvang
meets some trains at the Santa Barbara station. Call 1-(800) USA-rail
for reservations and schedules. You can make your bus reservation to
the Valley at the same time as your train reservation.
Valley Transit: These buses traverse the Valley from Buellton through
Solvang. Valley Transit runs Monday through Saturday 7:00 am to 6:50
pm, no service on Sunday. For more information call (805) 688-5452.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Registration Desk Open - Museum
Welcome Reception at Art Perry’s Intrepid Farms. No host bar
and appetizers. Tour of Historic Equine Museum. RSVP- limited parking
Friday, April 8, 2011
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Registration Desk Open - Museum
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Opening and Introductions
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Talk: “Heavy Freighting On The High Plains – Wagons, Beasts And Their Drovers” Kenneth Wheeling, Carriage Historian
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Talk: “Horses, Fire Dogs and Fire Engines”
Dave Hubert, California Firefighters Association
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Talk: “Overland Staging to California 1857-1867”
Michael Sanborn, Director - Banning Residence Museum
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch available at Museum
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Talk: “Wheel Construction Through the Years”
Bill Twigg, Wheelwright
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Demonstration: Steam Pumper, California Firefighters Association
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. No Host Bar and Appetizer Reception
5:00 p.m.
Tour of Parks/Janeway Carriage House
John Crockett, Carriage House Curator
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS . . .
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Kenneth Wheeling is a carriage historian and associate editor of The Carriage Journal, official publication of the
Carriage Association of America. He has authored many articles about the history of the carriage and its influence on
early American life.
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Talk: “History of The Morgan Horse”
Art Perry, Horse Breeder and Showman
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Talk: “The Conservation of The Overland Stagecoach”
Patty West, Conservator
10:30 a.m. - 11:15a.m. Talk: “How The Needs of America Shaped The Stagecoach”
Rawhide Johnson, Chairman of the Board for The Yellowstone Historic Center
Ashlee Ganoung, Stagecoach Preservation and Restoration
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Talk: “Recreating The 20 Mule Team”
Bobby Tanner, Teamster
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch available at the Museum
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Talk: “Stagecoach Construction and Design”
Doug Hansen, Hansen Wagon & Wheel Shop
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Round table discussion with the speakers
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. No Host Cocktail Reception
Patty West is the owner and director of South Coast Fine Arts Conservation Center in Santa Barbara, California. She
has been a practicing conservator for the past 30 years.
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Western Dinner and Dance; open to museum members at $60 per person.
Rawhide Johnson is Chairman of the Board for The Yellowstone Historic Center and a founding member of the
Dave Hubert is a retired fire fighter from the Orange County Fire Authority and is a member of the California Firefighters Association. For the past 13 years Dave and his wife Barbara have owned and managed the CSFA Steamer
Team – a Fire Service Public Relations Program that travels throughout California in the interest of Fire Prevention
Education.
Michael Sanborn is Director of the Banning Residence Museum in Wilmington, California. Phineas Banning ran a
freighting business and stagecoach lines and was a founder of the Port of Los Angeles.
Bill Twigg is a wheelwright and owner of Moscow Carriage Co. in Moscow, Idaho. He is dedicated to custom wheel-
wrighting, wheelwright instruction, carriage building, restoration, and repair.
John Crockett is curator of the Parks/Janeway Carriage House. John has been an integral part of the Santa Ynez
Valley Historical Museum since 1981. John is also co-founder of the Santa Ynez Valley Carriage Club. John builds,
restores and drives carriages.
Art Perry is a Morgan horse breeder and showman. He is owner of Intrepid Farms in Santa Ynez and has been active
with Morgan Horses for over 50 years. Art loves to share his historical knowledge of the Morgan horse.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
National Stagecoach & Freight Wagon Association. Having worked along side his father giving commercial stagecoach
rides in Montana Rawhide developed a passion for the vehicle and now teaches the ideas and techniques of stagecoach
conservation and restoration.
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Stagecoach Demonstration and Rides at the
Chamberlin Ranch in Los Olivos
Ashlee Gannoug is Treasurer and a founding member of the National Stagecoach & Freight Wagon Association.
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
20 Mule Team Demonstration and Rides
Chamberlin Ranch in Los Olivos
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
BBQ lunch and dutch oven dessert available at the Ranch
Ashlee’s experience comes from working alongside Rawhide Johnson since 2001 on a variety of conservation and
preservation projects, including historic coaches and vehicles.
Bobby Tanner is a teamster and trainer of mules. Bobby grew up on his father’s Red’s Meadow Pack Station in the
Sierras. Bobby drove the re-created Borax Twenty Mule Team in the 1999 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. He
continues to drive the 20 mule team at the annual Bishop Mule Days in Bishop, California.
Doug Hansen is owner and operator of the Hansen Wheel & Wagon Shop in Letcher, South Dakota, specializing in
the restoration of heavy wagons and wheels. He performs all building and restoration work in the historic style of the
late 1800’s.